Re: 4.7L Longevity?

From: B1LLYW@aol.com
Date: Sat Jan 28 2006 - 06:23:14 EST


In a message dated 1/28/2006 2:51:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,
flyboy01@comcast.net writes:

> Hey everyone, I'm back after a 3 year absence. I sold my 95 Dakota a while
> back, but I'm, now looking to buy another.
>
> That leads me to a question.
> know that the 318/360 motors could last about 200K miles, how are the 4.7L
> engines doing? Any problems I should know about? I am looking at a 2000 4.7L
>
> Dak with about 107K miles. What do you think?
>
> How about smog-legal mods for the 4.7L engine?
>

Hi Mark. I've seen a few 4.7's with 100+ and no issues. As for mods that
pass smog, you've got throttle bodies, programmers and flashes, mild (or wild)
cams, heads, etc. Much better than it was a few years ago.

Bill White



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