how to stop wheel hop

[jldude]

I have a terrible case of wheel hop and it's driving me crazy. What is the most effective solution to this that's gauranteed to work? Is it my tires, cuz they're worn...Can anyone help me with this?

[escort88]

does this happen when your are driving normaly or when you are trying to burn out?

[ZX2Fast]

The Phantom Grip I installed into my turbo ZX2 did a lot to reduce wheel hop. A set of lower transmission mount ES bushing inserts help a lot as well. The problem is that the ZX2 has a 2 spider gear open differential. The gears bash against each other and this produces the wheel hop. No wonder the spider gears are the highest failure rate part in the car. The Phantom Grip is about $300 and it pushes the gears into the side of the drive gears (where the axles go in) and has a more positive (read, leave two solid black lines when burning out) locking action. It also greatly reduced my torque steer which was a real issue with 200 ft-lbs of wheel torque.

[rhadcundell]

harmonic balancer could be your problem if its vibration while the car hits highway speeds..

[ZX2Fast]

These cars do not have a harmonic balancer. The engine is internally balanced.

[rhadcundell]

yea ^^^ hes right gotta get the crankshaft into a machine shop theyll either drill holes into it and add weights or just drill holes in it to loose weight

learned that in school today ^^ aha

[mechtech]

Energy suspension motor mount inserts area huge help with this.
Better tires that stick will not slip and hop, but you know that.

[ZX2Fast]

Mech, are you following me? I know I have a nice ass and all, but quit staring at it.

[mark v]

Quit doing burn outs in a econobox, these are not race cars.

[theoldwizard]

How about something simple like shocks/struts !