89 pathy looking for more power

You gotta Love these old VG30E/i powered beasts, raw truck DNA to the core.

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Scaramoche
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Location: Albuquerque New Mexico

89 pathy looking for more power

Postby Scaramoche » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:39 pm

Well, Ive completly rebuilt my pathy, and OMG im in love with it, went from a 600.00 salvage, to a pathy with new engine, interior, and paint(have been offered 5000.00 for it, but she's my baby and sweat). Now the thing im looking for is to up her power, and at a complete loss.
I'm currently looking at a couple of options

1st i found a machine shop that makes an intake manifold for the vg30i, and will allow for a 500cfm holly carb, anyone done this? feedback?(this would also allow me to put a nos system in, but not sure i want to do that)

2nd Looking at putting and mfd ignition system with coil, but not sure how well this will benifit me. any idea?

It runs strong and but doesnt have the "umph" I would really want. Ive read that the series of engine have been modified to push up to 500hp and greater in really tricked out mods, but for the life of me i cant find any other information on how to accomplish this. As a note I used high performance parts for the rebuild, also I dont mind pulling motor again, or droping an alt motor that will match up, but from all ive read and after machining im already at 3.3 ltrs

thanks
scara
also if you have questions about rebuilding one of these beasts i can give you some good info, IE it was a definate learning experience.


Xunal
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Postby Xunal » Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:27 am

Sorry I can't answer your questions, but I have to ask...do you have some pictures of your truck?

I read what you wrote about it in another thread, and am very curious....sounds awesome.

Scaramoche
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Location: Albuquerque New Mexico

Pic of pathy

Postby Scaramoche » Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:52 pm

Ya, Ill take some pic's of it tomorrow and post them. I'm pretty proud of what ive done, more so because i havent done that lvl of work on a vehicle in 20 years.

R3DN1CK
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Location: El Cajon, CA

Postby R3DN1CK » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:17 pm

jim wolf cams and ecu. if it's a manual add a jim wolf flywheel.

stangkilla1
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re 89 pathy more power

Postby stangkilla1 » Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:23 pm

hey bro how r u? anyways there r a couple of things u can do rite away. first check out the hedmann headers to allow exhaling,a lot of companies offer the drilling of ur injectors. next the intake is good but u dont want to go to the carb if u want to wheel ur truck off camber inclines would kill ur fuel pressure unless u up graded that as well. both the intake and msd ignition would help u if u also did the headers. so as long as u stick to spark air fuel upgrades youll get a lot more power of course i cant say everything in a note but u get the picture give me a line if ya wanna talk love the info u have on rebuilding the vg30


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