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Old Jul 28, 2004 | 07:36 AM
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when i take a hard corner in my 93 Si, i get what feels like wheelhop... the whole car shakes and jumps extreamly violently. this happens consistantly when i take a hard corner, i will never just lose traction and slide w/ understeer. the only time it doesnt do it is when its raining, or im on slick pavement (basicly when i have bad traction)

does anyone know what might be causing this? its been doing it ever since ive had the car (a couple of years)

thanks for any help!
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Old Jul 28, 2004 | 07:51 AM
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your wheel is hitting your fender wall, youre dropped too low.
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 07:58 PM
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Default Re: Wheel Hop With Hard Cornering? (StrangerWitCandy)

what is done to your car, ie how low did you drop it, rim size..spring rates so on...
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Old Jul 30, 2004 | 01:44 AM
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Default Re: Wheel Hop With Hard Cornering? (ThePowerofDreams)

no drop, stock springs/shocks (may be blown, they have 130k miles on em) only suspention mod is a jimfab traction bar, but it did it before the traction bar too... also it has a gsr swap, but im pretty sure it did it before that too, but not 100%... also, its on 15 or 16 inch rota circuit 8's with wynstar exocet tires

it does have a good bit of body roll, since it has stock suspention, and i do g=t a bit of tire rub when the wheels are turned all the way... i dont know why, since its a stock ride height and everything, but it does.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 07:35 PM
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up up up!
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 07:46 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by StrangerWitCandy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">with wynstar exocet tires</TD></TR></TABLE>

could be the problem

also check all your suspension bushings

LSD will also help pull you out of the corner
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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 04:07 PM
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already have lsd... how could the tires be the problem? could very well be the suspention bushings, its got ~130k miles on it.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 11:52 AM
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up! im wondering about dan GSR's comment, what could it be about the tires? ive heard they are good tires, and they have pretty good traction as far as can tell, why would they cause this?
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 05:17 PM
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up top any comments guys?
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 05:53 PM
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stock suspension aint really for taking sharp turns, if you dont wanna feel what you say is wheel hop get tiens or some reputational suspension.
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