Maxx Schlick

When my car was new it got zero wheel hop. Even with hard burn outs, it got zero wheel hop, not even a litle bit. It could spin the tires slow, it could spin the tires fast. I could roll the gas on smoothly, or I could just stomp it. No mater how I gassed it, there was never any wheel hop at all.

It now has 18k on the clock with lots of track laps and lots of drag launches. Now it gets uncontrolable wheel hop the instant the wheels start to spin. No matter how smoothly I roll into the power, the instant the tires loose traction, the hop starts. Even in the rain where it takes very little gas to spin the tires, they will not spin without getting violent wheel hop.

I have 4 sets of tires and wheels right now.
Michelin ZPressure
Bridgestone RFlats
2 sets of Hoosier r compound

Each tire gets the hop with the slightest amount of spin.

FWIW
The right tire is the pogo stick, never noticed the left one bouncing at all.

I'm thinking it has to be worn parts. Shocks, tranny mounts, bushings ?

My question is, are the shocks the most likely part to contribute to bad wheel hop?

froggy47

Tires? Then/now.

AU N EGL

Heat cycles ?


Bushings need to be replaced.

Check your shocks and springs.

parts wear out.

95jersey

My OEM goodyears were great when new, but after a couple years and just 5000 miles, I could spin them at will.

I put on some new exclaims (street tires) and it was like glue again. If they are new tires, I would think shocks second.

Maxx Schlick

I have 4 sets of tires and wheels right now.
Michelin ZPressure
Bridgestone RFlats
2 sets of Hoosier r compound

Each tire gets the hop with the slightest amount of spin.

FWIW
The right tire is the pogo stick, never noticed the left one bouncing at all.

Maxx Schlick

How do you "check" the shocks and springs?

Solofast

Bushings and shocks are the two biggest variables here (assuming tires which is the biggest variable are comparable).

Bushings allow compliance and compliance leads to the windup and hopping...

I'm getting hop with my Koni's on certain settings, so if you have worn shocks it's easy to see how that would lead to hop.

dfinke23

Have you watched from outside the car to see the right hopping more than the left?

Maxx Schlick

have not seen it from outside , but from the drivers seat it is pretty obvious. You can feel and hear it.

davidfarmer

should would do it definitely, bushings possibly. Pull that shock. You should barely be able to move it with your body weight. I've had bad/blows shocks that were virtually frictionless........

dfinke23

Is it possible that it is the tranny mounts?

Maxx Schlick

Looks like the answer is absoluty yes, that is what was causing it for forum member Isaiah48


along with broken motor mounts.