Hey guys, been noticing some weird behavior from my 5EAT with 170k miles lately. In auto mode, it would never go above 3k rpm as much as I press down the pedal feeling like it hits some kind of wall and sometimes when pressing the accelerator down, the rpm would actually drop? In all cases though, the rpm loves to drop back to around 1200-1500 rpm, which makes it hard for me to maintain a good speed on the highway. I am stage 2 and recently had it tuned and the turbo seems to kick in but it isnt fun when it cant pass 3k rpm.
Also in manual mode, while reaching the higher rpm (3k rpm or above) it seems very choppy and feels like it struggles. Would resetting the ECU and changing my way of driving help? Maybe i need to drive more aggressively?
At lower speeds and low boost (under 2700 rpm) the car feels fine, but once it hits boost and above 3k rpm it just feels weird!