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Originally Posted by sedc
It's still going to be sluggish. The M54 needs another 100hp to comfortably move the truck. I'm thinking about a supercharger or turbo.
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The cost of that would be much, much higher than selling your 6 cyl and buying a V8. And with forced induction, you'd probably lose any gas mileage advantage you had with the 6. In the used market there's very little price difference between the 6cyl and V8 cars now, especially with the early editions. I guess $4.30 premium gas has helped that. The V8 cars have very decent acceleration, tow quite well, and cruise effortlessly at highway speeds. I get 20 mpg on the highway at 80 with my V8, which is not too bad. Around town mileage sucks, but it's nice to have the power.
But great write up on the diff swaps.