Does extreme cold induce wheel hop?
02-14-2003, 11:16 AM
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Does extreme cold induce wheel hop?
I was driving some deserted roads the other night and decided to stop and practice a few launches. It was very cold out like 5-10 degrees maybe with a below zero wind chill. Ground was completely dry.
3 different times I got such violent wheel hop I thought something was going to bust. I had never had such bad wheel hop before, nothing even close, but I also had never tired to launch in the dead of winter.
You think the cold had something to do with it, or maybe a bad motor mount?
3 different times I got such violent wheel hop I thought something was going to bust. I had never had such bad wheel hop before, nothing even close, but I also had never tired to launch in the dead of winter.
You think the cold had something to do with it, or maybe a bad motor mount?
02-14-2003, 11:21 AM
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Re: Does extreme cold induce wheel hop?
Originally posted by I30tMikeD
I was driving some deserted roads the other night and decided to stop and practice a few launches. It was very cold out like 5-10 degrees maybe with a below zero wind chill. Ground was completely dry.
3 different times I got such violent wheel hop I thought something was going to bust. I had never had such bad wheel hop before, nothing even close, but I also had never tired to launch in the dead of winter.
You think the cold had something to do with it, or maybe a bad motor mount?
I was driving some deserted roads the other night and decided to stop and practice a few launches. It was very cold out like 5-10 degrees maybe with a below zero wind chill. Ground was completely dry.
3 different times I got such violent wheel hop I thought something was going to bust. I had never had such bad wheel hop before, nothing even close, but I also had never tired to launch in the dead of winter.
You think the cold had something to do with it, or maybe a bad motor mount?
02-14-2003, 01:11 PM
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im not exactly sure what causes it, but i went for some g-tech runs with some maxima boys in my area (toronto) where its about -10 to -15*C and i got no wheel hop at all.
however sometimes i get it really bad and i think my engine will just break the mounts and fall out.
however sometimes i get it really bad and i think my engine will just break the mounts and fall out.
02-14-2003, 01:40 PM
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Re: Re: Does extreme cold induce wheel hop?
Originally posted by seximagtr
you may be getting less traction because it's so cold that the tires won't grip.
you may be getting less traction because it's so cold that the tires won't grip.
02-14-2003, 04:12 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Does extreme cold induce wheel hop?
Originally posted by I30tMikeD
yhea, I know the cold hurts traction alot. But wheel hop? Maybe once the wheel hop starts the lack of traction in the cold makes it greater?
yhea, I know the cold hurts traction alot. But wheel hop? Maybe once the wheel hop starts the lack of traction in the cold makes it greater?
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02-14-2003, 05:21 PM
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Mike what tires are you running in the winter? I don't floor my car in 1st or 2nd on my winter tires because its just a ton of wheelspin, I don't think I've launched my car hard since the last time we were at the track.
02-14-2003, 11:51 PM
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Originally posted by Nealoc187
Mike what tires are you running in the winter? I don't floor my car in 1st or 2nd on my winter tires because its just a ton of wheelspin, I don't think I've launched my car hard since the last time we were at the track.
Mike what tires are you running in the winter? I don't floor my car in 1st or 2nd on my winter tires because its just a ton of wheelspin, I don't think I've launched my car hard since the last time we were at the track.
I just hope this does not continue when the weather gets warm.
cant wait till i take to the track to see what i can do with all that hop.
02-22-2003, 10:32 PM
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The weather here in chicago got above 40 for a couple days. I tried a few launches and the wheel hop was nothing compared to how it was before. I guess the cold my have had something to do with it.
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