Is wheel hop on launches bad?
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Is wheel hop on launches bad?
Towards the end of the day, my last two passes I had some extreme wheel hop on the launch. My times stayed the same and didn't reflect a bad start, but my god it felt horrible everything vibrating at ounce. Is this bad? Could I possibly destroy anything? If so good way to prevent wheel hop? Thanks in advance.
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Towards the end of the day, my last two passes I had some extreme wheel hop on the launch. My times stayed the same and didn't reflect a bad start, but my god it felt horrible everything vibrating at ounce. Is this bad? Could I possibly destroy anything? If so good way to prevent wheel hop? Thanks in advance.
Some suggestions
adjustable Coilovers
Stiffer diff mounts
Stiffer anti roll bar
stiffer suspension bushes
Diff brace
I wish there was one majic change you could make to fix it but to date I have not found one .
Last edited by Brettus; 10-14-2013 at 03:34 AM.
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"wound up to the max" doesn't necessarily mean anything useful. It just depends what's in there for valving to start. The factory shocks are not that great.
I have a lot of experience drag launching on good aftermarket shocks (Koni, both sport & hardcore race versions) and rarely ever get hop on my RX8.
I have a lot of experience drag launching on good aftermarket shocks (Koni, both sport & hardcore race versions) and rarely ever get hop on my RX8.
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I found once I had turbo charged my RX8, that it would wheel hop if I was trying to launch the car hard.
My car runs Koni coil overs and king springs, and 265-30-19 tyres
The best thing I fitted to stop wheel hop was a set of Super Pro Diff support bushes.
No more wheel hop.
I'm sure if I had as much hp as Brettus has going through my rear tyres, then I may still have a little bit of wheel hop.
Here's a link to the Super Pro part.
SuperPro Parts
My car runs Koni coil overs and king springs, and 265-30-19 tyres
The best thing I fitted to stop wheel hop was a set of Super Pro Diff support bushes.
No more wheel hop.
I'm sure if I had as much hp as Brettus has going through my rear tyres, then I may still have a little bit of wheel hop.
Here's a link to the Super Pro part.
SuperPro Parts
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"wound up to the max" doesn't necessarily mean anything useful. It just depends what's in there for valving to start. The factory shocks are not that great.
I have a lot of experience drag launching on good aftermarket shocks (Koni, both sport & hardcore race versions) and rarely ever get hop on my RX8.
I have a lot of experience drag launching on good aftermarket shocks (Koni, both sport & hardcore race versions) and rarely ever get hop on my RX8.
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... as we were saying about shocks .... but I can see how sloppy motor or diff mounts might contribute too. I now also have solid rear subframe bushings now, but even when I ran Stock class with everything OE except for shocks I didn't have much of a problem with fresh OE parts. I personally don't recommend delrin for diff mounts (or motor). You need stiffer rubber/elastomer with some give on the motor and diff mounts.
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