Help choosing a v8 for my dart

That was my line of thinking.
Sure, a modern Magnum will probably look better than most would believe. Mine was excellent for an 80K mill. How it would have looked what is now an easy 10 years later in a daily driver I couldn’t say. A lot depends on driving conditions and owner of a king care of his stuff.

Going back to that 5.9 pack have, I’ll also don’t expect my tuning skills are as good as the computer is proficient at constant air and fuel regulation. I also don’t think the factory workmanship is qualified comparable to my high performance or race built short blocks.

I think each have there place in a hot rodders or racers world. I’m not pressing my 5.9 much. Just bolts on parts that I’m sure is a 300 hp engine. That in which fits the duty of the car nicely. (Cam later…)

Had this 5.9 been a 200K+ engine, IDK if it would have those cross hatch marks. I never took apart my Dakota’s 300K engine apart. I only did a timing chain and water pump on it.