Hi all,
I know there have probably been a million threads about wheel hop, but I feel like my case is unusual. I bought my 99 Cobra about 4 years ago bone stock. It did not hop at all!!!!!!!!!! I only had street tires then and I could roast the tires and it would not even attempt to hop. It didn't even hop when power shifting. It would spin, but not hop.
I then got the itch and modded the car with all of the following ALL at one time.
JLT CAI w/ K&N, UDPs, BBK Long Tubes, O/R X-pipe, T56, Mcloed clutch, aluminum driveshaft, 4.10 gears, IRS braces and bushings, Steeda sport springs, 18" chrome Saleen wheels w/ Nitto 555 DRs, custom predator tune.
Search for "Tim vs LS1 Camaro" on YouTube for my run. My run on YouTube was a fluke for me to be able to do a decent burnout. What you don't see on the video is that it initially was hopping horribly, then I brought the RPM down to below 2 grand and the hopping stopped, then I gradually added power. If I didn't have to limp out of the hole I could have probably ran close to a 13.0.
I doubt anyone has ever seen a Cobra hop this bad. My friends watching at the track said it was so violent that my body panels were flexing!!!Somewhere between the drag radials and sport springs and the poly bushings and the differential brace and another brace that the name escapes me right now.........something went horribly wrong. It even hops bad in the rain. If I get on it in the rain it will break traction and start to hop.
I just bought some Tokico D-Spec shocks and struts and the Steed IRS bracket, but haven't installed them yet. I hope that the problem is that I have the sport springs, but still only stock shocks and struts.
Please note that I only installed the poly bushings and braces as preventative maintenance when I did all my other mods. In hindsight I wish I left the IRS and springs alone since it did not hop. (If it ain't broke, don't fix it). I am shocked I haven't broken the half shafts.
I know there have probably been a million threads about wheel hop, but I feel like my case is unusual. I bought my 99 Cobra about 4 years ago bone stock. It did not hop at all!!!!!!!!!! I only had street tires then and I could roast the tires and it would not even attempt to hop. It didn't even hop when power shifting. It would spin, but not hop.
I then got the itch and modded the car with all of the following ALL at one time.
JLT CAI w/ K&N, UDPs, BBK Long Tubes, O/R X-pipe, T56, Mcloed clutch, aluminum driveshaft, 4.10 gears, IRS braces and bushings, Steeda sport springs, 18" chrome Saleen wheels w/ Nitto 555 DRs, custom predator tune.
Search for "Tim vs LS1 Camaro" on YouTube for my run. My run on YouTube was a fluke for me to be able to do a decent burnout. What you don't see on the video is that it initially was hopping horribly, then I brought the RPM down to below 2 grand and the hopping stopped, then I gradually added power. If I didn't have to limp out of the hole I could have probably ran close to a 13.0.
I doubt anyone has ever seen a Cobra hop this bad. My friends watching at the track said it was so violent that my body panels were flexing!!!Somewhere between the drag radials and sport springs and the poly bushings and the differential brace and another brace that the name escapes me right now.........something went horribly wrong. It even hops bad in the rain. If I get on it in the rain it will break traction and start to hop.
I just bought some Tokico D-Spec shocks and struts and the Steed IRS bracket, but haven't installed them yet. I hope that the problem is that I have the sport springs, but still only stock shocks and struts.
Please note that I only installed the poly bushings and braces as preventative maintenance when I did all my other mods. In hindsight I wish I left the IRS and springs alone since it did not hop. (If it ain't broke, don't fix it). I am shocked I haven't broken the half shafts.