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Originally Posted by Gray Ghost
If you go back to '06 they're not quite so rare. Still hard to find, but not impossible.
My foreman has a 2006 RCLB with a 6.0 and a 5 speed manual.
Why a 4.8? You'd be better off with the 5.3 and mileage is almost identical.
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This came up in a thread on the 88-98 board. I am 99.99% sure you could not buy a 5.3 with a manual tranny. I have been proven wrong on other things before so please do so if you can (not a challenge, just interested in learning more when i can!).
Just after I bought my '06 I was looking through GMC's site and came upon some specs for the different models and options.
A Yukon with a 4.8 was rated at less MPG than a 5.3 (like 19 vs. 21). I assumed it had to do with the higher torque of the 5.3. That seems to be the real difference; I think the 5.3 is only 10hp better but like 30ft#'s better.
To the OP, I am not sure if I have seen a ext cab with a manual and a v-8 but I have seen a crew 2wd with a manual before. And only once.
I just traded my '06 4.8 5-speed in, but it was a regular cab. Fun truck but I was ready to get a car.