Broken manifold studs on my 4.7 PITA!!!!!

CUDAGUY said
3.7's/4.7's are maintainence whores....fix the obvious things wrong with it and ditch it!

They like to also get gummed up oil passages to the cams/heads and kill timing cains with a vengence....they do make good power though. For a driver, I wouldnt use one, simply because of the required mechanical up-keep.

Maybe i got a good one but i never had to doo any premature maintenance on mine...granted it was cconstantly being modded. The shortblock looked awesome when i pulled the motor at 105k and sold it....i think proper scheduled maintenance (OIL CHANGES) go a long way to keeping 4.7 owners happy. I didnt have any signs of the sludge i hear about...nor do my friends who have 4.7s.

The guy i sold my shortblock to on the other hand...sludge city....but he also did his own oil changes and only had 5 quarts of oil on hand when we swapped his motor, so i have little faith in his common sense. His motor got sludged up and got so hot his cylinder heads started to fall apart...literally. it was crazy.