Yep. Considering how cheap Contours have gotten these days, it just doesn't make sense to gut the entire front end of the car.
88bigbear88, welcome to the CEG. Please feel free to use the
search function. Many of these questions have been asked before and discussed at length. Your question was just asked by another newbie YESTERDAY.
Either turbo or supercharge your Zetec and kick some V6 a$$, or just go buy a Contour/Mystique with a V6 already in it.
HTH,
BP