Is anyone running a 4.7L???

i have the 4.7l in my 03 dakota that i hate with passion.

Yes it has lots of get up and go and keeps up with the 5.9l r/t but nothing more.

The exhaust studs are crap the exhaust gaskets are crap, the timing chains are crap. There are alot of junked mopars that had the 4.7L because of pistons hitting valves. Avoid the engine at all costs. I have kept up with all the maintenance on my 4.7 and synthetic oil just leaks out like its a sponge, so i switched back to conventional oil and have no issues.

There are very few performance upgrades for the motor and the ones that did exist have dried up. I have wanted the HO cams for my 4.7L but i have begun to hate the engine with passion. I wish i would have found a 318 (5.2)or 360(5.9) in the dakota, but it was the manual transmission i was after because i am not a fan of automatics. Too bad they dont make many trucks with the manual transmission anymore. Main reason i dont want the Hemi ram. Likely end up having to go diesel so i can have a manual tranny, but then pay more for the truck *shrugs*