[fastfredracing]

I am not a big fan of Chrysler products, but I have had several conversion vans, and now have a Jeep with a 318. I think this is probably the most durable v8 ever made. My last conversion van had 229,000 on the clock when I junked it, and the motor still ran like a swiss watch. I had an older Dodge van, ( it was a clone of the Beastie Boys Van), and it had something like 305,000 on it when I got rid of it, this motor also still ran great, . I now have a Jeep that just turned 231,000 miles. The motor makes 50 psi. of oil pressure, uses minimal oil, and runs spot on perfect I have serviced this jeep since about 30,000 miles, and a never even had a valve cover off. (it ate two tranny's though)
I think in my entire automotive career, I have replaced only one 318, and that one had an oil cooler line rupture, and starved the motor of oil. I have replaced hundreds of small block Chevy's, quite a few ford 302/351/460, and I have never seen a Chevy Big Block make 100,000.