Wheel Hop - "Daily" Driver

[NightmareMoon]

I noticed this too, I would have thought the wet would make spinning the tires easier but I also get more wheel hop in the rain

tires have to spin to hop (spin, catch, spin catch). If they dont loose grip in the first place you dont get wheel hop. Sticky grippy tires are my favorite cure for wheel hop.

thats also why 1st gear is the only gear most people experience wheel hop and why its not a big problem for most autocross and track driving.

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[Oakley]

People complained about wheel hop in the solid axle s197s as well.
Stop the hop kit and locking down the diff will solve most of it but be prepared for more NVH despite what the advertisements claim. The bushing supports, braces did 90% of the job and I stopped there. Didn’t want to do the diff lockouts as the NVH from the other stuff was enough for me. But the handling is also a massive improvement as you don’t have the irs bouncing around on hard cornering

if you only do the rear diff inserts you won't get any additional NVH while cruising.

1. rear diff bushing inserts with the larger bolts (just the rears on the diff cover, not the fronts)
2. IRS lockouts
3. good rear shocks

if you do that wheel hop will be gone.

I have more than that but I'm convinced those fixed it.

 

[GrabberBargeCaptain]

So you say. Some people report a lot of extra nvh , others slim to none. I’m ok with where it is now. I don’t clutch dump too often anyways.

 

[S550HPP]

I am on wet roads often in winter with Bilstein B6 rear shocks plus Vertical poly links.... have zero wheel hop and zero NVH which is even more annoying than wheel hop IMO.

I am WOT off the line 80% of the time because that's what I love about Mustang and the HPP. TC is intervening 80% of the time.

I don't like to mess around with IRS much because common sense tells me add one component stiffener and it increases stress on other OE assembly....means nothing if not putting much milage on but for daily the last thing I want to do down the road is have an IRS R&R rebuild bushings and bearings prematurely.

I am very conservative though.

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