Car Stumbles While Accelerating- Help

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David B
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Car: 93 s13 vert.

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I have searched and searched everywhere. I have an 01 altima, and under normal acceleration the rpm's will like freeze every couple rpm's. I can't figure it out for the life of me. I had the transmission flushed, replaced plugs, wires, fuel filter and all that good stuff. I wonder if it could be the torque converter, but I don't know.


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Rev_D21
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Car: 1986.5 D21 LB HD 2WD V6 5Speed
1991 D21 Reg 2WD Auto
1995 D21 Reg 2WD 5Spd
1996 D21 Reg 4WD 5Spd
2012 Versa 1.6S 5-Speed
Location: Somwhere in Western NY
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Freeze as in won't go any fast no matter how hard you mash the pedal? Then returns to normal shortly after?

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David B
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Car: 93 s13 vert.

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Reverend D wrote:Freeze as in won't go any fast no matter how hard you mash the pedal? Then returns to normal shortly after?
I guess pause would be a better word. It pauses for half a second under normal acceleration. Under full throttle the rpm's go up as normal. I mean the pause is visible on the tach and you can feel it. I may have to try and record a vid of it.

lucino128
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so what did you conclude? what was the problem?

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Rev_D21
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Car: 1986.5 D21 LB HD 2WD V6 5Speed
1991 D21 Reg 2WD Auto
1995 D21 Reg 2WD 5Spd
1996 D21 Reg 4WD 5Spd
2012 Versa 1.6S 5-Speed
Location: Somwhere in Western NY
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Any codes or warning lights on the dash?

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David B
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Car: 93 s13 vert.

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Reverend D wrote:Any codes or warning lights on the dash?
It occasionally throws a code, but it's due to not having a front cat anymore(aftermarket header). I still have not figured it out. I'm wondering if its the tps.


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