Stuttering, hesistation when car is cold...

[grendels_arm]

this is my second post on this and I think I have the problem, or what I think is a problem, narrowed down. I recently had the head gasket and clutch replaced at the dealer. All stock stuff put in. Absolutely no modifications are done to my car. I don't think I had this problem before the work was done. Not absolutely sure.

Anyway when I first drive the car after it's been sitting overnight or for a number of hours it seems when I first hit the gas after shifting into first gear there is a hesitation. The car will start going, hesitate then go again. I thought it was only when my A/C was on (trying to troubleshoot) but it happened today as well when I took off without A/C on. I'm trying to figure out if I'm just a horrible shifter (not the greatest but not the poorest either) and with the fluids all cold my shifting habits cause this. Also this problem can be seen more when the car is on a hill and therefore there's more pressure for a better shift.

Just trying to figure out if my habits are the cause.

 

[grendels_arm]

For anyones reference I replaced the cables and plugs with new NGK stuff and problem appears to be solved. The gap on the old Champion plugs was high on one of em. .060. The rest were probably barely within the range for the Champions. They had 26,000 miles on em probably was a good idea to replace anyway.

Paid $1.68 per plug at Advanced Auto parts for the NGK plugs.
$47.10 for the wires at www.sparkplugs.com.

 

[youkickedmydog]

What are your r's at, when you romp on it in any gear under 2k it will do that... Except for 5th and sometimes 4th. Also when the car is cold, it wont drive normal untill its worm.