So in about 2 weeks me and my dad are going to be pulling my engine out of my car so that we can fix a leak in the rear main seal is our guess. while its out i wanted to know what easy things that i could do to add a little bit of power. and we will have a total of about 3 days to do the whole pull out put back in fix the leak. let me know. my dads a retired mechanic so he knwos what he is doing just want all of your opinions on what exactly i should add to give me that little more power. its a 3.1 v6.
thanks for all the help ahead of time.

 

Headers would be a good start, maybe a mild cam too.

 

Possibly replace the oil pump.

Any budget?

 

Replace rear cam seal. It right abouve the rear main seal. When I pulled my engine through it was a rear main but ended up being both the rear cam seal and rear main.

Replace distributor shaft O ring.

Replace oil pan gasket / Freeze plugs

Delete collant by pass lines.

 

Replace the whole engine with an LS1 LOL. But I would get a cam, Headers you can do but your smog pump wont be connected to the headers. Add bigger fuel injectors.

Just curious how many miles are on your motor because I believe I am having the same problem.

 

the odometer just hit 150,000 but we think it might have been messed with before like taken apart and put back together shitty or something. but yeah 150000. yeah i was plannin on doin a cam. whats the smog pump?

 

The smog pump is right below the alternator. It puts air into the pass exhaust manifold right below the EGR. The headers do not have the provisions to hook up the 3.1 system.

 

maybe i missed it, but if you dont have smog regulations, you dont have anything to worry about. cam is a good start, with a good mechanic at your disposal, headers are another good upgrade (as well as dynomax catback and some high flow cat to go with those). you can pull the valve covers and put on a higher ratio roller rockers, put in a 180 t-stat, delete the AIR pump (if you have it). there are a ton of upgrades you can do, just do a search and you can find more info that you ever wanted, i know i have, lol.

 

I know Pacesetter makes headers for your vehicle that have connections for your smog pump, here in California, the smog pump, must be hooked up and functioning, although you can find a smog shop that will over look if you want to chance a smog pump delete. I'm not sure, but headers might even be illegal for street use in CA, leave it to those tree-huggers to kill the manly spirit of cars. LOL

 

If money is "no object" Throw on a turbo system, that will pull some power out of that V-6.

Seriously though, if you can get rid of the emission stuff.