Hesitation/jerk from a stop

Hopefuly, someone is familiar with this problem and help fix it.

Taking off from a dead stop, I can feel a slight sputter/jerk/hesitation for a few seconds. I doesn't do it in any other gear and/or condition, temp doesn't seem to matter either.

Do I have a bad TPS (do I even have a TPS)?
Do I have a bad U-joint?
Do I have a bad motor mount?

Oh, almost forgot it's an 01 S10 extended 2.2L w/41K miles. This truck is a total POS and has less balls than a woman.

Is the check engine light on?

well duh it dont have any balls its only a 2.2

No check engine light on.
I didn't realize what power I was giving up when I dumped my 3800 motor for this 2.2L.
Based on the pep that my girl's cavalier has, I didn't expect such a dog of a truck.

Even though it's low milage, it's still old enough to need spark plugs and sparkplug wires. A friend at work has one and recently a tune-up smoothed his out.
When he drives his the speed limit, he gets 27mpg...try that with a 4.3 6banger...lol