I miss my 1st gen trucks...

[HHhuntitall]

My 90 D250 (now Greenleaf's) got 20-24. My 93 D350 gets 14-16. I've tried a bunch of stuff, but can't get better. I really liked that 3. 07 rear end.

Yeah, I had a '90 that, on it's worse day(translate, my heavy foot!!) would get 18-19. It has the 3spd and 3. 07 gears..... I sold it with 520k showing ont he speedo, and it had quit over a year earlier..... it's still running on a farm near Prosper... ... quite a bit rougher than it looked when I had it... :{



My 93 is the same as yours vs poor mileage..... I converted it to a dually with a CC rear, 3. 54 gears, but it still only gets 15-16..... sometimes 18, but only when my Dad drives it..... What's the deal there? Are the cams spec'ed different or the timing retarded on the late VEs??!?!?!?#@$%!



What's the mm lift timing on the early vs late trucks??!!! Is there a difference? Sure seems like it... ... .

 

[JLEONARD]

The timing on the early trucks is more advanced.

 

[Ncostello]

I personally don't like anything beyond the 24V's. While the HPCR engines may be nice in many respects... I think they have an awful sound to them when people add an exhaust or straight pipe. Just my opinion... and not to say I'll never have one someday.

 

[Coalsmoke]

Yeah my 08 was 4" straight but it sure didn't sound like it, but after a while the quiet refined sound grows on a person. Now the 4" straight on my 95 sounded like a big rig, and the turbo flutter at idle would bring a smile to my face. I have a 3. 5" straight faux-dual exhaust on the 93 and it sounds good, not nearly as loud as the 95, and the turbo is too quiet IMO.