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One thing I'm thinking is I don't think of a turbo for off the line grunt. I'm not naysaying, just giving food for thought.

My first diesel truck was an '84 6.2 with Banks Sidewinder. It ran great and held up. It held up beyond my three years of working it. And I sold it to a friend's brother who used it for years including on the farm. Those didn't bump a lot of boast. I've had better luck with 6.2s in general.

But the '92 6.5TD gave me 22 years/335k miles of work. For about 15k it ran a different motor, but that '92 motor went over 300k without any work. The motor for 15k of it's life I salvaged from my '95 I had totalled. That was a custom MFI 6.5TD from Peninsular Marine in MI. That came in 300hp form. I fitted up an intercooler. Avant Diesel in SC came out with a performance cam, so I ran it down for them to install one. That got it to around 325hp. That thing ran great. At the time it had as much or more power than the other stock diesels. Dropped a lot of jaws. But that fun lasted about 30k miles before it grenaded. I forget how much boost it had or what size. It was a Switzer medium duty