Think the ticking noise is more of a problem on the 5.7s, with almost 85k on my 6.1 still running like a champ and the day I got her (knock on wood of course). Now you wanna talk about ticking, I gave my sister my old 02 6.0 escalade and that thing ticks like insane, but just 500 miles shy of 200,000 miles I think its allowed to haha.
I really wish they would make a Viper truck kinda thing again, or at least drop that 6.4 in like a new ram, I knew the Viper trucks were a bit of a bust but if youve ever seen one they are really cool, one guy comes out to our meets with his and its a beast. Just throwing my .02 in and +1 on all the ram truck guys, and throw up some pictures of yours. If I ever get a truck its gunna be a raptor, but a proper one actually worked up for offroading, or what I dream of the Super Chief haha
supercharged V-10 goodness haha