Of course! There are hundreds of thousands of them. Considering that they were made for 20 years, and installed in five different model lines, finding two of them (other than mine!) will be easy.
That was me who said that
@rusty ol ranger and
@PetroleumJunkie412 had to swap their 2.9's for a 3.0. So somewhere we've got to find two of them in good running order (but not the one currently in my Taurus - they can't have that one).
Ok. I'm going to break it down why the 3.No is a miserable engine on a good day.
From Ford:
3.0L V6 1986-07
Bore: 3.504
Stroke: 3.150
Bore spacing: 4.330
Main journal diameter: 2.519
Rod journal diameter: 2.126
Connecting rod length: 5.532
Deck height: 8.661
Compression height: 1.535
Bore:stroke ratio of 1.11:1
Rod ratio of 1.76
So the thing basically sits at "ideal" ratios out of the gate. And with a compression of 9.3-9.7:1, supercharging is a viable option once you switch to forged pistons.
However.
Ford set the engines up from the factory to run as an economy engine. Meaning that while SHO versions do exist, they've been pushed to their hard limits already.
Rogue performance (only 3.No performance info I could find) even discusses the limitations, in detail
Between crank angles, block and head architecture, sh*tty intake and head design, and a miserably small cylinder bore that doesn't allow for shared pistons (read: you cannot find an off the shelf forged option like I did with the 5.8 Trinity) you're going to be hard pressed to find sh*t that works (other than SHO stuff (and good luck with that....), but at that point the ranger and taurus blocks are a terrible option when compared to aerostars four bolt main blocks).
Futlrthermore, due to the heavyweight design of the engine, they are known to warp and distort when overheated. Sure, 2.9 and 4.0 would pop heads from casting sand left in them by poor quality control, but block warp was something rarely encountered.
Cam profiles and valvetrain are miserable as well. Yes, they can be cammed, but the benefits are few.
I did look into the 3.0 heavily two years ago or so.
I've been reading up on it still to help Eric in his build.
But in my specific case, the 3.no was the inferior choice to the 2.9 in every conceivable way.
Besides. I can't get on Facebook and buy DOHC heads for the 3.0 that were developed by Brian Hart and Cosworth like I can (and did) with the 2.9:
Oh, and Cosworth did have the opportunity to choose between the 2.9 and 3.0 when developing a v6 for Formula 2 use.
They picked the 2.9. Enough said.