Hey there,
I'm Josh and I recently acquired a 1993 D250 LE automatic from my uncle. The truck was his regular driver for the last 15 years and 115k miles. There are now has 209k miles on the clock and she runs great, but while the red paint is largely sound the gray portions are failing and especially on the box. I know from being under the truck years ago that it sports the auxiliary transmission cooler. Looking at what's left of the sticker under the hood I see it has 3.54 gears and limited slip differential. As far as I can tell it's all stock under the hood.
My goals with the truck are to get it looking, smelling (my uncle wasn't much on keeping the interior clean) and driving as she should. The laundry list of tasks so far includes paint work, a new headliner and probably carpet, new front springs, shocks, wheels, tires, a modern brake controller and whatever deferred maintenance I find. I'm leaning towards going solid red when I address the paint rather than keep the gray. I would like to lower the truck a little and do some aerodynamic improvements. Oh, I almost forgot! The main reason I have the truck is to pull my little Toyota Corolla FX16 race car.
I've been doing a fair amount of reading here and don't expect I'll do anything to increase the power until I feel comfortable dropping the money it takes to buy a good torque converter and reprogram the valve body. I had a '96 2500 2WD club cab about 10 years ago. I believe it had everything Banks made at the time, a built automatic, Mag Hytec pan and diff cover, etc. It moved out rather well, but with 4.10s and stock governor springs it was all done at 87 MPH. I didn't own it long as soon after purchase I took a pay cut.
Sorry to be long winded, but I'm wrapping it up. I'm currently looking at using 2nd gen coils up front as they are 1.6" shorter and a bit stiffer than 1st gen coils. If anyone has input on this please don't hesitate. Input on shocks is also welcome.
Thanks,
Joshua Skinner
car nut, telecom tech, tool using mammal