Wheel Hop?

[Scott McG]

Hi Gang!

I am curious if any C7 owners have experienced wheel hop. On my former Challenger SRT8, it was a serious problem. It was near impossible to do a burn out without having the whole car buck around like crazy. Very hard on the car. Getting different tires than the factory ones helped, but it was still not great.

Is this an issue with the C7 so far?

 

[buckhorn76]

coil-overs and drag radials with less air pressure.

 

[Keith Tedford]

If GM would quit raving about all the electronics that they are cramming into the car and do some basic engineering, we might have a car that will not destroy itself. Wheel hop, drive line shake, rear axle wind up or what ever you choose to call it was around in the 1960s and it eats driveline pieces. With the Chevelles a set of traction bars cured the problem. 45 years later and the same problem. Something wrong with this picture. With our 2005, if you get onto it in low gear and the tires start to break loose, the car wants to make a hard and unexpected left turn. A person not ready for it could easily end up in the other lane and in an accident. These cars do most things very well but some basic stuff is being overlooked by their engineers.

 

[C7Jake]

What wheel hop...beat this with a Challenger!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuDZZAvI3W4

 

[Keith Tedford]

It's when you launch and are just on the verge of breaking loose that the wheel hop sets in. This guy isn't proving anything with what he is doing. In my younger days, it was the village idiots that sat there burning their tires so that was burned into my brain and I have never been impressed with burnouts just for the sake of making smoke. That's just me.

 

[jabroni]

The burnout guy must have a friend that works for Michelin

 

[Bearly Flying]

More money than Brains.

 

[buckhorn76]

roasting up a street tire will hinder your grip, they're not the same as slicks. launching with a street tire requires a totally different technique than launching with a slick.

 

[Keith Tedford]

There is a Youtube video and the guys actually showed their faces on camera before burning out the clutch. None seemed to realize that it was NOT the tires burning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ6atGhmVU8

 

[JP.]

There is a Youtube video and the guys actually showed their faces on camera before burning out the clutch. None seemed to realize that it was NOT the tires burning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ6atGhmVU8

Good news is his tires are still ok......lol

 

[jabroni]

There is a Youtube video and the guys actually showed their faces on camera before burning out the clutch. None seemed to realize that it was NOT the tires burning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ6atGhmVU8

That's just sad on so many levels.

 

[Keith Tedford]

On the brighter side, by comparison, people like me look much smarter than we would otherwise. Burning clutch has a smell all its own. At the drag strip, you can smell it quite often. It is distinctive and doesn`t take a whole lot of slippage to smell.

 

[Scott McG]

To clarify (as I am still not sure what the answer is) do these cars experience the "hop"?

That burnout video was impressive (expensive...but fun to watch).

 

[buckhorn76]

any car making big power will wheel hop under a hard launch.....ever seen a funny car go into tire shake ?

 

[jabroni]

Don't be like this guy LOL.

Wheel hop chevy c20 - YouTube

 

[Keith Tedford]

He should win first prize for that wheel hop. Probably the highest one on record. I don`t think the guys with hydraulics can put on a show like that.

 

[Riley P]

Hopefully as guys get their C7's out, they be able to let you know Scott. However, I doubt the C7 will have issues.