HT413
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Another vote for 4-link. My wheels a no hop.
Wheel hop, whats your solution?
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not so famous bob
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My caltracs haven't either!
Actually there was a time that wheel hop was great entertainment. Remember the AA fuel altered cars. The wheel base was too short for all them ponies and they half hopped all the way down the track scaring the hell out of everybody. Both wheels were hopping and the car would bounce off the wheelie bars grab and hop again. Dangerous as hell, no wonder they were outlawed!
not so famous bob
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BROKE STUFF TOO !
mopar 3 B
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Mopar and wheel hop. I dont get it? Add some leaves and gorilla tape the front.
No hop here just go or smoke.
No hop here just go or smoke.
mopar 3 B
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You may also want to check the load in the trunk. To much weight on one side will unload the other.
Bruzilla
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I use traction bars too. Not because of wheel hop, but just because they look cool. 
mopar 3 B
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Do you run them tight all the time or loose and let them slap? Whence the term slapper bars.I use traction bars too. Not because of wheel hop, but just because they look cool.
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Last car I used clamps on was a /6 car with really weak springs. The car was a 66 Belvedere and I was racing it in 93. The clamps really improved the cars reaction time too by over 2 tenths! The car was also being driven to work everyday and some of the streets weren't real smooth and that's where the clamps were breaking the bolts....grade 8's too.
Also, how bout a link/leaf setup? It's just a simple car from the bottom of the spring plates to a mouth that's even with the front spring eye. It doesn't really help that much with traction imo but it'll stop the hop. I guess that will help traction lol. Had a set on a 66 Mustang Fastback and it never hopped and usually Fords were pretty bad about that....
dvw
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Cheapest quick fix is a tall pinion snubber. It hops because the front segment of the spring is to weak. The front of the leave pack bends into an "S" shape, then relaxs back to the original shape. I've found a home fabbed tall snubber on my mid 12 second 4 speed Challenger to work perfect. It has the stock springs, standard shocks. Leaving at 5500 rpm on slicks with no issue. Stiffer front segments, GOOD clamps, better shocks, Cal-Tracks will all be an improvement. But for a street car totally unnecesary.
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Bruzilla
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The first car I had them on was a 73 Roadrunner that someone had put a set on before I bought it, and they were installed to be horizontal with the body, so they were more for show. This pair I mounted so they are 1" below the spring hanger, which is where they are supposed to be at.
'68 Satellite w/ a mid-grade 440 I was wheel hopping some with cooper 275/60s and the regular xhd springs(which had clamps already on them), I put a pinion snubber on and after things settled I noticed it's all the way up against the floor. Ride not much different so I left it there because it has worked well, no more wheel hop.. if I idiot stomp the throttle the tires still spin but don't bounce like before which is fine for the street(and a $60 investment!) If I wanted to get more serious I would go with cal-trac setup..
Not to mention in your case, Bru, they just happen to match the color scheme of your car! LOL - by the way, you need to update your photo garage!I use traction bars too. Not because of wheel hop, but just because they look cool.
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Bruzilla
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Well, you can paint them any color.
The set that came with my 73 Roadrunner were chrome.
Hanover Mopar
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Caltracs with single leaf spring. It will hook
moper
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If the ride height is where you want it, verify the pinion angle, then set the pinion snubber height at 1" from the floor. The hop is the springs not being able to control the axle windup. If they were in good shape, and hemi type, or super stock, they could probably do the job alone. But with worn springs, or plain jane passenger car versions, the snubber is needed.
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Sometimes you can solve wheel hop with better/stiffer shocks. Shocks are what dampens the springs and if the hop isn't all that bad, they can do the job. I always ran a stiff 50/50 rear shock and never ever experienced hop with a Mopar. One time I wanted to see how the car rode without any rear shocks and man, HUGE difference lol
HT413
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BITD a buddy had a 78 bronco, lifted with maybe 38's. Drove it without shocks to Midas for replacements. Felt like high seas!
idrivemopar
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That's an interesting thought, I am running Bilsteins at the moment, but like I said its not a huge deal, but I did notice it, and its not like I can do huge block long burnouts in the car anyway, but I can get them going good enough to make the car side step.
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