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| By Aaron Wiltsey |
| If you've ever wanted a little more power out of your VG30i V-6 engine in your 87-89 Pathfinder, this mod is easy and fairly effective. What this will do is create a ram-air effect---force-feeding colder, denser air directly into your intake, while still staying mostly out of the way and avoiding sucking up water when 4-bying or in the rain. |
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| This area is where the intake is located after modifying it. Right above the headlight, behind the grille. |
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| For the first step: detach the intake hose from where it's clipped onto the inner fender. The picture below shows the old hole in the inner fender after the hose has been detached. I had to use a flat screwdriver to pop it off. It was fairly well secured. |
| The next part is to trim the end off the intake hose with a hacksaw blade or sharp knife(be careful) Make the end nice and rounded so the air will flow smoothly through. |
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| After that, position the end of the hose under the body sheetmetal just above the headlight, pointing straight forward. Use a long zip tie(or two linked together) to secure the end of the hose. It should look like the picture below. |
| To finish the job, I trimmed a small section of the plastic grille off with a hacksaw very carefully. Then I used a file to neaten the edges up. I took as little as possible off the top of the grille for cosmetic reasons. It's really not too visible when the hood's down, though. The black lines illustrate the area I cut out. This allows better airflow into the intake tube. |
| This is the completed picture of the entire engine bay. Nice and neat! I could tell I had more power right away. |
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| Copyright (c) 2001 Aaron Wiltsey |