Hey everyone. This is my first post and its about wheel hop. I recently purchased an 04 350(20k miles) and I absolutly love it. I plan on making this car fast along with my others. Im not new to fast cars, Ive owned a supercharged trans am, nitroused trans am, turbo trans am, turbo supra and I have a 93 RX7(fd)with an LS6 vette engine in it.

Now, Ive searched and haven't really seen a solid answer on how to eliminate wheel hop. For my trans am it was control arms and for my RX7 it was diff bushings and control arms. Does the same apply to this car? Where is a good place to look for suspension? Should I look for control arms and diff bushings as well? I like the firm but fairly quiet ride the car has now(its the daily driver) and I dont want to venture too far off from that. I appreciate the help.

 

umm I dont have wheel Hop.... if ur use to ALL that Domestic power V8s that have NO wheel hop why buy a Z?

 

If I come off as an ******* I appologize, but why post in here if the only thing your going to contribute is useless nonsense? Im happy you don't have wheel hop..but I do. And I bought the Z because I liked the looks and I want to try something different, the more I drive the car the more I like it, is that ok with you?....anyone else on the wheelhop thing?

 

anyone?

 

There are differential bushings although I'm not sure if anyone has tried them out yet...

 

sorry bro, i don't get wheel hop either. someone was asking the same thing a couple days ago so im sure you find more info. with search function.

 

It’s a common topic in the drag racing forum. Hop is symptomatic of independent rear suspension. I say over and over that hop is a matter of technique not suspension deficiency.

 

I dont mean to argue but thats absolutely not true. The best driver in the world wouldnt make a damn bit of a difference when actually trying to spin the wheels. If your talking about launching at the drag strip then that would be correct as improper launch techniques cause all sorts or proplems. But for normal driving, and the occiasional tire spin, there is something wrong with the suspension. My RX7 used to wheel hop worse than anything ive ever driven, no matter who drove the car as soon as the tires broke loose it would hop. As soon as I replaced the diff bushings, and control arms the wheel hop went away completely. I coud light the tires up down the road until they fell off and the car didnt bounce.

 

Ive found that 2nd gear makes for much better burnouts with minimal wheel hop on my car, but also depends on the surface conditions...

 

Drag racing section of this forum would be a better place to ask. I know you're not asking about launching, but you need to do long burnouts to heat up DRs too...

 

My experience is limited to drag racing.

 

I agree...alls im asking is where I can get good suspension pieces for the car.

 

^ There are way too many places to list, seriously. Just do a search in the suspension area and you'll come up with tons of hits and opinions on diferent setups and shops.

Check out the vendors on this site.

 

i thought it was only possible to get wheel hop in fwd cars due to the car launching and not being able to stay planted like rwd..... I could be wrong

 

I posted this the other day in the road racing section:

The big soft differential mounting bushings are the biggest culprit. We ripped the stock ones just trying to launch our NA 350Z. We put on solid diff bushings and that largely eliminated the wheel hop.

http://www.splparts.com/events/sar1206/

http://www.splparts.com/events/sar0106/Sean1.wmv

 

How about you go hop your happy *** back into your trans am. LOL Come in here all strong when its only your first post. You got to get your feet wet before you can talk down to others bro. Replace the driver, that should do it.!!

 

Coming from someone with 56 posts I wouldnt talk. Im not talking down to anyone. I come in here asking a simple question...what can I do with my suspension, and instead I get completely useless answers from people who obviously don't know anything(your mod list proves this point obviously) and just want to come in here and post *****.If you have nothing helpful please stay out of my post. To everyone in here whos being helpful I appreciate the help.

 

What about control arms? Do they make a difference or just the bushings? This looks like a good place to start. Hows the road noise after installing them?

 

LOL wheel hop

 

Listen, if I need help with the right speakers to pick for my car ill ask you..other than that your useless and im gonna ask that you stop posting in my thread.