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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 02:31 AM
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Reducing Wheelhop

What can i do to remedy wheelhop. My motor is out of my car so replacing anything is no big deal
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by ONRAILS
What can i do to remedy wheelhop. My motor is out of my car so replacing anything is no big deal
You get wheelhop in an evo? I thought that was more of a fwd problem

I know one of the things fwd guys will do to help manage wheel hop is lsd and motor mounts
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 02:36 AM
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Evo wheelhop I seen traction problems but wheelhop
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 02:39 AM
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motor mounts, torque dampener
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 02:44 AM
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Motor mounts will have the most dramatic effect on reducing wheelhop. Suspension will help as well but not nearly as much. On DSMs, which had softer mounts and weaker suspsensions, wheel hop is a very real problem, and the number one cause for driveline breakage. The EVO even stock does much better, but it will still wheelhop. If you get good traciton, or go into a full blow-the-tires-off wheelspin, you are unlikely to get it. It's when you are teetering on the edge of traction that wheelhop becomes a problem, even on the EVOs. If you are not getting wheelhop on the stock parts, you aren't trying hard enough.

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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by dustin03
Evo wheelhop I seen traction problems but wheelhop
If you guys recall, that was probably the number one cause of early evo8 TC/front diff failures. The rapid loading/unloading of the front diff spider gears during wheel hop was shearing teeth right off. Read up on the RRE site.

Motor mounts and bushings go a long way towards eliminating the issue in the evo. I would personally skip the damper, it's really only a band aid.
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