BMR LCA's and wheel hop problem... help!
04-24-2004, 02:37 AM
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BMR LCA's and wheel hop problem... help! I installed BMR LCA's last week and I still have wheel hop! it may even be worse than before why is this? how do I stop it. I tried searching and everyone says LCA's will fix it.
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Because I think LCAs themselves are seldom the
source of the problem. Not when you have a stock
geometry that's prone to squat on acceleration.
Next addition should be relocation brackets (I
like my BMR bolt-ins) and if you're still not hop-
free then an adj torque arm should be added next.
Torque arm and LCA geometry, combined with
the right rubber, are what make the wheel hop.
The only way the LCA itself affects this, is if
you are throwing down so much rear wheel
torque that you are flexing the steel stamping.
A good problem to have, but there's a fair bit
of difference between what a near-stock and
a high-power, high geared strip car on slicks
will do to a stock arm. As to where the line of
"no longer adequate" lies, I dunno; I put boxed
ones in "just for luck" anyway. But the high
percentage is in adjusting the rear instant center
geometry, not in simply beefing up the links as-is.
source of the problem. Not when you have a stock
geometry that's prone to squat on acceleration.
Next addition should be relocation brackets (I
like my BMR bolt-ins) and if you're still not hop-
free then an adj torque arm should be added next.
Torque arm and LCA geometry, combined with
the right rubber, are what make the wheel hop.
The only way the LCA itself affects this, is if
you are throwing down so much rear wheel
torque that you are flexing the steel stamping.
A good problem to have, but there's a fair bit
of difference between what a near-stock and
a high-power, high geared strip car on slicks
will do to a stock arm. As to where the line of
"no longer adequate" lies, I dunno; I put boxed
ones in "just for luck" anyway. But the high
percentage is in adjusting the rear instant center
geometry, not in simply beefing up the links as-is.
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Originally Posted by NBM~01~WS6
So would I better to just try the relocation brackets first or go ahead and do both at the same time...
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Originally Posted by Blue2002SS
I installed BMR LCA's last week and I still have wheel hop! it may even be worse than before why is this? how do I stop it. I tried searching and everyone says LCA's will fix it.
