Nah, it was a german engineered engine and needlessly over complex. Dealerships hate the 4.7 and while it was made in the USA, it was all german engineered. The dealership I worked at went through 3 engines out of wrecked trucks before thay found one that worked righr. There are quite a few running flawlessly, so the problem is not the design but the execution. No oversize parts are available.
Reminds me of a Dodge Sprinter service van I had to drive for a year.It would die for no reason at 70-75 and you would have to coast until you got slowed down to 15 MPH before you could restart. Mercedes built it was only serviced at a few Dodge dealerships as the complexity was the issue. They finally fixed it, said that one onboard computer was lying to another.
Exactly, There is absolutely no reason for a vehicle to have four o2 sensors.
I had a 88 one ton Dodge van with the small block and got 368k out of it. The biggest problem I had was I had to change the starter solenoid on a regular basis but I kept the tools in the truck and swapped it out in the parking lot at work -- it took about 15-20 minutes