Ok guys, i have a 72 chevelle , stock chassis with new bushings in the arms, tried a burn out today and got a lot of wheel hop, what do i need to get to cure this?
Thanks for your help..
Thanks for your help..
Wheel Hop problem, help..
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I feel for you 
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I have the same problem trying to get 500 pony's to the ground when not stock height.
I was told I need to lower my rear or install anti-hop bars. The problem is my shocks are stock but my tires are 28" tall.
Wonder if I could put the control arm braces on and fix it?????
I will be watching this thread.
Below is my ride height:
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll150/ragdollbailey714/102_3853.jpg
Good Luck,
Kevin
!I have the same problem trying to get 500 pony's to the ground when not stock height.
I was told I need to lower my rear or install anti-hop bars. The problem is my shocks are stock but my tires are 28" tall.
Wonder if I could put the control arm braces on and fix it?????
I will be watching this thread.
Below is my ride height:
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll150/ragdollbailey714/102_3853.jpg
Good Luck,
Kevin
You can put the UMI lower control arm re-location brackets on it, they work.
Here's a link
http://www.umiperformance.com/4012?category_id=17
Here's a link
http://www.umiperformance.com/4012?category_id=17
Yes Dave it is stock height, the prev owner had new springs put on it and had the bushings replaced...I would like to lower it thought it seems too high to me..ill try to post some pics as soon as i get them uploaded, give me a minute. ok here you go, see if this helps..
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Monty. Do you have the stock "U channel" lower control arms?? If so, replace them with "boxed" arms or aftermarket square or tubular arm. If you still have some wheel hop. Add the re-location brackets Dave spoke of...
Yes they are stock,,, there's got to be a better way than those brackets, they look like **** . lowers the sway bar too..
You guys keep talking about height,, if its too high in the back will that make it hop? Can i cut the springs? I would really like to have a hotchkis lowering kit with the big bars but money seems to be an issue. I think the shocks are shot too, its kinda like a boat... i want a stiff suspension...
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I installed the complete Hotchkiss rear control arm kit with the sway bar, new factory springs and KYB shocks, and wheel hop is not an issue for me.
Was it an issue before?
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Mine was wheel hopin so bad it looked like the car was putting one tire in front of the other walking..lol I cant believe it didnt tear the rearend out from under it. I put the edlebrock no hop bars on it which move the upper control arm position higher forcing the rear end to the ground and have not had any wheel hop since. I also have air shocks on it but only at stock height. Everything else is from the factory.
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I had the same problem with my 70 after installing wider tires. A set of lakewood anti hop bars from Summit totally eliminated it.
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Try putting stock coils in not cargo with new bushings even factory should not hop with street tires. Some where on this forum has measurement from ground to rocker panell height Years ago went 10.99 with stock arms bushings and monroe gas shocks 28 - 10.5 MT. If your not racing I dont believe you need to spend more than cost of correct springs
there is new springs on it now.......
Yes, higher than stock rear end will cause wheel hop because of the angle on the control arms. That is why they make no-hop bars that change the angle of the upper control arms and also the lower control arm relocation brackets. They both change the angle of the control arm intersection point to plant the rear end.
Control arms it is... i guess i will get adjustable ones so when i do lower it i can adjust the pinion angle...Thanks guys... Hey one more thing, since i dont like the height of my new springs would it be to shade tree to cut the springs to lower it a little.......IF i mess them up i can always buy the lowering springs like i plan on doing anyway...i also need some good stiff shocks , any recommendations on that too?
This may not help you any as far as info, but when I had my 700r4 in my car it bounced around like crazy trying to do a burn out. I switched to a turbo 400 (which has a shorter driveshaft) and also installed a poly tranny mount. I did nothing to the suspension, and now It's never hopped. It slides sideways to the left rather nicely, but no hop.
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