CumminsFever
I'm Awesome
Well, you read correctly. My opinion of the 6.5 is that it is a LIGHT DUTY diesel. This means 1500 territory. You correctly hit it, things you could do with an El Camino.Strong feelings indeed. If you had a girlfriend let you down time after time and she liked to randomly kick you in the balls, you'd have strong feelings too! If that girlfriend was a smoking hot , nymphomaniac ex prom queen and you were into pain then it might be worth it. The rest of us just cut our losses and get the heck out.
I read into your comments above that you don't really trust the 6.5 either. If you can't do all of the truck stuff then you might as well get ab El Camino.
Beyond that is territory not yet proven reliable by the majority of the 6.5 out there. Perhaps the p400 will do it? A friend just put one in his truck, center mounted a 66mm turbo, and it's getting enough fuel to make north of 350hp. So far, the 6l90e transmission is the weak point.