Hey everyone I got a question, I was talking to one of my buddies about hittin up the strip close to my house here pretty soon. I mentioned that I have mad wheel hop through 1st gear the tires bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce then grab and take off.

He said something about torque arms for the front wheels to keep the front wheels from bouncing. I tried to find these for my 94 accord but I couldn't find shit. Let me know what you guys did to correct this problem or if you know where I can pick up some torque arms.

Thanks

 

Accords and Preludes already have them. they're called radius rods. they extend from the LCA to the front subframe.


urethane motor mounts will help reduce wheel hop.

 

well that sux, hhaha

Shit does that mean im going to just have to live with the wheel hop ? Urethane mounts, I can do but will it make a significant change ?

 

try launching higher.......

 

To understand how to fix wheel hop, you have to understand what it is. Basically, when you launch a car from a dead stop, the tires go from rest to rotating foward. The problem starts with old soft rubber suspension bushings. What happens is the wheels start to move without the car, moving foward as the suspension bushings flex. Eventually they will bind and the wheel will be forced to snap back like a rubber band. The car will start to move but now your wheel is starting to bounce around and will reduced traction. This shaking is transmited back up the axles and will shake the engine in it's mount. This constant movement puts tremendous stress on your axle's and can potential break something.

To combat the wheel hop, you need to try to keep the wheels steady and get a nice smooth spin as you pull out. Things like radius rods or traction bars (or Z10 bars you sometimes hear) work by attaching to the front of the LCA and attaching it to the front rad support. Now when the bushings start to flex, their esentially anchored and can't move like the want to, reducing wheel hop. Stiffer suspension bushings (like Energy Suspensions)will accomplish the same thing, basically differnet means to an end. Engine mounts will also help by reducing the amount of vibration the engine sends back to the wheels when they flex. Also simply modifying how you launch your car can help. Good luck. Seeya.