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Message: [QUOTE="Hotrodtractor, post: 226723, member: 25"] You most certainly can have a 650hp capable truck that is a functional tow vehicle/DD with reliability - but it takes time, patience, the right parts, figuring out potential failure modes and taking care of it before its an issue. Personally in my mind that means a set of compounds - but I tow REALLY heavy and like low end response. Personally I don't think the procharger setups have quite proven themselves in a DD/tow pig except in maybe one or two examples - compounds are everywhere doing what they do across all makes. A fact of life though is that if you want to push something into the outer skirts of what is the norm - then you need to get dirty, know what you have, know where the problems might be, etc... this is one reason why you don't see a list of 650hp capable 7.3s that are driven daily, tow, etc... it takes a good bit of money to get a stable enough platform if you start with PMRs, then it takes a combo of parts to meet your goals, which again is a spendy list of upgrades. Can it be done? sure. Can it be reliable? Sure. Is it easy? Nothing worth doing ever is. BTW - none of this was a dig at you - as I am loosely familiar with your ongoing build, issues, etc... its just my view point. That being said - I do drive a 650hp capable truck daily - and I do tow heavy - and its just cheaper and easier to do it on a common rail platform. I have about 80K miles so far on it with the current setup. Its nothing more than some turbos, a fuel system, a tune, and a transmission to hold it. I've never pulled the valve covers, still rocking stock injectors, stock head bolts, etc.... not saying I don't love my 7.3s - because I do - but they are my toys and my novelties once you start getting to about 650hp on fuel and above. [/QUOTE]