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Old 05-16-2010, 06:12 PM
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Qa1 on 7 clicks w/ Ground Control 600 front and 650 rear springs

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do some axles and u will have no more wheelhop
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Originally Posted by cts-vls6
do some axles and u will have no more wheelhop
I have axles they did nothing for the car with stock suspension!
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Originally Posted by tityrous
I have axles they did nothing for the car with stock suspension!
i have the H.E pro axle and i have no wheelhop on the street and race track
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I haven't disabled the traction control to test my twin axle replacements, but I did notice the car feels like it launches in a more stable fashion compared to the stock axles. I assume you guys are turning off traction control to spin the tires.
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Originally Posted by cts-vls6
i have the H.E pro axle and i have no wheelhop on the street and race track
We got a 3rd gen diff with Gforce axles and the wheel hop was so bad it made me nauseous. Maybe you're not driving her hard enough
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damm nice strips !!! need a video for more proof
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No hop here with aftermarket axles. Video proof too.
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Originally Posted by Lee-AnnMarie
We got a 3rd gen diff with Gforce axles and the wheel hop was so bad it made me nauseous. Maybe you're not driving her hard enough
at the track i lurched her at 2000rpm and 3000rpm when i first install the H.E pro axle,both lurched have no wheel hop and to this day still have no wheel hop,i am ready happy with the H.E pro axle
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Well, I guess maybe we got a real bad dud with worlds WORST hop
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Originally Posted by Lee-AnnMarie
Well, I guess maybe we got a real bad dud with worlds WORST hop
Were your axles different sizes? That is definitely the key to reducing hop. That sucks it didnt work for you.
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tityrous, are you running 275/35 18 rear and 245/40 18 front? Your gap after lowering looks similar to mine. I run those sizes too.
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Originally Posted by maxspeed05V
damm nice strips !!! need a video for more proof
Yea we can get a video next time! everyone I've talked to including GC told me me spring rates would not help the wheel hop at all so far so good Im going to try 9 clicks on the Qa1's next time see how that turns out...
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Originally Posted by whisler151
Were your axles different sizes? That is definitely the key to reducing hop. That sucks it didnt work for you.
Yea the axles are G-Force both sides and 275/35 and 245/40 the rears could still go down almost an inch and the fronts could go almost 2.
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Originally Posted by tityrous
Yea the axles are G-Force both sides and 275/35 and 245/40 the rears could still go down almost an inch and the fronts could go almost 2.
I hear you on that. Some guy was complementing my V on the sound (cam) and said I should lower it. I told him it already was.
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I did a quick little 2500 rpm clutch dump last week and got absolutely no hop with the GForce axles. When I get my car sorted out, I will be taking some video of a nice 3000-3500 rpm dump to prove that these axles work for me.
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I only have the Hendrix drivers side axle and absolutely no other hop reducers and i get none, its scary how smooth they spin, its liek you can tell they are spinning unless the rear slides out(ask me how this happened) lol

i guess you couldnt have put the axles on the wrong side huh.
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Originally Posted by itsslow98
I only have the Hendrix drivers side axle and absolutely no other hop reducers and i get none, its scary how smooth they spin, its liek you can tell they are spinning unless the rear slides out(ask me how this happened) lol

i guess you couldnt have put the axles on the wrong side huh.
Why did u only do one side? how much was the cost and was install hard?
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Well the only reason I can think of why we had such bad hop and no one else did is because our stock shocks were pretty much junk and these KDW's are pretty damn stiff!

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Originally Posted by CTS-V LEE
Why did u only do one side? how much was the cost and was install hard?
you can install 1 side with a alrger or smaller axle and it helps with the wheel hop, but still not as good as both sides replaced with one being offset. there was a big thread about axles and why the smaller and larger axle help to stop wheelhop.


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