Uncle Tony says Gen III hemi has inherent lifter lubrication problems. Agree?

so pop in an aftermarket cam (probably do that anyways on a performance build) and your poor metallurgy troubles will be gone? Sounds like a 'simple' (relative) fix, not a design redesign.
That is correct. If it were some fatal "design flaw" places like comp cams wouldn't even sell you a cam, because it would be a warranty nightmare. Sorry, but Tony missed his diagnosis by a mile on this one.