Need help svz ute

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Hey guys i got a 07 SVZ ute just got pacemaker extractors and cats installed but the gear changes feel sloppy even changing at like 2500-3000 revs and when it gets that high the exhaust sounds a bit tinny.. Is there anything i can do to try improve this, like a tune up or something? i dont know to much bout tune ups tho so any advice would be good.

Cheers

[impulsive]

For the exhaust note, try a resinator or a different muffler, maybe add a muffler. For the gear change try a Gearbox service, is it manual or auto. im assuming auto

[RiCeY]

Is the exhaust standard from the cats back?

Were gear changes sloppy only after the exhaust was fitted?

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Its a 6speed manual and it has a single 3inch redback exhaust from catback on it at the moment i think and i only really noticed the gears being sloppy after i got the extractors and cats.

[RiCeY]

What do you mean by sloppy?

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Its hard to do smooth shifts it seems a bit jumpy like im changin gears too early.. Im not sure if that is why coz ive got more power from the extractors and need a tune up or something done so i thought id ask you guys coz i dont know much bout it..

Cheers

[impulsive]

sounds like driver error, are you dropping the clutch and driving different due to a new exhaust sound? If you are changing gears too early, then the car would be struggling to drive, almost shaking becuase it doesnt have a decent gear to accelerate. put the car in 3rd gear, handbrake on, let the clutch out. If it stalls then you know your clutch is good..

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I know how to drive a manual mate haha but ill give the 3rd gear handbrake on a go and see what happens might try rev it out a bit more when im driving and see what happens..

Thanks mate

[DylanWillo]

i did the same but realised i was changing gears to the sound of the exhaust and not the revs, so it feels sloppy and powerless

[impulsive]

I know how to drive a manual mate haha but ill give the 3rd gear handbrake on a go and see what happens might try rev it out a bit more when im driving and see what happens..

Thanks mate

I dont mean to make out that you dont, just how else do you explain a possible shift in driver style, im thinking that you hear the exhaust now and you naturally think the car may be getting worked harder then usual, urging you to change a little sooner, thus endstate 'sloppy' gear changes.

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Yeah i think thats what it could of been went for a spin earlier let it rev higher then shift and it seemed alrite i still dont like the tinny sound tho but ppl say it sounds fine from outside the car. Now i just need to get someone to #### the o2 sensors off coz check powertrain warning is annoyin haha