Holy Wheelhop Batman

[Bald Menace]

Took my 13 gt with the track pack and summer tires out for a drive this morning on a country road and played with the car a little. first gear wheel hops bad, doesnt matter if i launch hard or if i stab it after clutch is out and the car is rolling. my auto car didnt have that problem it just lit the tires up. i need to do something because i dont want to be breaking the transmission or rear end. any suggestions?

 

[konablue11gt]

Lower control arms

 

[GrnBullitt08]

Invest in lower control arms

 

[filtercharger]

I believe the wheel hop is mostly related to the upper control arm specifically, but might as well do all 3.

 

[skwerl]

Lower control arms

Invest in lower control arms

And shocks. The stock shocks are horrible. One of the very first things I did on my car was put Konis on it and it made a world of difference on the street. I didn't swap out the control arms until I began drag racing.

 

[RSKtakR]

aftermarket UCA and mount or a Roush anti hop kit (the UCA and mount together as a package deal).

 

[Captainstr8edge]

I would do all of the above. The upper with mount made the biggest difference for me though.

 

[Five Oh Brian]

Adjustable LCA's and a pinion angle of 2 degrees cured my wheel hop, and mine hopped horribly when stock.

 

[cgibs89]

With the stock GT springs I wheel hopped extremely bad. With the K springs I have absolutely no wheel hop, even with 5k RPM drops on drag radials dead hooking.

 

[bruthru2003]

K springs & LCA w/ Relocation brackets and I have no wheel hop now.

 

[Ivan 5.0]

Shocks + Springs eliminated a great deal of my wheel hop problems.

 

[Bald Menace]

thanks for the info guys, sucks that i have to spend money on a brand new car to solve a problem ford should have anticipated. but hey i guess thats the way it goes.

 

[Sharad]

These control arms:

http://www.uprproducts.com/mustang-chrome-moly-street-control-arm-package-11.html

And these shocks:

http://www.uprproducts.com/strange-mustang-adjustable-shock-05.html



The LCAs alone usually solve the problem, but the ideal setup is all of the above.

 

[00colburn]

i've heard people curing wheel hop with both LCA and UCA

 

[Napoleon85]

The reason you get so many different responses is that the stock suspension is garbage. Period. Yes, it's much improved over previous years, but still woefully deficient for the stock power levels. God help you if you add more power and don't upgrade the suspension.

 

[Bald Menace]

The reason you get so many different responses is that the stock suspension is garbage. Period. Yes, it's much improved over previous years, but still woefully deficient for the stock power levels. God help you if you add more power and don't upgrade the suspension.

I assume the sticky summer only tires are why i'm seeing it on the M6 car and didnt see it on the A6 equipped car.

 

[slagburn]

The reason you get so many different responses is that the stock suspension is garbage. Period. Yes, it's much improved over previous years, but still woefully deficient for the stock power levels. God help you if you add more power and don't upgrade the suspension.

O RLY?

Then how does a fully stock suspended car minus front swaybar and with rear QA1 shocks go 1.50 60 foot?

 

[HEMI LOL]

in the same boat brother.

 

[NickSezz]

Eibach Pro springs on all corners solved my wheel hop issues and simply made the car a hell of a lot more fun to drive. No more crazy nose diving and body roll and the stance looks pretty good for a small drop. The only other thing I had to do was a pan hard bar to center the axle.

Running the stock shocks without a problem...no camber bolts needed (but people will recommend them) Toe may be slightly off but a simple alignment will put all that in order.

 

[BlackDragon]

I think its just the summer p zeros. My blizzaks or invos didn't hop like the pirellis...