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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 05:30 PM
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wheel hop

Got my roush axle backs on today. Now to stop the wheel hop. Will the steeda LCA's solve this problem?
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 06:23 PM
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Some say yes, some say you'd need UCA's too.

I've been grappling with this problem myself. LCA's would've been my first mod if it wasn't for this conundrum.

UCA's are just too much work for me to do in the driveway, so unless I hear definitively that LCA's would do it, I'm going to just live with it.
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by CandyRed2011
Got my roush axle backs on today. Now to stop the wheel hop. Will the steeda LCA's solve this problem?
Are you lowered? My LCAs stopped most wheel hop on asphalt except for some rough patches of road. All I feel is tire spin but now I am switching to wider tires so adding the upper control arm. I am also doing ultra light springs and Tokico D specs so I am adding LCA relocation brackets to correct the geometry. Adding the adj. pan hard bar to realign the axle too.
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 11:35 PM
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good shocks are a world of help for this issue..

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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 01:39 PM
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Not lowered, I heard lowering gets rid of it. Once I figure out the cost lowering and finding a place in Little Rock or Memphis. I might go that route.
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 08:36 AM
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The steeda lca fixed my problem as Long as it's 60 degrees
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 11:34 AM
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No wheel hop noted when temperature is above 50 degrees... with the stock BBP suspension and tires.
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 07:37 AM
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Yeah, when it's 40 degrees and raining, I get a TON of wheel hop... in **** near every gear (gotta learn how to ease off the throttle!). Like this morning. There's a fairly steep hill I gotta go up every day to get to work. Started out in first... BAMBAMBAMBAM... f***! Shift to second... BAMBAMBAMBAM... f***! Shift to third... finally started getting traction. Ridiculous.

This car just has too much power.

Not that that's a bad thing.
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 07:49 AM
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The lower control arms will help but you'll still have some wheel hop until you change the upper control arm
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 08:21 AM
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I did the LCAs and they didn't help at all. They were the Steeda tubulars. I got tired of the added noise so I put the factory ones back in.

I've heard that lowering the car seems to get rid of it completely... I guess I'll find out soon.
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Old Apr 2, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by J Tennu
No wheel hop noted when temperature is above 50 degrees... with the stock BBP suspension and tires.
I have stock BBP suspension/tires, but I definitely get wheel hop when I put the pedal to the metal.
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I've heard that lowering the car seems to get rid of it completely... I guess I'll find out soon.
I've heard the same. I'm planning on doing suspension this spring, and hope this will cure the wheel hop.
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang
I did the LCAs and they didn't help at all. They were the Steeda tubulars. I got tired of the added noise so I put the factory ones back in.

I've heard that lowering the car seems to get rid of it completely... I guess I'll find out soon.
if youre gonna lower your car, id go with eibach springs and adjustable front/rear sway bars. also id add BMR upper and lower control arms and on the lowers, get relocation brackets. another add on you could do is an adjustable panhard bar and relocation bracket from BMR. finally some bigger, stickier tires would help solve the problem. and if you really really want the problem to go away, id upgrade the rear end to 4.10 gears and a Torsen T-2 LSD. hope this helps.
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 11:58 PM
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My '11 BBP GT hopped like crazy when stock. I installed Maximum Motorsports dual adjustable LCA's and it helped a lot, but there is still some wheel hop once in awhile (I left them at the stock length). I measured my pinion angle and it is -4 degrees. Should ideally be -1 to -2 degrees, so I'm told that I need to shorten my LCA's a bit to correct the pinion angle to totally eliminate the wheel hop. If that doesn't cure it, then I'll buy an adjustable UCA.
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 12:33 AM
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Base Gt. No wheel hop at all.
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 03:43 AM
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I did GT 500 LCA and Roush UCA stopped wheel hop on dry pavement. Will get alittle on wet pavement.
I have 2 friends with 06 and 07 the GT500 LCA made hugh improvement for them.
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 04:32 AM
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FR500C LCAs worked wonders on my car. I'd suggest you give them a look.
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 10:23 AM
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I did all suspension at the same time so not sure if any single mod stopped the hop.

I have zero hop with eibach prokit Koni STR.T shocks,UPR adjustable upper with mount,Billet lowers,MM adj panhard bar with brace.

Pinion angle -2 I get plenty of wheelspin on street tires but no hop.I'm doing subframe conectors and relocation brackets today.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Overboost
FR500C LCAs worked wonders on my car. I'd suggest you give them a look.
Which?

http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts...KeyField=10918

http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts...tKeyField=9630
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 01:43 PM
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M-5649-R1. First link.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 11:22 PM
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Sprinklers were on in the median by my house and i got wheel hop on the wet road with cold tires. BBP, 3.73, GT. Going to eventually do suspension after i save up some money. Going to the track a couple more times to try and figure out what setup i should go with.
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