wheel hop?? how to stop it - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

superrammed · 04-28-2002, 09:10 PM

my cars wheel hopping i know ill break something else if i dont get it solved ive got hotchkis lower control arms thats about it what to buy?

Der91Z · 04-28-2002, 09:36 PM

Try a spohn torque arm, they do more than the control arms. If you ever hook, you break your rear instead if you got any kind of power. Your wheel hop is saving you if you got lots of power.

superrammed · 04-28-2002, 10:20 PM

yeah im running 12.4@110 so i think the 10 bolts gonna go anyway who sells the cheapest 9" or 12 bolt or dana 60 for our cars?

Der91Z · 04-28-2002, 10:58 PM

I'd say the cheapest way to do it is to buy the ford 9" housing from moser and just find a center section out of a junkyard or find someone selling it cheap. I found chevy 12 bolt real cheap on fbody.com Somebody on the clssifieds is selling a modified 12 bolt to fit our thirdgens. I believe his name is efmike or something like that.

Ed Maher · 04-29-2002, 12:18 AM

Actually wheel hop is incredibly bad. It puts very intense shock loading through the whole drivetrain which can shatter rears, axles, u-joints, driveshafts, and transmissions. You're thinking of regular old spinning wheels, which isn't bad for the driveline as it is reducing stress on the driveline.