how to get rid of wheel hop?
12-12-2009, 01:11 AM
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how to get rid of wheel hop? not really sure how to get rid of wheel hop, my friend has a 9" with 3.7X gears nitto DR bilstein shocks UMI LCA, stock pan hard bar n torque arm, n no sway bar at the moment (kinda scary driving but it's on order) anyways he ran his 97 SS at the track tonight and ran a 13.20 but could not stay consistent due to wheel hop... my question is how would you go about getting rid of that? would springs help? i know he could get much better shocks but i thought bilsteins would be good? let me know what yall guys think
12-12-2009, 02:54 AM
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And some 3pt SFCs from UMI or SLP especially on a t-top car, plus he should get a tubular phb and some relocation brackets for his 9" rear. Then put the control arms in the lowest hole on the relocation brackets and his car should hook then.
12-16-2009, 02:11 PM
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not really sure how to get rid of wheel hop, my friend has a 9" with 3.7X gears nitto DR bilstein shocks UMI LCA, stock pan hard bar n torque arm, n no sway bar at the moment (kinda scary driving but it's on order) anyways he ran his 97 SS at the track tonight and ran a 13.20 but could not stay consistent due to wheel hop... my question is how would you go about getting rid of that? would springs help? i know he could get much better shocks but i thought bilsteins would be good? let me know what yall guys think
Worse on the street or track?
Wheel hop can have many different causes....
12-16-2009, 02:31 PM
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Hello
One of the best bangs for the $ is a set of LCARB's. But like mentioned above it can be anything such as spring and shock combo or even as little as the tires and tire pressure, and also if the vehicle is lowered. Below is a link to show you what all UMI Performance has to offer!
http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...ex&cPath=7_138
http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...ex&cPath=7_110
If you have any other questions feel free to ask and I will be more than glad to help!
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Brad
One of the best bangs for the $ is a set of LCARB's. But like mentioned above it can be anything such as spring and shock combo or even as little as the tires and tire pressure, and also if the vehicle is lowered. Below is a link to show you what all UMI Performance has to offer!
http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...ex&cPath=7_138
http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...ex&cPath=7_110
If you have any other questions feel free to ask and I will be more than glad to help!
Thanks
Brad
12-17-2009, 02:00 AM
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the car is lowered about 1in i believe and it wheel hops on the street and strip, he was running about 15 psi on nitto DR's... he has eibach springs and bilstein shocks... sometimes it hops and sometimes it doesnt... it's weird...
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12-17-2009, 06:38 AM
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I would suggest looking into a set of lower control arm relocation brackets. They will allow you to readjust the lower control arm so that is parallel to the surface. I am willing to be you will gain back a lot of your traction that you lost and fix your wheel hoping issues as well. I would also go with a little more tire pressure as well. If you have any other questions feel free to ask and I will be more than glad to help!
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12-17-2009, 04:40 PM
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thanks guys, he is talking about my car... what kind of rear sway bar would y'all suggest for a 9" b/c the stock one does not work with this rear... and i will be getting the lcarb soon... i just want to be able to launch the car, now that i dont have to worry about the 10 bolt now im have to worry about wheel hop...
12-18-2009, 06:49 AM
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thanks guys, he is talking about my car... what kind of rear sway bar would y'all suggest for a 9" b/c the stock one does not work with this rear... and i will be getting the lcarb soon... i just want to be able to launch the car, now that i dont have to worry about the 10 bolt now im have to worry about wheel hop...
No Problem Glad to help! I just want to throw this out there for you that we offer 2 different version we offer a 22mm for on the street (handling). And we also offer a drag bar set up (for at the track). Both will clear a 9" rear and If you have any other questions feel free to ask and I will be more than glad to help. Below is a link to show you what all UMI Performance has to offer!
http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...mr1bbpk171rom1
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12-22-2009, 02:56 AM
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hey thanks guys for all the input and UMI for your help, i dont have wheel hop prob right now but when i did have those DR's on it wheel hopped... i will prob go with LCA and the relocation brackets with QA1's in the rear and see how that does, i would like to get an adj torque arm but dont have the funds for it all...
