i have to disagree with this. i have a 94 truck with the 22RE. i've had well over the stated 1/2 ton capacity in the bed several times <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" /> and never had any problem with having enough power to haul it. and that includes up (and down) some long steep hills (as pittsburgh is all hills).

i've never driven a 3.0 (have driven a 3.4, though...it has waaaayyy more power than the 22RE), so i cannot comment on the comparison. however, i can say that i have never felt my truck to be underpowered with the unmodified (except for some carbon build up that has pushed the cylinder compression up to 185psi <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />) 22RE.

i mean, i'm not gonna win any drag races against a hemi or anything. i can, however, accelerate plenty fast enough to merge onto a highway. (and go rescue the broken down hemi owner <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />)

as far as power to haul a heavy load up a steep hill, though, i have no complaints at all.