# 1990 dodge d250 cummins
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [October 7, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820 "2013-10-07T17:16:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@daknut93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/daknut93)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/61 "2013-10-18T17:58:18Z")
if i had this truck it would be dropped 3 in already lol
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### Author:  [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/62 "2013-10-18T18:12:33Z")
> [@Day crew vs Night crew thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/day-crew-vs-night-crew-thread/53549/116):
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> theres a screw on these pumps that raises fuel pressure= more coal. then get a bigger pair of injectors and raise the psi and it will smoke and have more power than ull ever need. the big thing i would do is search for the nv4500 5 speed and a good clutch. my brother glazed his stock clutch with a fuel plate injectors and max psi on stock turbo you can make alot of power under 1000 bucks
Your thinking about the wrong style pump. The plate mod is on a P7100 pump not the older VE rotary pumps. I would strongly urge you to not fuck with the fuel curve on a non intercooled 1st gen. It’s a good way to cook the valves.
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### Author:  [@ds50r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ds50r)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/63 "2013-10-18T18:36:13Z")
I def am not going to mess with anything power wise I want a good running truck 🙂 and the dmax I wanna get will be lowered on 21.5 inch alcoas 🙂
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### Author:  [@daknut93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/daknut93)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/64 "2013-10-19T15:08:49Z")
no i was reffering to my brothers he has the p pump.
my freind has the ve pump with the fuel pump jacked up he hasnty had any problems and he was driving it to r.i.t from gloversville every week. seriously through the more you do the better it will run and it may get better fuel milage
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### Author:  [@ds50r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ds50r)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/65 "2013-10-19T15:20:48Z")
[](http://s267.photobucket.com/user/dom300zx/media/Snapbucket/45A1B1A1_zps2bc967f7.jpg.html)
Got my cummins stripe on tonight! I love the look
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### Author:  [@daknut93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/daknut93)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/66 "2013-10-19T15:44:19Z")
what wheels are you planning on
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/67 "2013-10-19T15:47:04Z")
I know '94+ wheels wont fit unless you bore out the center a little
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### Author:  [@ds50r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ds50r)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/68 "2013-10-19T15:48:43Z")
I’m not sure yet but maybe a set of fuel wheels or 3ed gen wheels I just need a set of spacers with 9/16 studs
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### Author:  [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/69 "2013-10-19T17:59:42Z")
> [@Dual Monitor Help Needed](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dual-monitor-help-needed/53568/4):
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> no i was reffering to my brothers he has the p pump.
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> my freind has the ve pump with the fuel pump jacked up he hasnty had any problems and he was driving it to r.i.t from gloversville every week. seriously through the more you do the better it will run and it may get better fuel milage
That is a bit of a misnomer. Yes mods like exhaust and intake manifolds will increase power and reliability, but just jacking up the preboost fuel settings isn’t going to do much other then make it a little snottier and waste a bunch of diesel. There are replacement aftermarket needles for the VE pumps, but they aren’t an easy swap like a fuel plate on a P pump. Either which way the first mod should always be a full set of gauges, which Semir has but it doesn’t look like they’re on the truck yet. I had ATS intake and exhaust manifolds on my P pumped 97 with a mild plate and that was a fun truck to drive. The exhaust manifolds are definitely a great part, but they are pricey.
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### Author:  [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/70 "2013-10-19T18:05:41Z")
Also for those of you wondering here is a link to a cumminsforum article on how a VE is rebuilt.
[http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/89-93-powertrain/57935-ve-rebuild-pics-look-inside.html](http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/89-93-powertrain/57935-ve-rebuild-pics-look-inside.html)
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### Author:  [@ds50r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ds50r)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/71 "2013-10-19T18:45:31Z")
Yea I’m not doing any kind of performance mods until i install the gauges just haven’t had time, ill try to get to it tomorrow, im not going to use the pillar pod, they don’t make one for a 1st gen so I’m going to mount them above the radio somehow
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### Author:  [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/72 "2013-10-21T19:19:27Z")
so you’re going to lift a 2wd truck? lol to each their own
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### Author:  [@ds50r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ds50r)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/73 "2013-10-22T06:13:37Z")
yup and your right to each their own, i want to sit as high as all the other newer 2wd trucks so thats 2-4 inches higher then what mine is right now
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### Author:  [@indy440](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/indy440)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/74 "2013-10-22T06:46:35Z")
I have family in south Carolina and when im visiting them i see lifted 2wd trucks all over. Like 6"+ lift. Kinda strange to see them with 35" MTs and 2wd…
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/75 "2013-10-22T06:54:05Z")
Prerunners. A guy I know has a lifted 2wd '71 F100, atleast 4", maybe 6"
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### Author:  [@ds50r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ds50r)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/76 "2013-10-22T07:51:30Z")
i just want it to sit up a bit higher, its a full size truck thats going to be used for towing id like it not to look like its sitting on the ground with a 5th wheel trailer attached to it
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### Author:  [@indy440](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/indy440)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/77 "2013-10-22T07:54:09Z")
^ makes sense to me, i’d do the same.
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### Author:  [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/78 "2013-10-22T08:06:35Z")
Exactly. If you’re planning to use it as a tow rig beefing up the suspension makes complete sense.
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### Author:  [@JSEnclosures](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JSEnclosures)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/79 "2013-10-23T12:42:47Z")
if your planning to tow add air bags
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### Author:  [@ds50r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ds50r)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1990-dodge-d250-cummins/267820/80 "2013-10-23T13:45:36Z")
ive been looking into a air system, and im currently looking at a nice 2 car gooseneck trailer
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