like said i made it. i drove from modesto ca to laramie wy about 900 miles the trip was uneventful and the truck drove like a champ took the hills snow rain traffic and altitude w/o complaint. im very pleased w/ it and am really glade i spent the money on this truck. shes a little dirty now from all the crap they put on the roads but tomorrow ill try to find a good little car wash and give her a bath. anyways this just makes me even happier to being owing a properly valved dodge cummins turbo diesel.