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Message: [QUOTE="Patman, post: 1079495, member: 16962"] Gota' watch some of the late 7.3's as they went to powered metal rods and they just didn't stand up to the power adding that many people tried. I've got 114K on my May 2000 7.3 (forged rods thank you very much) with 6 speed and consistantly get 18.5-20.5 MPG combined and have seen 23 MPG when on long interstate runs. I've been very conservative only adding a light programmer flash and 4" stainless turbo back exhaust along with durability upgrades like bypass oil filtration, the gold coolant change, LuK clutch assy, Ultra Duty diff cover and all synthetic lubes. It's been a great truck and while not quite as long lived as the Cummins the overall package is much better then the wrapper and attached pieces on the Cummins :) [/QUOTE]