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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 09:15 AM
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i have a 93 d150,trying to locate the chrome grill inserts.
does anyone know what company makes them,and if they still do.
i have seen them on trucks recently,they were popular years ago.
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 11:51 AM
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My 93 had a set of Lund grille inserts when i bought it, they are just black plastic but they still look way better than nothing, so if lund still makes them maybe you can get chrome ones from them
 
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 11:53 AM
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btw what motor is in your 93?
 
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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its a 318,but its got a lot of power,i owned other 318 magnums,nothing comes close to the power this has.
had a hemi 04 ram,this is better,maybe it has work done to it,or the computor has been upgraded,or something.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2010 | 09:28 AM
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these trucks are lighter than newer ones too mine has a 360 magnum with a full exhaust and throttle body spacer i cant believe how much power it has, every time i drive it i get a smile on my face lol, im trying to find someone else who owns a 93 with a 5.9L magnum i haven't seen another one yet
 
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 04:49 PM
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Hey otis 771, I see you live in Ontario! So do I, Hamilton area. I have a 1993 W250 with the 318 and 120,000 kms on it. I just scrapped my 82 D150 with a slant six so this 93 has way more power in comparison to the slant six.
You mention you have a throttle body spacer:
Where did you get it?
Was it hard to install?
How much was it?
Can you estimate what increase in power you got?
Thanks. Brad.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 07:08 AM
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I bought mine from JCWhitney they sell alot of good stuff there, you might have to look it up as a 1994 ram i got the torque curve spacer it was 50 bucks, theres no charge for shipping if you spend over 75 bucks but there is a small fee to ship to canada i think i bought my k/n air filter from them to it was only 37 bucks, btw any one that need the rubber seals for the tops of the doors where the window comes out chrysler wanted like 300 bucks for all 4 pieces i bought mine from Jcwhitney 60 bucks for the whole set and they worked great, http://www.jcwhitney.com/ and heres the tb spacer link http://www.jcwhitney.com/efi-and-mpf...DetailTabPanel its funny if you check the part number they are all the same for a 3.9 , 5.2 , or a 5.9 lol dodge was smart
 
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 07:13 AM
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oh sorry i forgot i dont really know how much power it gave me ,more seat of the pants kind of thing, its hard for me to check that stuff around here when you put the 5.9l to the floor she likes to hit 100MPH pretty dam fast lol but i would say it did make a noticeable difference didn't really help MPG but god himself couldn't make a dodge better on gas lol i would say its well worth it and very easy to install put the air cleaner off undo 4 bolts (you get 4 new longer bolts with the spacer) lift the tb put the spacer under it, bolt it back on throw your air cleaner back on 5 min job lol
 

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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 09:27 AM
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Otis 771, thanks for the info, i will check out J.C. Whitney.
Thanks!
 
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 12:04 PM
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STOP!!! DO NOT buy a throttle body spacer. They do not work on magnum engines. They don't even work in theory on Multi Port engines. You will see no performance increase and more likely a decrease.

Also JC Whitney is no where near what they used to be. Now they don't even compare with Summit Racing or Jegs. Both were much better whith customer service and delivery time, not to mention prices. JC whitney seems to just drop ship everything were Summit and Jegs have warehouses they ship from.
 

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