Damn good info

The magnum has much potential beyond and above the LA, namely roller cam, 1.6 ratio rockers, and the heads, although crack prone, are superior to any LA casting. Personally, I wonder if the cracking issue wasn't less of a thing than the internet made it out to be, namely because EQ or somebody would still be cranking those out if there was money to made there. I almost wonder if, for a many magnums are still out there, if the ones with terminal cracking have been filtered out. Disclaimer: I've not read up on why EQ got out of the game.

If I'm going V8, I'm going aluminum heads. If performance is what I'm after, do it right. If not, a bone stock slant 6 is fine.

All that said, I've vowed never to run another LA, but if I swap again, it'll probably just be to a gen III hemi, namely because they're still in production so the parts will be around longer than the magnums, but also if it's a power game, they win.