289 vs 318 ..... Ford vs Mopar

One downfall of the 289 302 351W was the nilon tooth stock timming gear.

Of you have one and your approaching 160,000 miles better change it or you will have canted valves. ( The milage number came out of a SB Ford book and my own personal experience) pigtail shaped pushrods and canted valved

Chevy timing chains would throw in the towel about 70,000 miles and fill the air filter with blowby oil at 30,000 miles.