Wait til you've swapped a turbo on the side of the interstate in the rain, then tell me compounds are worth it.

That MDF trick sounds like overthinking it, bits wear out either way, but good on you for finding a system, @the_sam.

Man, I gotta disagree with you there. I ran compounds on my 7.3 for about a year and the added plumbing headaches just weren't worth it for how I drive. Sure, the low end spool was nice, but that 1.5 mpg hit and the extra time I spent fixing boost leaks made me go back to a decent single. To each their own, but I'll take the simpler setup and just downshift earlier on the big hills.