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Thanks for all the input everybody!

CJTroutt, what did you get when you dropped in the 6? And iI agree that is some nice sounding mileage with the 4, but the truck need the one tons with the bigger lift and tires, otherwise it just won't be any fun off road. :grin:

Flame? And I'll be posting pictures of each project because i really appreciate the input you more experienced guys have. But the darn thing has to stop breaking before I get to start my projects.

Garage is full of car parts but i have a big driveway or street if need be. I can scrimp, save, and sniff out deals. Plus the truck is gonna be my daily-driver-show-toy-rig.

I'm new at this so I keep leaving out the details. I plan on keeping the gearing the same on the axles, going with a 6" lift with 37" tires. So I'm covered as far as clearances go. I hear equally great things and bad things about every engine I research haha. Makes picking the right one a real bear.

I know i should be getting 20 mpg with the 6.2 but it's that high with the 5.9 also?

Well if i go with the 5.9 I would be reinforcing the frame i already have one ton axles ready to go on, plus i like a good challenge. But what makes you say it'll destroy the truck? And I haven't heard great things on the 4bt namely the vibrations factor is nuts.

Does anyone have any idea around what kind of mileage I could expect by dropping a 5.9 cummins in my M1009? I'm torn between rebuilding a 6.2, a 6.5, or getting the 6bt. Out of all the post on the similar topic, nobody mentions mpgs, and that's more or less the deciding factor here.... oh, and...