</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by elripster:
<strong>Harry is absolutely right. <snip></strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">You should have just stopped right here. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

I agree that the 3.0L gets a bad wrap, but I don't think that you see ANYONE claiming huge mileage numbers with lifted trucks with big tires, regardless of the motor. Most of them are not daily drivers, but when they do get used they get used hard.

Another thing that has not been mentioned outside of displacement is the ratio of stroke to bore. As a general rule, longer strokes produce more torque but do not rev as high. The 22RE is slightly oversquare, with a stroke of 89 mm and a bore of 92 mm. The 3VZE is undersquare, with a stroke of 90 and a bore of 87.5.