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Old 01-30-2008, 10:23 PM
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Will it help? Seems like the downward angle from the chassis to axle would be a big help with wheel hop, as aftermarket LCAs haven't helped at all. True?

But... does it matter if my aftermarket LCAs are fixed length?

Im looking at the BMR bolt-in relocation brackets with 2 hole mounting options
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Old 01-30-2008, 10:24 PM
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Default RE: Relocation brackets for stock height?

My car is stock height and the LCAs helped a lot alone...

I got Relos and they helped even more.
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Old 01-30-2008, 10:53 PM
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So having fixed length LCAs wasn't a problem with the reloc brackets? What brand LCAs do you have? And yeah maybe my CHEs have helped but its still horrible.
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Old 01-30-2008, 11:19 PM
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Default RE: Relocation brackets for stock height?

I have BMR tubular LCA's with the spherical bearing / poly bushing combo.

I installed them along with the BMR HD rear sway bar.

Now my wheel hop problem is pretty much non-existent and I have better traction especially when cornering uphill. (One of my wheels used to easily break loose on uphill corners from a stop, now they both stay planted).
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Old 01-30-2008, 11:28 PM
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Default RE: Relocation brackets for stock height?

ohnoesaz,

I see you are a Texans fan, and so I guess you must live in H-Town. I am in Houston and got a deal on LCA's and CHE relo brackets from DynoJoe.com. Thatare the only suspension mods I have doneto this point (only had the car 3 months) and it completely eliminated a huge wheel hop problem on my car. I still have a huge traction problem through 1st and 2nd when launching it hard, but I think everyone w/o DR or slicks has that problem. It did allow me to launch much harder w/out spinning though.
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Old 01-31-2008, 06:47 AM
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Default RE: Relocation brackets for stock height?

Can I ask why your CHE's did not help? I'm going to be buying a set here soon with the anti squats.

Are you still experiencing wheel hop or are you not able to hook up with street tires?
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Old 01-31-2008, 06:52 AM
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Default RE: Relocation brackets for stock height?

Lowering your control arms will increase your straight line grip but will hurt your handling, its pretty far down on the 2 hole brackets for a non lowered car, maybe consider the Steeda brackets that have 5 holes & allow you to go back to stock without removing brackets, the downside is they must be welded in on an allignment rack, the up side is I am not convinced that other aftermarket brackets maintain proper rear axle geometry as far as square to the body.
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Old 01-31-2008, 06:57 AM
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Default RE: Relocation brackets for stock height?

Let's not confuse wheel hop with zero traction. I have che lca's and relo brackets and I have zero wheel hop even with the whipple HO and drag radials. I can still spin the tires in 1st, but the tires don't leave the pavement.
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Old 02-01-2008, 10:00 AM
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Default RE: Relocation brackets for stock height?

The CHE's did help a ton. As I stated, it completely eliminated the wheel hop. Now when I launch hard it is a smooth spinning instead of the harsh hopping I had before. I was just saying that it is a good upgrade, but for most (if not) all it will help traction too but traction is still a problem with hard launches.

At this point the only thing to allow hard launches w/o loss of traction would be DR's or slicks. I just think some people are under the impression that installing the anti-squats and they can launch their car at 3K+ and not have traction issues.
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