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Old 01-17-2009, 06:27 AM
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Default Any thing new in the battle of wheel hop?

besides doing shocks and springs and making the rear to stiff
has any thing else come out cuz winter will hop is making me nuts god I forgot how much I hate fwd!
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Old 01-17-2009, 02:19 PM
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does anyone that has the tanabe nf210s notice reduced wheel hop? i know that drop stiffins it up alittle and helps the shocks out too.

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i have less wheel hop i have more hp i fry tires so i dont have hop lol and ksports
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Old 01-17-2009, 09:32 PM
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so Ksport springs?
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Old 01-18-2009, 04:02 AM
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You usually have to do more than just suspension work to get rid of wheel hop. Stiffer engine / trans mounts along with a better suspension helps.
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^ yeah thats also helped
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Old 01-18-2009, 03:54 PM
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here is the thing i don;t want a stiff ruff ride! I already have an mr2 go cart and a ruff AE86 ride the grips the road!
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Old 01-19-2009, 02:53 AM
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There is not much you really can do and keep a soft streetable ride.
I just go easy on the gas and avoid wheel hop all together,
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snow is my main problem
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gassin' it too much on the snow then, take off in 2nd to lessen the power which is wasted spinning the wheels anyway...sometimes i think the TCS causes it too but i dnt know
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the biggest fix is learning how to drive the car.
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Old 02-05-2009, 04:41 AM
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hmmm no if they spent the time making this car right it would have no wheel hop but since its a super cheap plastic box its built like poop just forced out fast!
every thing is starting to rattle and click and i hardly beat on the car nice space so so MPG handles pretty well but i dunno
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Originally Posted by ae86gts
hmmm no if they spent the time making this car right it would have no wheel hop but since its a super cheap plastic box its built like poop just forced out fast!....
hahaha, you bought a price point car so you can't expect it to be a lexus.
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