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There is also always the Titan option. I am not a Toyota fan at all, but the Titans V8 is and always has been a monster in its class. The old 317 HP/5spd auto version had no problem out performing the 355 hp 5.3 with a 6 or 8spd loaded or unloaded. The newer 5.6L is a 400+ hp engine with over 400 ft/lbs. It puts as much HP and TQ to the ground as the L8T 6.6 gas. I will say GMs HD trucks do use the AAM 11.5" from memory but at the power level we are talking its not really needed. The 9.5 much less 10.5 would have worked. The Titans AAM 9.25 is perfectly adequate for a 1/2 ton especially with the gear overlap from having a 2.94 ratio. The 5.6L will pull a flat deck car trailer with a car on it at ~1,700 rpm at 70 mph on flat land like it is not there and only drops a gear on grades.Okay, so I really do like the Tundra. Honestly, the reason I got the thing is because I respected the squarebody and GMT400 setups so much. I wanted the most bullet-proof, simple truck that I could find that would start every time and not complain when I asked it to get something done.
In a time of cylinder deactivation, turbos, lots of extra gears and "stuff" there was Tundra. You pay for it with fuel economy, but the thing is bulletproof (heck, they hadn't done anything except make that setup for 15 years!). The new ones with turbos and 3.5L v6 ... I'm not sold. At any rate, that's the story that no one asked for... continue on and please forgive my soft spot for the Toyota 5.7 as needed.
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