anyone else here ever deal with the 4.7?

looking at early Y2K vehicles, as the oldest within decent drive distance to replace a Dakota that kills me to have to replace.... and I cant stand "4 doors" but such is life, have 2 grand kids (ages almost 3 and 1 yo) we have exactly 1 vehicle we can put 3 car seats into, and its down at the moment..... so looking for a 2nd durango, and 4.7s are all Im finding. I don't much care for their cam drive system. steel chain running on plastic guides... Stupid setup. One overheat and the valve seats fall out. Early ones were "sludge monsters" unless anally maintained....

(side story)
I have one in a '12, 1/2 ton 2wd/ and its a DOG until 3k rpm then takes off like a shot.... my dakota is rough around the edges but ONE car seat in the rear cab and 1'2 section is about impossible, let alone 2 seats......... 318 just hit 1/4 million miles this morning on way to work and still runs like a million bux.... our current durango is a 360, I have the trans out which means were screwed if we gotta pick up the little ones..... I am rebuilding that trans in the current durango after only 314k miles.....

going to look at the nicest cleanest lowest mile early-mid '00s durango that I've come across since I started looking a month ago.... best bang for buck.... and its got a 4.7, not crazy about that. wish I could find one that nice with a 318/360....