Wheel Hoppage ?? NEED HELP ~
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Wheel Hoppage ?? NEED HELP ~
I own a 99 coupe with recent engine repair to the heads. I have a Borla Stingers installed and the Vette comes with a manual, and it has 20,000 miles on it.
Here is my question...
I have trouble getting grip to my tires, even at 2 or 3,000 rpms, if I goose it down hard, my tires seem to spin and not grip totally all the time. I may not be no expert in this field, but even at 4,000 rpms, and slamming down on the gas would produce loss of traction of the rear wheels ??
I may be confused or maybe the suspension needs work or whateva.
But I am confused on how to solve this problem, if it is one.
I would appreciate any comments
Thanks
Here is my question...
I have trouble getting grip to my tires, even at 2 or 3,000 rpms, if I goose it down hard, my tires seem to spin and not grip totally all the time. I may not be no expert in this field, but even at 4,000 rpms, and slamming down on the gas would produce loss of traction of the rear wheels ??
I may be confused or maybe the suspension needs work or whateva.
But I am confused on how to solve this problem, if it is one.
I would appreciate any comments
Thanks
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sounds like you have a stout car. Mashing the throttle at 4,000 in first should add to a traction problem, as that's near your peak torque production of your power curve. BE VERY CAREFULL ABOUT WHEEL HOP....if you get wheel hop be carefull, i just had wheel hop break my rear differential case clean off the transmission
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I agree with stangkiller. Wheel hop is very bad. No traction is actually a much better problem to have. Do a search in the tech area on wheel hop. There are a few different things to try. Adding stickier tires fixed mine.
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Well maybe its not really wheel hop then. Maybe its loss of traction when I slam down on the gas at mid rpm's in first gear. My boss has the same engine and a slight more mod's on a 02 camaro SS conv't slp and his car does not have the same problem.
Shouldnt I have full traction rolling at 25 mph and then hitting the gas till moving into 2nd gear ?
The tires only have 20,000 miles on them and are the stock run flats.
Where should I look and what should I look for
Thanks....
Shouldnt I have full traction rolling at 25 mph and then hitting the gas till moving into 2nd gear ?
The tires only have 20,000 miles on them and are the stock run flats.
Where should I look and what should I look for
Thanks....
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the run craps are your problem, no questions asked. Get a good set of non run flats and that will help, but also we have a nice 1st gear, try rolling on the throttle, rather than a violent nailing of the throttle, maybe that will help
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Originally Posted by stangkiller18
the run craps are your problem, no questions asked. Get a good set of non run flats and that will help, but also we have a nice 1st gear, try rolling on the throttle, rather than a violent nailing of the throttle, maybe that will help
... let off the clutch slowly, not all at once.
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granted we have independent rear wheel suspension, but the solid axels do tend to spin a bit more given the same traction...at least that's the way it's always been whenever i race my buddies SS
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I wasnt sure if this was a common or something that naturally occurs. Driving non sports cars my whole young life and then hopping into my current ride, has had me thinking about these things.
As I said, rolling and going mid 1st gear and then goosing it, I have at times lost traction and only believed loss of traction can occur from idle to 1st, or super high horse vechicles much greater than a stock C5.
So Im believing here its the run flats....
Thanks.
As I said, rolling and going mid 1st gear and then goosing it, I have at times lost traction and only believed loss of traction can occur from idle to 1st, or super high horse vechicles much greater than a stock C5.
So Im believing here its the run flats....
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by stangkiller18
the run craps are your problem, no questions asked. Get a good set of non run flats and that will help, but also we have a nice 1st gear, try rolling on the throttle, rather than a violent nailing of the throttle, maybe that will help
Mine is so much better without the runflats. I bought the GY D3's and man the ride and traction far out surpass the runflats.
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So I guess its the tires and not the non z51 suspension or other upgrades that could might also be the problem. So I am reading all other Vette's similiar to mine will lose traction with the run flats by slamming mid 1st gear.
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not sure if I was just lucky but might be worth a try 
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wheel hop
Do a search on that, DTE has a great thread on this subject and he posted it about 2 weeks ago. He went into many different technical problems you may be encountering. I have a 99 with 120,000 miles on and installed a LS6 clutch, DTE 410 diff, and new BFG KD G-Force 295 rear 275 front tires and first time on the track, I had wheel hop bad. Even in the water i couldnt get them to spin. On my second pass I tore the spider gears out. Thanks to 21MC and DTE, they repaired the the diff on my warranty and took care of me.