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why do i have so much wheel hop?

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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 04:29 PM
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Angry why do i have so much wheel hop?

when ever i spin the tires on my 86 fc it has this wheel hop that pisses me off. does ne one kno if this is a bad diff mount or wut
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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Why are you spinning your tires?
I hope you're doing this as the drag strip and not on public roads...

bad rear shocks - most likely if you got original ones
bad bushings
too high RPM launch
crappy tires
too much pressure in rear tires


-Ted
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 06:08 PM
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Decoding the stunna talk has given me a headache; please try and type more coherently.

If the above do not fix the wheelhop problem, get an allignment.
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 07:43 PM
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its a curse of the car.... burnout's are hard 2 do in them. weel hop EASY. in my experiences anyway. but if u r launching to high then u will get BAD wheel hop. tone down your launch a couple hundred grand and u will light up those tires lol
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Old Aug 25, 2004 | 08:10 AM
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I find the opposite to be true. If I launch at 6000RPM, I can just roast the tires. A little lower RPM and they hop. Its mainly due to **** tires.

-Joe
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Old Aug 25, 2004 | 08:18 AM
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yah i have **** tires aswell.
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Old Aug 25, 2004 | 08:33 AM
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Old Aug 25, 2004 | 08:35 AM
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