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Notice I also said less work ... with the 01+ Escape engine, I don't have to touch the timing cover/components, which from my research shows should need to be replaced with the 2.5L unit since the sensors are in the same place and the pulsewheel is already set to the 2.5L setting. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
So, if the above is true, then all I would need to do is ensure that the engine is not worn out with a compression check of each cylinder. If all is good on the compression check, I would just need to replace the rod bearings and be good to go ... IF I keep the 3L cams. Otherwise, she will need a teardown of the timing system to retrofit the SVT cams & then be retimed.
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Honestly, what would you do?
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If you're only buying the motor to drop in and sell the car, buy an Escape motor and swap only the necessary parts and don't open it up.
If you're keeping the car I wouldn't trust a junkyard motor to last without doing a good rebuild including both rod and main bearings.
Rick
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Originally posted by Buckshot77:
Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Any 01+ 3L engine will have the revised pickup, windage tray, and dipstick.
Wrong. The taurus/sable pickup and oil pan are different.
Damn.  My bad. The pickup is different. I don't know what I was thinking. Add $14 to the total bill for the revised pickup.
I Did Not say the pan was the same!
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If you are looking for a close to "drop-in" engine then the Escape is a better choice because of the usable front cover and oil pan. This also includes the fact you are not going to do a tear down & inspection though.  You are still going to need some 2.5L parts to finish it up though. However if it's a "swap" then it makes no real difference. Buy the cheaper, lower mileage, closer, etc engine. That was my point.
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$26 for the pickup Demon straight from Bill J 
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Originally posted by Buckshot77:
$26 for the pickup Demon straight from Bill J
HOLY CRAP it's doubled! Imagine the other part prices. Glad I built my engine a while ago. 
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Ford MSRP is $22.
Ford MSRP 2 years ago was $14.
That's some inflation!
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I did some leg work today in hopes of helping out since I'm in Salt Lake City.
I called around to see who's tuned a grey turbo Contour, and after a few shops I found one. Modular Madness West tuned one with a "hack job turbo kit, with a mystery wastegate".
The lead tuner Heath, said the first time he tried to get the car tuned at his shop he declined to tune it because it was belching blue/black smoke and didn't want to screw up the wideband o2. For some reason (maybe they didn't use the wideband) he was talked into writing a base tune just to get it running well enough to get on a trailer so he could sell the POS. The owner claimed that the person buying the car was going to enter it into shows and would hardly drive the car anyway. But, Heath said without a doubt that the owner KNEW it was a dying POS!!! The owner knew there was a problem with the turbo and more!  PM with contact info sent 
The dyno info is still on hand at the shop, 230HP/203TQ on a mustang dyno BTW.
2005 Ford F150 SuperCab FX4
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