Does anyone know why the engine/exhaust on a 98 v6 firebird would stutter when I accelerate? It just started happening today and it doesn't really do it when I slowly accelerate, but anything somewhat fast and it does. It makes the car sound weird and shake a little. The car never stalls and it doesn't feel like it's the transmission. Any ideas?

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Any codes being thrown? If not, i'd either suspect MAF or a vacuum leak.

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I just bought a 94 V6 3.4L yesterday and I notice it stutters when I accelerate a littler harder/faster like when I'm passing someone. It gets to about the 23-2500 RPM range and stutters and then it kicks in and goes. I guess it might be more of a lagging issue...Any ideas?

Automatic transmission?

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yep (5)

by yep u mean automatic? or by (5) you mean manual 5 speed?

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2000 Firebird 3.8L V6

Pacesetter headers & y-pipe | cacto 3in CAT | slp factory dual exhaust (off a SS) | whisper lid w/ K&N filter | aluminum DS | 1LE 32mm front sway bar | 3.42 w/ lsd

yep for automatic (5) for 5 characters (so I could post it...sorry I'm used to people doing that on another form for when they don't type enough to be able to post it)

It's more than likely just that your tranny is just working on shifting into overdrive.

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"What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years at the end of which they tell you to piss off; ending up in some retirement village hoping to die before suffering the indignity of trying to make it to the toilet on time? Wouldn't you consider that to be insane?"
-Steve Buscemi as Garland Greene in Con Air
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alright haha that threw me off a little.

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2000 Firebird 3.8L V6

Pacesetter headers & y-pipe | cacto 3in CAT | slp factory dual exhaust (off a SS) | whisper lid w/ K&N filter | aluminum DS | 1LE 32mm front sway bar | 3.42 w/ lsd