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Re: Some manual advice needed please

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So the dampers would be too damp, then? :lol:
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Damp strait!
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Right, so instead of making hundreds of new threads I think I Am going to start posting my questions here. I so far have been doing pretty good. Its been almost a year and I have dramatically improved. Messing up almost every 1>2 shift to messing up almost none...except when I am tired and it rains :x! I can't seem to get over those two. I think when I am tired I am just too lazy to move fast enough...so the rpms fall too fast and thats where the headbobbing takes place.

However when it comes to rain it seems like both the revs fall too fast, and the gas pedal is very stiff. Has anyone ever noticed this? And has anyone ever found a way to overcome it? I need to retime my engine, and see if its something with the throttle body...but other then that I am perplexed...I know its not the clutch like I have said before.
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rev falls really fast on my car when it's cold outside.
and if i just shift like i would normally, the car jerks and my dog looks at me with this sad face like he would puke in my car right then.
so now I rev match my upshifts every morning until the car is warmed up like i would when downshifting and it seems to smoothen out shifts.
blip throttle before engaging clutch for upshifts too.
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kayubassist wrote:rev falls really fast on my car when it's cold outside.
and if i just shift like i would normally, the car jerks and my dog looks at me with this sad face like he would puke in my car right then.
so now I rev match my upshifts every morning until the car is warmed up like i would when downshifting and it seems to smoothen out shifts.
blip throttle before engaging clutch for upshifts too.
I never thought of doing this. Sometimes I get horrible rev hang...I don't know if its the ECU putting it in or its just the slow response of the Throttle body. Thanks though I am definitely going to try this when I experience this! :idea:
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Alright so it rained out today and I tried giving it gas before shifting but I am still getting a slight hiccup. And its noticeable to me. I am going to try the actual blip the gas pedal soon to see if that solves the issue.
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I think my alternator is going out. I had an alternator tester that plugs into the 12v accessory plug. I turned my headlights on and stepped on the brake and all that I would have on when it rains. It reads low on the tester. About 13v...so that could be my issue.
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