Upon further inspection of the engine it seems number 3 wasn’t the only one that was trying to escape. 
Everything seemed good with the engine otherwise, the bearings looked lovely with no unusual wear.
Even the pistons looked like they were running great without any signs of detonation well.. I can’t find number 3 piston at all so that took a leap straight out of the block.
It was extremely clean in the engine too, ignoring the metal bits everywhere, the filter has done a great job preventing them from getting anywhere else.
I real shame really as this engine had only done 27k compared to my previous engine @ 65k which had over 10k of boosted miles.
It was the first time I had taken a Duratec engine apart and I found it extremely easy and it’s a very simple setup, even timing the engine is very easy with the correct timing tools.
The biggest downfall to this engine is the crank is not keyed!! Yes I know scary hey? no wonder you torque it to 90ft/lb and do a 90 degree turn. 
What’s next?
- Rewire some of the OEM loam.
- Clean engine bay.
- Paint below the box section lip gloss black (Mazda didn’t like to paint everything)
- Turbo oil drain welded onto replacement sump.
- Crimped AN10 oil lines
Then a lovely 2.5 Duratec will be dropped it. 
Few photos below… 
