 Wheel hopping, Excessive front left wheel hopping |
 Jun 3, 2005 - 9:11 AM
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I have been experiencing excessive left front wheel hopping on hard launches in first gear during the past months.
On another forum somone had suggested to check the shock as it may be dead, others have suggested a check the engine mountings. Since then I have replaced the shocks with Koni adjustables and found out the fron engine mounting was dead so I replaced that as well. However this did not help a lot and I am still heaving excessive wheel hopping on 1st gear hard launching. Has anyone experienced this before, I do not think this is normal as I had never had such a problem before. |
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Jun 14, 2005 - 1:10 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 28, '03 From Bloomington, IN Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
On Gt's you need to launch at at least 3k to not bog. That's just my personal exp. You should also drop your tire psi as low as you can. This will well a bunch!
Oh, it's not your shocks (actually we have struts smart one) so don't listen to some of these guys who have likely never seen a drag strip. -------------------- NASA/SCCA RX-7....currently under the knife
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yozef Wheel hopping Jun 3, 2005 - 9:11 AM
playr158 well
#1) wheel hop is when you launch and there is... Jun 3, 2005 - 9:41 AM defgeph you need new shocks Jun 3, 2005 - 9:54 AM playr158 Since then I have replaced the shocks with Koni ad... Jun 3, 2005 - 9:57 AM Digndoug I get wheel hope/sinning wheels when i launch hard... Jun 3, 2005 - 10:06 AM defgeph whats the setting on the koni's then ? Jun 3, 2005 - 10:24 AM darksecret Lite front ends tend to experience wheel hop with ... Jun 3, 2005 - 11:06 AM playr158 its not so much revving high as it is low
high re... Jun 3, 2005 - 1:48 PM darksecret I only wheel hop in the high range at 3,000 rpm an... Jun 3, 2005 - 2:08 PM yozef QUOTE(darksecret @ Jun 3, 2005 - 2:08 PM)For ... Jun 8, 2005 - 2:06 AM MonsterBOX with stock wheels its a problem, bigger wheels eli... Jun 9, 2005 - 2:50 PM darksecret From what you tell me the tires could be the probl... Jun 9, 2005 - 3:32 PM yozef I will try changing front tyres. Might be tempte... Jun 14, 2005 - 7:56 AM playr158 " Also try dumping the clutch at 3,000 rpm ... Jun 14, 2005 - 12:37 PM darksecret I guess nobody cared to notice he's got an SS-... Jun 14, 2005 - 3:41 PM yozef Hi guys,
Its been quite some time now and since t... Oct 5, 2005 - 4:06 AM playr158 honestly if its stick its basically your driving..... Oct 5, 2005 - 1:32 PM lagos QUOTE(playr158 @ Oct 5, 2005 - 1:32 PM)and wh... Oct 5, 2005 - 1:56 PM mikew04 lagos,
did the polyurethane you ended up using cau... Oct 5, 2005 - 2:17 PM lagos mikew
i put in brand new mounts on the front and ... Oct 5, 2005 - 4:48 PM mikew04 awesome
I think im going to have to fill mine in w... Oct 5, 2005 - 6:07 PM yozef No guys its not me its the car. Even at a normal ... Oct 6, 2005 - 3:44 AM soulshadow I never thought that motor mounts can be worn out... Oct 7, 2005 - 2:49 PM lagos QUOTE(soulshadow @ Oct 7, 2005 - 2:49 PM)I ne... Oct 7, 2005 - 3:01 PM yozef 6gen
You see it was not me! I found some time... Oct 12, 2005 - 5:23 AM yozef You see it was not me! I found some time to g... Oct 12, 2005 - 5:24 AM Dr_Tweak You need to host the pic somewhere. If you like yo... Oct 12, 2005 - 5:26 AM lagos http://www.gunstig.org/6gc/
upload the photo ther... Oct 12, 2005 - 11:06 AM playr158 good job you found the issue Oct 12, 2005 - 11:12 AM Dr_Tweak WOAH!!! Oct 12, 2005 - 1:53 PM lagos ummm..yeah that would do it...lol Oct 13, 2005 - 3:12 PM yozef Went to toyota today. Guess what they do not have... Oct 14, 2005 - 3:35 AM
yozef Finally the Celica is back on the road. This is w... Nov 16, 2005 - 7:16 AM |
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