What engine would you build for a Ramcharger?

Garrett Ellison said
It doesn’t seem like you hear the same durability stories about the magnum engines like you do about the LA engines. I like the overall direction of the 360 with the modded 302 heads with a performer and the 260 beast cam. It’s a proven combination for a truck engine that is stone axe reliable and with proper tuning can meet the overall goals very well.

Lots of '90s Ram trucks and Jeep Grand Cherokees still driving around with 200k+ miles around here (truck land) and they all have Magnums. I've also heard of Grand Cherokees going 300k miles with the 5.2L. You probably don't hear about the durability as much because the LA was produced for much longer and came in cars, trucks, boats, everything while the Magnums were only in trucks and SUVs and for only about 10 years.

The Ram 2500 I pulled my 5.9 short block out of looked like it had run over a land mine in a muddy field but the cylinder bores still had cross-hatching with no wear ridge. I replaced the rod bearings because the upper shells had some copper showing but didn't touch anything else, now it's running in my Duster like a champ. Burns no oil and basically runs like a new engine.

Wish I could have seen what the mileage was on that truck but the dash was totally ripped apart and the odometers are digital on those anyway.