Not a mechanic at all so please no laughing. anyway under low acceleration around 3k - 4k in the rpm range the car will buck a bit in first or have this feel of power loss in the higher gears. also when i slip the clutch into 1st i hear this metallic clicking noise when the 1st engages. Bought the car used at 50k and now has 75k miles on it any help would be awesome.

thanks
-j

 

the metalic clicking is probably your synchromesh gears. If you haven't changed the tranny fluid do so, that's a good place to start and see if that quiets it down.

The other issue could be a several things but I'd be looking at cleaning your injectors and checking your plugs.
good luck
fltsfshr

 

I've had the bucking for awhile too. I did the map whack, which can be found on the DIY sticky, and it seemed to get rid of it.

 

thanks a lot for such quick replies read the MW thread and will be under the hood tonight. My only question that remains is how much oomph should be behind your whack?