Is wheel hop bad for your car? Options

[nate95]

for some reason my tires dont spin when i take off the on the line,, they just hop and it makes my car jump around like crazy and it doesn't feel like its good on the car,, is this a bad thing? how can i keep it from hopping so much?

[x_itchy_b_x]

when you hit a bump while driving the tires keeps contact with the road.
when you get wheel hop the tire is actually doing just that.
hopping and each time it lifts, the engine is still accelerating and next time it meets pavement it slams down and now all the power is transfered at once. now causing more hoping. HOW can that be good?


launch at a lower rpm.

This post has been edited by x_itchy_b_x: Mar 27, 2006 - 9:14 PM

[Kwanza26]

when you hit a bump while driving the tires keeps contact with the road.
when you get wheel hop the tire is actually doing just that.
hopping and each time it lifts the engine is still accelerating and next time it meets pavement it slams down and now all tha power is transfered at once. now causing more hoping. HOW can that be good?

doesn't work like that... cause the car doesn't lift off, not even mentioning it's an ST. The wheels might lift off, but is absorbed in the suspension (compression and rebound). Road contact would be a valid argument if the tires worked as sufficient absorbtion, but the suspenion is where the brunt of the force is taken. The force on the mounts is pretty much the same... unless of course you have a 400hp monster or something that can potentially twist and break stuff. Think about it... dumping the clutch at a deadstop with enough force to do maybe 20mph or hitting a big bump going 40mph? If anything... maybe the tranny might take a shot or two, and the clutch, but not the suspension nor mounts. They are DESIGNED for those situations.