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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:08 AM
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wheel hop fix

cars a bolt on (k&n & LT) 6 speed and just stabnbing it from about 5mph it wheels hops terrible, even violantly enough i cant stay in the gas...

got lca relo brackets from bmr....stock suspension with kyb gas adjust shocks....what next? my lca are about even maybe slightly angled up towards to body on the lower setting like they should be...what else can i do? i saw some1 make lca relo bracket extentions?

regular street tires at 25psi....

bmr subframs weld in

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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 10:38 AM
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Maybe a poly torque arm bracket or a whole aftermarket torque arm?
Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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Regular radials should not be ran on 25 psi.
Old Sep 27, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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By "stock suspension", do you mean stock LCA's with 13 year old soft rubber bushings? If so, might be the problem. Not sure if the KYB's are up to the task either.
Old Sep 27, 2007 | 11:20 PM
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Lower control arms with poly bushing and panhard bar the same. I get none now and it was horrible before. I used SLP but you have many choices.
Old Sep 28, 2007 | 12:02 AM
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yes old tired lca's...think i might try those next but my "racecars" in the same boat...this car is 13 years old with 75k miles on it...my "racecar" has 135k on it and another year...weird no wheel hop from it..but it is a auto...

idk what shocks are good...this car came with these kyb on all corners...dont notice much of a diff from stock...

tires i meant to put 35...my bad...

think ill have to try lca first...id just rather not spend any money on this car...just wanna be able to drive it and have a little fun
Old Sep 28, 2007 | 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Daniel6718
cars a bolt on (k&n & LT) 6 speed and just stabnbing it from about 5mph it wheels hops terrible, even violantly enough i cant stay in the gas...

got lca relo brackets from bmr....stock suspension with kyb gas adjust shocks....what next? my lca are about even maybe slightly angled up towards to body on the lower setting like they should be...what else can i do? i saw some1 make lca relo bracket extentions?
Your LCA's should be angled down towards the rear end not the body so that could be one problem. So either replace your bushings, control arms, or try adjusting your relo brackets down a bit. As for good shocks, at the top are Koni SA's, then strano revalved bilstiens but hard to get and maybe HD bilstiens. If your just gonna drag race it QA1's are good but they need to be rebuilt alot.
Old Sep 28, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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I know what the problem is. It's those KYB shocks. Trust me I had the same problem. My car would hop so bad i thought it would break a window or something from all the vibration in the entire car. Switched to QA1's which are stiffer than the KYB's. In other words your shocks are to soft.. Even on the "8" setting.
Old Sep 28, 2007 | 11:36 AM
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I had this problem with my 95. Both my 94 and my 95 are auto's, both stock suspension....the 94 has 138,000 on it and the 95 112,000. The 95 will wheel hop so bad I can't keep in the throttle, the 94 wont hop at all. Only difference between them was the tires. If I swap them the wheel hop follows the tires.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 06:58 AM
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As stated above it's your lcas replace them with round tube and set them in the lower hole on your relocation brackets and put some dr tires on it and you should be golden. Manual trans cars shock the tires harder than autos unless the auto has a trans brake.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 08:01 AM
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shocks and lca's.

If I were you, I'd get a set of lakewood 50/50 shocks for the rear and a set of poly/poly adj. lca's from spohn.
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