does anyone have a way to make it stop... ive tryed damn near everything... its getting real bad the more power i make

 

engine torque dampers, traction bars, good suspension setup, strut tower bars,

 

solid motor mounts

 

MOtor mount inserts
Suspension setup
They have some kind of engine dampner also

Here's a thread I made a while back about wheel hop.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1500865

 

i have the upper insert in, still need to put the lower... i hope that helps... i hate this **** man... my struts are probably bad too...still oe, with neuspeed springs. i have front and rear braces, ill see, mabe this weekend ill put the inserts in.

 

Don't forget your tires! Bad tires = bad traction = hoppy hoppy.

 

i have pretty good tires, they are brand new kuhmo's...gummy as ****


sorry i had toyos before



Modified by 93ludesitec at 4:19 PM 5/10/2006

 

well a traction bar will help you greatly.....

what is your suspension? i hope its just not springs either

 

right now im running on shitty shocks/struts... i ran out of money( lincoln tech has ripped me off) i have full energy suspension master bushing set, motor mounts, front and rear strut tower braces, neuspeed springs.....what shocks would you reccomend, im thinking the koni yellows.

 

get inserts for the radius arms

 

Learn how to launch. Don't pop the clutch at high RPM's. I had the same issue when I first got my 5th gen. I used to pop the clutch in my old Toyota at redline and didn't have any hop so I tried this with my prelude (not at redline....at about 4-5RPM) and I hopped like mad.

All you have to do is feather the clutch at a lower RPM and you will be fine. or spend all that cash to upgrade and you might be fine.

 

thats what i do man... as soon as the tires want to go it hops like hell....im not like reving the **** out of it and dumping the clutch... i feather like crazy.... im pretty sure it just my struts though, they are fucked

 

Does lowering the tire psi help at all?

 

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I think that is dangerous? not sure. I think that all the tire psi has to be at the correct pressure. Yeah just feather the clutch, just slowly but quickly let go of the clutch. Don't let go of the clutch off the line.

 

In regards to your strut question, I use Koni yellows, very nice struts. That might help out a little, as well as engine torque dampers. Good luck

 

what size are your rims?
bigger wheels = more hop
i found this out from going from 18's to 15's....15's = very little wheel hop, almost none

 

get a suspension which is designed for performance... Maybe some SHOCKS that are made to travel in the range the aftermarket springs put them at... Thats your main issue.. Stock shock travel is designed to barely see what you keep it at normally with the lowering springs... This will cause poor performance from your shocks, and shorten their life.. Odds are, they are BLOWN now... It also seems as if you havent tried everything to fix it considering you havent even upgraded the suspension...


Lower the tire pressur:

e a good bit in the fronts to reduce a large portion of the problem... Yes, this is common and will not hurt your tires unless left for large periods of time and/or daily driving...

Traction bars: already covered....

can be bought for the 4th and 5th gen preludes which are designed to eliminate wheel hop problems...

Motor mounts: covered elsewhere

 

just one solution from many...


http://www.raktron.com/misc/mt.htm

 

i have:

ES motor mount inserts
ES Hyperflex bushing kit
Tein HA coilovers (stiff)
KDW tires

0 wheel hop for me. My lauches are smooth as glass.

 

lsd
dunt forget that

 

I have Placeracing motor mounts
Tein coilovers
Azenis
all other suspension goodies with the excepton of traction bars.
I feather my launch real well and get almost no wheel hop. The problem is my 1-2 shift. Thats when my car starts a- hoppin. I shift a little deep(around 7800rpm's)because as I shift I start hoppin and losing traction and my RPM's drop pretty fast while Im losing this traction. How do you guys deal with this?? (*BTW my car is not all powerful just simple bolt ons)

 

i ordered a set of kyb agx's today.... i hope it helps... i was out of money from the swap... im on stock si wheels. where can i get engine torque dampeners, and traction bars??( the order on the shocks isnt final yet so if you have any ideas on other shocks that would be nice)... thanks for the help!