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Message: [QUOTE="CGMKCM, post: 30245, member: 843"] Where is the consistency? You were telling the OP not to pizz his money away on fancy crap for his engine and you can do almost as much without spending big $$$. Don't listen to those that think money grows on trees etc. I agree with you to a point, If the engine compression is checked out, and the numbers look good. Then putting injectors and a turbo on makes sense after the gauges are installed. But don't blindly throw parts on and expect everything to work out great. I would not spend a penney on engine upgrades without making sure the tranny is in good shape. Check it out by dropping the pan. Metal and burnt fluid, don't pizz your money away on a valve body. No metal, no burnt fluid, change the filter and fluid and add a valve body. The valve body will buy some time but the tourqe convertor will hate the added power. OP what I am trying to say is your engine and tranny is a system that requires both to be in good condition to get power to the ground. Take short cuts on either and your reliability will suffer. You need to determine what condition your truck is currently in. I bough my truck in 2003 with 14k miles on it and a full maintenance history as well as Oasis report. I had gauges, I lost my tranny at 50k on a little more than stock power (Banks Powerpak with Automind chip and transcommand). It was not the diode, it was sloppy factory tolerances allowing internal fitting to loosen. I went to BTS tranny rebuild and 6.0 cooler installed and also a 4 position chip with Cales tunes. After that my stock turbo went and I added an H2e. All of this happened at the 50k mile mark. I did not upgrade anything without making sure the rest of my power train could handle the changes the new components would bring. Reliability was my #1 concern. For a tow rig if you don't look at it this way the tow truck bills will get you! Your vacation plans will be ruined. [/QUOTE]