Help Me!!!! Wheel Hop or rearend going??
02-23-2006, 04:22 PM
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Help Me!!!! Wheel Hop or rearend going?? I have had this realy bad banging coming from the rear ever since I installed my LT headers. I feel like this is wheel hop but I am not sure. It only happens when I romp on it in first or second gear and when the RPM's get up high enough to break the tires loose. Or at least I think it is breaking the tires loose. Is this wheel hop or is my rearend giong south? I just checked the tire pressures out and they are at 30 psi so the pressure isnt too high. An I getting enough extra HP from my header install that it could cause wheel hop? If it is infact wheel hop will LCA's help the problem and what else helps?
02-23-2006, 05:08 PM
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Dude, it sounds like a part of your exhaust (usually y-pipe) is just banging your floorboard, that's all. Wheel hop doesn't make a banging noise, and if your rear end was going, it would make that noise ALL the time. Right after I installed my headers, when I spun the tires it would knock the floorboards. It went away after a while (bent itself out of the way).
Dude, it sounds like a part of your exhaust (usually y-pipe) is just banging your floorboard, that's all. Wheel hop doesn't make a banging noise, and if your rear end was going, it would make that noise ALL the time. Right after I installed my headers, when I spun the tires it would knock the floorboards. It went away after a while (bent itself out of the way).
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Wheel hop man get some LCA's they are all the same so buy some cheap ones they will fix it, dont go crazy and buy the best of the best unless your putting down serious power
02-23-2006, 05:37 PM
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I already had the y-pipe banging issue and I remedied that problem. Now the sound is farther back. If it is indeed exhaust then maybe it is hitting where it goes over the axle.
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Hi
If you had wheel hop you will know it - sound yes but you would feel it more than hear it. When my car goes into the wheel hop mode, it generally happens at high RPMs and you can feel the wheel break free. You go from a smooth acceleration to a very strong vibration from the back. You will know it.
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If you had wheel hop you will know it - sound yes but you would feel it more than hear it. When my car goes into the wheel hop mode, it generally happens at high RPMs and you can feel the wheel break free. You go from a smooth acceleration to a very strong vibration from the back. You will know it.
Bill
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the tranny tail is moving up and down casuing the tranny tail and y-pipe to hit the flooor boards..... bang, bang, bang
replace the stock rubber tranny mount with a poly mount!
replace the stock rubber tranny mount with a poly mount!
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02-24-2006, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill's 02 Z-28 SS
Hi
If you had wheel hop you will know it - sound yes but you would feel it more than hear it. When my car goes into the wheel hop mode, it generally happens at high RPMs and you can feel the wheel break free. You go from a smooth acceleration to a very strong vibration from the back. You will know it.
Bill
If you had wheel hop you will know it - sound yes but you would feel it more than hear it. When my car goes into the wheel hop mode, it generally happens at high RPMs and you can feel the wheel break free. You go from a smooth acceleration to a very strong vibration from the back. You will know it.
Bill
02-24-2006, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 99M6Z28
That is exactly what I am getting. What is the best way to remedy this issue?
I changed my tires to 315/35-17 drag radials and going to put on relocation brackets for the tailing arms on order. Changes the angle of the rear end. I also changed the Tailing arms - after market.
I hope this helps
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02-25-2006, 12:59 PM
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Hi
actually I would get the relocation brackets and call it a day. If you don't go to the track - the relocation is more than good enough and should solve the problem.
Bill
actually I would get the relocation brackets and call it a day. If you don't go to the track - the relocation is more than good enough and should solve the problem.
Bill
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I wouldn't recommend the relocation brackets unless you are lowered--you'll wreck your handling (the *** end will slide around too easily). Start with the LCAs first. If that doens't do the trick, you'll need a stronger torque arm. If you are shy on money, I'd go for the torque arm. I went through the same problem. LCAs and relocation brackets didn't stop it. The torque arm is what stopped mine.
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Make Sure That The Exaust Is Not Loose From The Rear To The Cat-y Pipe. If Not U Might Need To Install An Additional Hanger By The Y Pipe Because Its Hitting The Cross Over Or Tranny Mount U Must Fix This Because Under Aceleration If It Bangs It Defentlly Will Trigger The Knok Senser...... Which Means The Motor Will Bog....
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Originally Posted by Viper
"I went through the same problem. LCAs and relocation brackets didn't stop it. The torque arm is what stopped mine."
Ditto
Ditto
