SilverHoss

I have always hated the dreaded wheel-hop these cars have. I installed Koni SA's first. Not to yr and kill the hop, but as my usual first suspension mod. That helped the hop. Some.
Then installed UMI LCA's (poly/roto-joint combo) .
That helped. A little, but still got the hop. Damn hop. I hate it.
Now just installed J&M UCA (three-piece poly joint) and UMI UCA mount.
HOP IS GONE !!! Finally !!
Thought I would post because I have seen other posts with folks wanting to kill the hop.
Before these mods. i could give the stang gas in first gear, and as RPM's rose, the wheels would start spinnin, then just as the R's climbed, a horrible, violent wheel hop would start i though it would shake the car apart. I just had to let off the gas when it would start for fear of tearing the rear end up. Also, when winding first and then hitting second gear, the hoppedy hop would start.
These mods did not add much NVH from what I can tell. Maybe I can feel some more impact getting transmitted thourgh to my butt when the rear end hits a hard bump or something but I really cannot tell any additional road noise or vibration from the rear ot's really smooth back there. And did I mention, HOP-free ?
heh heh

moochman4life

Hey man, congrats! What are your other mods and power numbers if known? I ask because - honestly - I don't experience much wheel hop, if any, unless the roads suck.

CXracer

Planning on doing the same here... BMR Billet LCAs, Relo Brackets, & UCA

SpecterGT260

what tires are you running?

Norm Peterson

Hoss - your approach is probably worth as much as the actual parts that you used. Kind of sneak up on it a little at a time and when it stops happening, you stop throwing parts and $ at it.

Thanks for posting.


Norm

SilverHoss

Don't have numbers. Other mods: Steeda CAI w/ AM race tune, 3.73 gears, Koni SA (yellows), Strano swaybars Coast aluminum DS, CHE K-member brace w/ torque limiters. I think thats about it besides what I already mentioned on the post.

SilverHoss

Stock BFG 18" 's. KDW's I think they are

SilverHoss

Well that is basically what I did Norm. First I added the Koni's and if I crank them up at least 1 turn up from full soft, it helped the hop. Some. The Koni's were not an attempt at curing the hop, just happened to help a little. Then I added the LCA's. That helped some, but also when the hop did happen it was even more violent-I guess due to the lessened isolation. At that time, I laso went in and replaced all the bolts with high grade 14mm or 9/16"-which ever fit tighter in each suspension location (fixed all clunking I had).
Lastly, I replaced the UCA, and because the UCA mount bolt holes are 16mm, I elected to replace the UCA mount at the same time rather than use those flimsey stepped spacers that come with the UCA that supposed to fix the clunk from that.
Seems what finally fixed the hop was the UCA, so maybe should have tried that first? I tried it for last, cause I heard install of it was a PITA. But really, it wasn't that bad. I tried the LCA's first cause I've seen posted by some that it fixed their hop.