Car jerks if not shifted at right rpm???, What could cause this? Options

[str8thugginit4ya]

Hey guys, I know you're probably thinking from the title that I'm probably not shifting and driving the car right. But, I like to think that I'm an okay driver and I know a thing or two about how to drive a manual. My main problem that I have is that whenever I'm shifting from 1st to 2nd, or any gear for that matter, and I don't rev match it perfectly it jerks a LOT. Now I compared the jerking to my brothers Infiniti G20, and whenever I don't rev match perfectly when shifting, the clutch just catches the gear back and goes on driving. No jerking or anything. Could it be my bushings that are bad in my suspension? Or maybe my clutch needs changing?I know for a fact that I don't ride the clutch, but what could be going wrong. I'm not saying that I'M not doing anything wrong here, but I just wanted to know if this is a sign of something going bad??? Any help would be appreciated.


-Thanks, Ryan

[95st-celica]

x2 on what batman said...im willing to bet your motor mounts are shot...how many miles are on the car?

Pop your hood, reach in and hit the throttle from from where your cable connects to the Throttle body. give it some gas and you should see the whole engine flex....try shaking it with your hands and check out your motor mounts, but i bet he's right.

I would invest in some new motor mounts all around just to be safe, and also, for 50 bucks shipped, you can get a full set of polly-uruthane motor mount inserts made by kirkasouras...i have these in with my swap and they are great.

heres the link

good luck and i hope you figure out what it is

http://home.comcast.net/~kirkosaurus2/MR2_...ne_inserts.html

[str8thugginit4ya]

x2 on what batman said...im willing to bet your motor mounts are shot...how many miles are on the car?

Pop your hood, reach in and hit the throttle from from where your cable connects to the Throttle body. give it some gas and you should see the whole engine flex....try shaking it with your hands and check out your motor mounts, but i bet he's right.

I would invest in some new motor mounts all around just to be safe, and also, for 50 bucks shipped, you can get a full set of polly-uruthane motor mount inserts made by kirkasouras...i have these in with my swap and they are great.

heres the link

good luck and i hope you figure out what it is

http://home.comcast.net/~kirkosaurus2/MR2_...ne_inserts.html

Thanks a lot to EVERYBODY! Once again, this community has helped me tremendously! I will look into those motor mounts. One thing though, I've never installed any motor mounts, is it hard. I have an engine jack, well it's mainly my brothers but would I need it to replace the engine mounts? Seeing that the whole engine rests on these mounts I think that an engine jack would be VERY helpful. Oh, and to answer '95st-celica' question, I have just below 120,000 miles on my Celi.