It happens bad going forward but its like 10X worse in reverse. Are the stock control arms adjustable at all? Or will i need a BIG hammer?

 

Thats actually happeneing to me right now.

Come to find out the controll arm bushings failed. The car actually sags in the back now.
Have you notticed that yours really isnt as tall in the back as it use to be?

Mine feels like it rolls under me and then feels like I hit a pothole when I try to launch... Not good!
That causes things to break x_x

 

I think mine looks about the same in the rear? do you have any pics of the sagging rear and/or of the failed bushing?

 

just buy a set of lower control arms

all cars do it my friends srt4 does it like crazy

 

I started looking around for other cases of wheel hop. And I think my problem may be slighty different. from what ive seen wheel hp looks like a slow gentle bounce. but in my car it feels like it is being slammed into the ground HARD about 4 times per second.

ex: my change flys out everwhere & drinks are no longer in their holders.

 

Btw should i replace the lower, the upper or both control arms? which will help the most?

 

In 1965 when the first mustang came out. Wheel hop was a dreaded thing, Because they had leaf springs,the cure was traction bars. New mustangs don't have leaf springs so, control arms and shocks control wheel hop. Because six mustangs have such crappy suspension to begin with , wheel hopis more prevalent, and any car will wheel hop in reverse.
Usually, wheel hop on an under powered car , like the V6 mustang, is a Shock thing, get some stiffer shocks and the problem will go away. A 4 link works the best. Or sell your 6 and buy a GT.
The guy at Ford who said, "lets make a V6 mustang” should be taken out and shot.
The Mustang GT is a great platform to build a Mustang into a great car. The V6 Mustang is a cheep way to own a Mustang, Nothing wrong with that, but to make a V6 platform into a great car takes a wheel barrel full of money and a very strong will. Anyone with a V6 is way better off just driving there V6 and saving there money for a GT platform that can be the car that they see themselves in .

 

so there is not a cheap way to fix the wheel hop problem ?

Actually, do you think it may help if i either tighten or losen the contol arm bolts+bushing to make the suspension a little more rigid or sloppy

 

leave the bolts alone, thats just gonna make your car safe or unsafe. push down on the rear of the car. if it rebounds slowly or needs help to come back up then go buy some shocks. look into maybe getting a (bigger if youve got one already) rear sway bar, that might give you some rigidity cause it connects the control arms.

 

Your comments never cease to amaze me at how irrelevant and full of mistruths they are. The V6 and GT rear suspension is the same. Quad shocks aside, since they rarely work right and usually end up damaging themselves due to axle shift while cornering.

And the guy at Ford who said lets build a v6 stang is a genious, which is why the car is still around, it's about money to them and nothing else. What about the guy who said, "let's a slap a 4cyl in a fox body", it's all about money you moron.

And NO, a GT is not necessarily a better platform, otherwise Steeda and a few other specialty manufacturerswouldn't have used it to build their cars, thanks for playing. The only reason they went to the GT was because they could sell the engines for more, and that's it, not because "it's a better platform".

It's called an SN95 platform, all of them are the same. Learn a little before you run your mouth like owning a GT makes up for your habit of posting dumb **** all the time
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Back to the subject at hand, if you have wheel hop in reverse, then get ready to buy a new rear end, because if you're dumb enough to launch your car in reverse, you're just asking to shear your ring & pinion.

Now if this is happening at normal "grandma at the grocery store" speeds, then you have a component issue and need to get under your car and look around. CHeck your bound and rebound on your shocks by pushing down on the car, it should go down, come up and stay up, no bouncing. If it's bouncing, you need shocks.

If that's not the case then get under the car and start checking control arm bushings. If they all seem fine then start checking the control arms themselves. It's kind of tough to damage them, but it's not impossible.

Ryan