What else can I do? (Wheel Hop)
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What else can I do? (Wheel Hop)
When I bought my car I don't ever remember having wheel hop, not even the slightest bit. I got whiteline diff bushings, didn't go away.. than changed out my rear sub frame bushings for sikky solid ones, still nothing. I know they have a diff brace which is supposed to help eliminate it but I was sure changing the bushings was going to do it. What could be the cause of this? I have hankook v12s and the rears are at 35 psi, could dropping in down to like low 30s help with the wheel hop?
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Are you doing this on the street? I would say a mixture or driver error along with the crappy roads in NY might be the biggest cause. I sometimes get wheel hop in mine, but usually it is in rainy conditions.
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I have 4.08 gears, trust me spinning them isn't the issue
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I know what your talking about with the slickness in the rain in FL, last year I was in my rental Chevy Cruz and went to turn into a gas station and understeered almost right into the embankment. It was so weird because I wasn't going fast or anything. Really caught me off guard and scared the crap out of me.
The road up here are SO different from the roads in FL. So many bumps, unevenness, potholes, different road materials on the same road in different sections. I blame winters and more importantly the unions since they make more money patching roads rather than redoing them. It is the same holes created year after year. In fact this winter was so bad I barely drove my Z until they did major repairs. I am talking about jaw chattering roads that you just drive down and curse the entire way.
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Yeah street/parking lot. It's weird tho bc I can spin them cleanly when I shift into 2nd and if I drift, but if I launch it it's 99% of the time wheel hop and and I step on it in first I get wheel hop maybe 75% of the time. What's the difference from launching and the shift into 2nd?
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It's an 03 and only has 27000 miles, I got it a year ago at 17000 miles. By no means do I baby my car but with 25ish the rear subframe and diff bushings were shot, so could that mean my tranny and engine mounts be shot also? When I first got my car I had 0 wheel hop no matter what I did...
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It's an 03 and only has 27000 miles, I got it a year ago at 17000 miles. By no means do I baby my car but with 25ish the rear subframe and diff bushings were shot, so could that mean my tranny and engine mounts be shot also? When I first got my car I had 0 wheel hop no matter what I did...
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Yeah street/parking lot. It's weird tho bc I can spin them cleanly when I shift into 2nd and if I drift, but if I launch it it's 99% of the time wheel hop and and I step on it in first I get wheel hop maybe 75% of the time. What's the difference from launching and the shift into 2nd?
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Check your suspension arms maybe. As bushings get worn, wheel movement can occur and cause alignment change, which result in the tires slipping and grabbing at a high frequency.
Crappy roads are usually the culprit.
Experts please chime in.
Crappy roads are usually the culprit.
Experts please chime in.
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When I added SPL aluminum diff bushings, TS urethane transmission mount, and tightened my engine mounts an additional 10 ft/lbs over stock, all my wheelhop disappeared. I attribute this mostly to replacing the worn stock diff bushings. Solid rear suspension arm bushings would be a good next step in reducing your wheelhop. On our drag cars we film them from the outside and have a GoPro attached to the chassis underneath. This gives us a very thorough look at the suspension's behavior. If you did this for your car, you could see how it moves and that would show you what direction to go in.