hey their i'm kind of new to this, i just purchased my first car I'm 17 and have no idea how to find out what motor i have i know it's a 1990 rs v6 but that's about it. & no dad or uncle to help me. trying to start a resto. any help would be greatly appreciated!

thanks.

 

 

more then likely a 3.1L v6, pop the hood and take a pic for verification. welcome to the boards, great looking thirdgen!

 

Do you have a picture of your motor? Well if it a V6 It should say on top 2.8 Or 3.1
Good motors, just not to fast.. I have one and I love it. Are you having problems with it? Post a picture, then i can tell you forsure.

 

Welcome to the no father figure or have a father but he has no idea what he is doing club! Like they said more than likely a 3.1 not very fast but it gets great gas mileage.

 

 

 

not really big problems i just want to be able to get it to the best of it's ability, it does however over heat at times and it's made a weird ghost like noise then shut off on me once..but considering i got it for 1100 $ i think it's pretty good also the interior is in close to mint condition!

just looked up a little info on carfax and it said my car came stock with 3.1L V6 MPI OHV 12V whats this mean lol

 

Welcome to the boards! Based on what the carfax says, it's just giving a detailed description of your motor.
3.1 Liter V6, it is MultiPortInjected, OverHeadValve

 

so any advice on how i what i should buy first or in order to help my hp so i can get it to pick up speed fast because as of right now it hits o-60 in what seems 25 seconds.

 

Buy a v-8. Lmfao. But in all honesty, first make sure your car is up to snuff. If you just bought it I'd suggest flushing and replacing all fluids. You never know how old that stuff is on a 20+ year old car or what sort of crap the PO had in there. From the one pic it looks to have a cold air intake which is a good place to start. Make sure the spark plugs and wires are good and that you're firing on all six cylinders. If it's stock exhaust you can buy a performance catback, or just replace the muffler and cat with better flowing ones. I don't know of many headers for the V-6's but those will also yield an instant HP increase. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Hope this helps, I'm sure someone else will chime in as well with a bunch more ideas.

 

i replaced all fluids spark plugs and wires already did notice a little better response but not too much any good websites or brands where i can buy what i need?
thanks

 

Summit or Jeggs have a ton of stuff for thirdgens. As far as exhaust goes, flowmaster is a pretty good brand. Your air filter may be clogged or need to be cleaned, that can sometimes really bog down a vehicle.

 

how do i know if it needs to be cleaned or replaced?

 

Take the filter off and actually look at it. Most filters will have small debreis and black spots on them if not cleaned in a while. K&N sells a special cleaning kit that can be picked up at nearly any auto parts store.

 

or pull the filter with the car running if it idles better its cloged.also your timing could be off,a few degrees can really hurt preformance in a v6,how many miles are on it