I didn't mean to say that you were a hater...just figured there would be a lot of the usual negative/derrogatory "anti-Escort" posts in here.

Head/cam swaps aren't all that difficult on the Ford OHC 4-bangers. Start to finish we had my cams on and off on the Focus with correct timing and everything in well under an hour. Yanking the head is another 2-hours at most as long as you know what you are doing. Technically I guess it is digging into the motor, but head and cam swaps are so simple that I almost consider it a basic bolt on.