Yep! The Timing Belt in my Subaru is supposed to be swapped out every 105,000 miles. Currently got 87,xxx on the clock.

The Ram the other hand, has just a few thousand on the new timing chain. If you have 211k on your chain, I'd definitely swap it!

 

Yeah i know belts are a maintenance item, guess with timing chains if theres slop thats when you change em. haha yeah ive been wanting to do it cause i have so many miles on it, hmmmmm maybe a project for next weekend. the one in my 3.9 dakota has 260k yikes! Lol

 

I was more focused on torque when I rebuilt the 5.2L in my 1997 Ram. Mods included:
Fastman Throttle Body; freshened block; new timing chain set; cutting the intake runners 1.5"; and, porting and polishing the heads. I did the P&P myself with the machine shop doing a minor amount of touch-up.

If you want better performance, you'll want to go through the transmission as well, which includes either a rebuilt or stronger torque converter and upgrading from the paper-thin stock Mopar bands.

 

Remember that the stock timing chain is not a GREAT timing chain. Being a single instead of a double roller chain it does wear out sooner than other timing chains. So people with 125,000+ mileage should think about swapping out their timing chain if they are doing other maintenance that makes it feasible to do the chain at the same time.
Of course if you find out you have tons of slack in your timing chain then you should change it out ASAP.

Last but not least, I have a Comp Cam CRS262HR12 that I am going to sell. It has good numbers for a 360 but after further research I have decided I want a different cam for the 408 I am building. I will list the cam in the For Sale area tomorrow so wanted to give all my fellow 2nd Gen guys a chance at it. I paid $315 plus shipping and I will sell it for $275 shipped to the lower 48. Pretty good deal on a new cam that was just installed but never ran.

 

Stock chain is morse-syle. Flat links on a toothed gear. No rollers at all. Quite frankly, it's a lousy design.

 

HeyYou,
Thanks I couldn't remember what the type of chain was called. But is still the same, you should replace at anytime you're going to be working in the area.

 

Especially on high mileage motors.

 

The Morse-style chain is also called a silent-chain... this is likely why it was chosen, to make a quieter running engine.
So long as it doesn't self destruct in before 100k, it's all good.