"Bulletproofing" a Chrysler 2.7, 3.2 or 3.5 liter V6?

Bill Crowell said
So did the engine have other problems besides the internal water pump? I was thinking it looked fairly nicely made, but I have been wrong once or twice before.

Insofar as bulletproofing a POS is concerned, why for example do so many people go to such trouble and expense in order to bulletproof the failure-prone engines on old Ford diesel trucks? Maybe because it costs so much to buy a new one these days? I think cars are starting to get that way, too. What used to be a POS is looking better as more time passes.

Because when each was new, with the Ford you had something that pulled "whatever" was put behind it. Same once it's been bullitproofed....although the only one that actually "needed" it was the 6.0. The 7.3 was already there.

In the case of the 2.7, brand new, they couldn't pull a greasy string outta a cat's ***. So, why on Earth fix that up? If you want something with a 2.7, have at it.