Look under the car in the front and between the front tires. The oil pan is on the bottom of the engine.
haynes repair manuals are good but you can go to autozone.com and they have online repair manuels as well it a good site for a lot of information on repair work.
A haynes manual...
on the crank behind the front cover
They always blow the head gaskets between 70 and 100 thousand miles.
Not very easily if at all, and why would you want to?
If you mean 3.8 Litre engine, the answer is 200 horsepower, from the factory. 225 lb/ft of torque.
There are 460 CID engine swap kits on SUMMITRACING.COM. The 460 is the building "block" for several larger stroker motors. It will take a lot of work. If you have all the necessary parts, it would take the average mechanic at least 6 weeks. Likely more. Unless you're going for a strictly track vehicle, you'd get more bang for your buck with a supercharged 4.6 or 5.0.
Five quarts including filter. My owners manual says 5.75, including filter. My experience agrees with the extra .75 quarts! :)
Yes , on a 1998 Ford Windstar the fuel pump shut off switch ( inertia switch ) is in the drivers footwell behind the kick panel by the drivers left foot , by the inside hood release ( there is an access hole in the panel )
Well, the transmissions are interchangable, so your good there. But if you put a 3.3l in youll have to change the ECM because they have different settings for the 3.8 and 3.3. So if you change the ECM I think youll be ok. My email is RPplayer73@aol.com
it's located on the firewall right in back of the intake
Yes you can, you will need to buy a y pipe either at autozone or your nearest parts store. You will also need to buy 2 mufflers flowmasters are my choice but you decide what you want. then buy some cool tips and there you go.