How do I reduce/eliminate wheel hop, without excessive mods to the rear end and exces

[saras03Cobra]

How do I reduce/eliminate wheel hop?

How do I reduce/eliminate wheel hop, without excessive mods to the rear end and excessive cost?

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[VenomInside]

Yea i would like to know this too.. but i am going solid axle so less pricey is way out of the question here... h:

 

[Wharf Rat]

How do I reduce/eliminate wheel hop, without excessive mods to the rear end and excessive cost?

Drag radials.

 

[Flyn]

Common answers include Drag radials, sub frame connectors, IRS brace, harder bushings, anti hop shocks, lowering springs, replacing the 12mm bolts in the rear end with 14mm. I think these mods mainly stiffen the drivetrain and lessen the flex and rebound that causes the wheel hop. They work with varying results depending on the car.

 

[Wiked03]

I have ben researching this question for a while and the number one answer is.... TIRES (drag radials).

 

[ChicagoMike]

First, change to a sticky tire. A street drag radial, like the Nitto 555R's which people have had success with.

Second, consider the IRS Toe Link bars from PHP - you'll need an alignment after these too.

Unfortunetly, anti-wheel hop stuff is NOT cheap. The IRS ad control arm bushing are cheap, but will cost several hundred or more to install them (I think it was around $400 for my IRS and differential bushings just for install, took about 1 day). Then there's the weld-on mathias brackets... and so on...

 

[hj16]

Sticky tires and lower it

 

[saras03Cobra]

I want to drive my car on the street, so Drag Radials are out.

I have heard of swapping the bushings for a different type of bushing. But, I do not know what kind of bushing, and does this really work?

 

[ChicagoMike]

Stiffer material. Stock bushings are rubber/bouncy. http://www.maximummotorsports.com for all your IRS cobra needs

I have heard of swapping the bushings for a different type of bushing. But, I do not know what kind of bushing, and does this really work?

 

[wtw5974]

I have been really happy with Steeda parts over the years www.steeda.com . I have there bushings and other suspension parts on my car. I have no wheel hop even on the stock F1s. :biggthump Get urethane IRS bushings, urethane DIF bushings, and a 4 wheel alignment. You be happy after that.

 

[Wharf Rat]

I have heard of swapping the bushings for a different type of bushing. But, I do not know what kind of bushing, and does this really work?

There are several different sources for the bushings (MaximumMotorsports, Steeda, ect.). They are only about $50 or so BUT they are a total PITA to install (there is a reason shops $200-400 for that job).

The first thing I did to lose some hop was install the MM IRS subframe bushings and also the 14 mm bolts. It didn't eliminate the hop but it made it less severe per say.

Then I tried subframe connectors (which we need anyway), lowered the car, and installed adjustable shocks. The hop got less and less frequent but never went away until I went to drag radials. I get it every once in great a while if it is really cold or the road is really bumpy.

Don't be afraid of drag radials. With the Nittos, other than on wet roads and slightly shorter tire life, you won't notice the difference.

 

[Shanezam203]

whats a cheap set of Drag Radials cost? and what about a pair of factory f1's?
thanks, Shane

 

[SVTdubs]

Sticky tires and lower it

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