Torque arm for wheel hop?
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Torque arm for wheel hop?
I'm just putting some feelers out to find out if anyone has come up with a solid solution to doing away with wheel hop?
I've read about cradle bushings, hiem joint trailing arms and differential/axle swaps but I was looking at the rear with a buddy while installing my headers on Saturday, and we're thinking we can make a torque arm setup with a mount that's off of the rear cradle and that can do away with the trailing arm completely. It would allow all of the factory bushings to be left in and, in theory, be completely bolt in.
Has someone done this already? Would anyone want me to post about my success or failure while trying to make this setup? Or is this a dead issue by now? Let me know either way.
Thanks guys.
I've read about cradle bushings, hiem joint trailing arms and differential/axle swaps but I was looking at the rear with a buddy while installing my headers on Saturday, and we're thinking we can make a torque arm setup with a mount that's off of the rear cradle and that can do away with the trailing arm completely. It would allow all of the factory bushings to be left in and, in theory, be completely bolt in.
Has someone done this already? Would anyone want me to post about my success or failure while trying to make this setup? Or is this a dead issue by now? Let me know either way.
Thanks guys.
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The Solstices and Skys use this same differential, weigh less, and have less torque output capability and they got tons of complaints about the diff until they switched to a torque arm set up. The torque arm on these was off of the differential (actually has a different case). I am not sure how you would construct a torque arm off of the cradle that helped but I am interested.
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Well, we were thinking of coming off of the knuckle and making another mount to take the torque off of the cradle and getting rid of that terribly flexible setup.
Are you still having wheel hop after your trailing arms/bushings and what not?
Are you still having wheel hop after your trailing arms/bushings and what not?
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Someone made some subframe connectors that served this purpose. Don't know if they were ever developed for sale or not.
I believe that the issue is not just the rearend, but also the cradle rubberbanding in its bushings.
I believe that the issue is not just the rearend, but also the cradle rubberbanding in its bushings.
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Are you still having wheel hop after your trailing arms/bushings and what not?
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Subframe bushings and a 8.8 swap are your best bet.
Even Torque arm cars get hop in certain situations....
Even Torque arm cars get hop in certain situations....
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Alright. I'll take as many pics as I can as I make progress.
I'll probably want to bounce ideas off of you guys at some point as well. Thanks for the input so far.
I'll probably want to bounce ideas off of you guys at some point as well. Thanks for the input so far.
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go for it and see what happens. if anything comes out of it i would certainly think that for a few hundred bucks most guys would go for it over a full diff replacement even though the diff is probably better but at 10x the cost and 10x the labor time.
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Good Luck in finding room to put a Torque Arm in our car. lol
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I've got a question for all of you. My car is an 05 so let me know if yours are the same or different, in that mine has three tapped holes on each side of the frame just in front of the rear wheel right at the pinch weld area. If I can figure how to post a picture, I'll put up a picture of mine.
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I've got a question for all of you. My car is an 05 so let me know if yours are the same or different, in that mine has three tapped holes on each side of the frame just in front of the rear wheel right at the pinch weld area. If I can figure how to post a picture, I'll put up a picture of mine.
I have an 06. I'll take a look once I see exactly what it is you're talking about.
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4 link is for solid axles. The torque arm is generally a solid axle item also, keeps the axle located properly. Every IRS suspension ever made wheel hops, even solid axles hop under hard acceleration, Google axle wrap and that's what solid axles do. Just the way it is. A lot of horsepower doesn't like to be controlled.