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Message: [QUOTE="TrickTruck, post: 1493347, member: 6044"] I had a '12 that was put on a diet w/ the mm, g3arhead tune, 5" exhaust, egr, NL intake etc. It ran like a raped ape and got 18mpg doing it at 80mph. Towed a big toyhauler like a champ too. Great. Only thing I didn't like is that it was real hard on tires :D Maybe a left foot problem. Wifey had a wreck with it and I worked my way out of the '12 into a '16. Still have all the hard parts, but obviously I'll need a tuner & tune for the '16. The best my '16 gets is 13mpg :( However, lots of posts on bookface about the EPA cracking down on trucks like ours. Sending owners in for inspection and all kinds of nonsense. Way I see this, it's only a matter of time before there's some lottery and a letter from the EPA which says 'go get it inspected' or else... I remember from putting all that stuff back on my '12 that it was not a fun job, that and I got the $3000 prize heater problem code too. So, good reasons to diet, good reasons not to diet. I would propose we talk about the non-diet options. I think I'd like to get the NL intake and a hotside/intercooler pipe on the truck at minimum (yes, the intercooler kit I have won't work unless I diet.) Truthfully I'd like one of the 'replace all the pipes' kit, but as I understand it these are only for dieted trucks. I see 5star has a 90hp / 180TQ tune. But they are using either a proprietary tuner or an obsolete one. No good tuner option with them IMHO. There's a couple other new to the 6.7 game tuners like Superchips and Duramileage, but I hesitate to be a guinea pig for them. I think the ezlink even though pretty spendy is the right choice, but I could be wrong. I now yield the floor to those with more experience on this subject. [ATTACH=full]174335[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]