First off, where is the ricerocket comment coming from. I hate douches in their riced out civics more than you will ever know. Now if it's somebody that owns a civic, I have no problem with that. They are reliable and economical cars and very good cars at that.....way better than most "american" crap.....which just adds to the irony since the Civics are actually made in the US in Ohio.
It don't matter how much money you dump into a truck.......you will never reach a level a car will. This is the equivalent of me saying "Well if you dump a ton of money in a utility ATV, you can beat sport ATVs"..........yea.......if I take a renegade 800 and throw 5 grand into it, it will beat some ATVs in a straight line and maybe even some in the trails, but will you ever get it to the point where it's beating modded 450s on an MX course?...........NO. The exact same concept applies to trucks. This is the simple difference between a car and a truck. Saying a truck can be more performance oriented than a car is just as absurd as saying a car can be more off road oriented than a truck. 8-|
Your diesel makes a lot of low end torque.......yay......what about it? You need to torque to haul the truck's fat ass around and whatever it is hauling. What's the thing redline at? How much hp? You are taking the VERY narrow american mindset of "bigger/more is better", which just makes me laugh even more considering you own a blaster in a 2 stroke forum and should know better than that as it is already.
Your truck really goes well...........I'd love to see it take a lap at Mid-Ohio. 8-| You would be spanked by a lowly Miata with a tiny 1.6L engine.