Rear-End Hops on Take Off...WTF??
- Thread starter SVTStang03
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Welcome to the world of crappy "bean counter" stock lower control arms. 
It's a common problem with the stock stamped steel control arms, especially when you add any kind of traction like your Nitto’s. Upgrade the arms and your wheel hop should clear up.
It's a common problem with the stock stamped steel control arms, especially when you add any kind of traction like your Nitto’s. Upgrade the arms and your wheel hop should clear up.
Cobra Jay
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SVTStang03 said:
Either your BUDDY bent the FU@K out of something and he owes you some $ and you owe him an A$$ beatin.
Or you could possibly have some bad control arm bushings or even the ones on the rear axle are bad. I'd be willing to bet it's from Numbnuts and the curb!
USUALLY when you talk about wheel hop, it's usually a 99+Cobra and the $hitty IRS that they have.
That's the first thing I thoguht of when I saw your username. 
But now I see you drive a GT and you have a Moron for a friend who is a $hitty driver. 
All the time?!?! Does it wheel hop, or just shudder? If it's just a shudder, it may only be a bad U-joint. What's the wheel like since the curb incident...does it wobble?
Cobra Jay
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SVTStang03 said:
I'd look at EVERYTHING since you let your buddy George McFly
drive it and he hit a curb. I'd even suggest getting Yours and another GT (that you buddy hasn't driven
) up in the air next to each other so you can see if anything looks out of place.
Check to see if there's any play in the U-joint itself. Another possibility is that your buddy may have bent a control arm. Check your arms and their bushings to make sure everything is where it should be. If they're distorted in any way, it may be causing excessive pinion angle, which under hard acceleration could result in a violent shudder that might resemble a mild case of wheel hop.
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