CRAMMED XR6 Member 34 Member For: 19y 1m 1d Location: Melbourne Posted 03/10/07 10:31 AM Share Posted 03/10/07 10:31 AM Hey all,pretty much since I got my car its had a bit of an issue. when it breaks traction it gets a massive axle hop and ive noticed its been getting worse and worse. its fine to drive normally, but wheres the fun in that in the wet ive tried a few 'experiments' like add more wheel spin. this just adds more axle hop.What to do...?Do they all have this problem with stock suspension to some extent? Or is mine Ive done the bounce on the back of the car test, the shocks appear to be fine. But are they still up to the job?Thanks,MaccA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageF6 Donating Members 1,622 Member For: 20y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/10/07 11:53 AM Share Posted 03/10/07 11:53 AM I've got King Springs and Bilstein shocks. Still get axle tramp, though not as bad as with the stock suspension.I thought it was partly due to T/C being on, but it also happens with T/C off.f'ked if I know what the solution is, apart from welding struts in place of the springs and shocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sport Member 62 Member For: 21y 10m 18d Posted 03/10/07 01:02 PM Share Posted 03/10/07 01:02 PM I've got King Springs and Bilstein shocks. Still get axle tramp, though not as bad as with the stock suspension.I thought it was partly due to T/C being on, but it also happens with T/C off.f'ked if I know what the solution is, apart from welding struts in place of the springs and shocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sport Member 62 Member For: 21y 10m 18d Posted 03/10/07 01:04 PM Share Posted 03/10/07 01:04 PM Hey all,pretty much since I got my car its had a bit of an issue. when it breaks traction it gets a massive axle hop and ive noticed its been getting worse and worse. its fine to drive normally, but wheres the fun in that in the wet ive tried a few 'experiments' like add more wheel spin. this just adds more axle hop.What to do...?Do they all have this problem with stock suspension to some extent? Or is mine Ive done the bounce on the back of the car test, the shocks appear to be fine. But are they still up to the job?Thanks,MaccA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageF6 Donating Members 1,622 Member For: 20y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/10/07 01:17 PM Share Posted 03/10/07 01:17 PM And here's me thinking the novelty of invisible ink had worn off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sport Member 62 Member For: 21y 10m 18d Posted 03/10/07 01:18 PM Share Posted 03/10/07 01:18 PM Hi Macca, not sure if yours is a sedan or ute but utes normally have far worse axle tramp than sedans so if you can improve a ute a sedan "should be easier" following the same principles. I have lowered Kings and Bilsteins so I rang Bilstein and asked how the V8 ute racers overcome axle tramp and they do it quite simply by modifying the rear shocks by reducing the pressure on compresion (or bump) and incresing the pressure on rebound. This should also help your quarter mile times. The only down side would be if you carry heavy loads in the rear of your car. I have done heaps of suspension work on my Tornado and the handling is fantastic but I am going to rework the rear shocks to improve it further. Hope this helps. Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauies Member 209 Member For: 21y 5m 16d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 03/10/07 02:15 PM Share Posted 03/10/07 02:15 PM There is a bilstein shock place in melbourne that does the shocks for V8 ute racers.ANYONE KNOW THE COMPANY NAME OF THIS WORKSHOP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Venom Member 48 Member For: 19y 6m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/10/07 10:58 PM Share Posted 03/10/07 10:58 PM http://www.quadrantsuspensions.com.au/There is a bilstein shock place in melbourne that does the shocks for V8 ute racers.ANYONE KNOW THE COMPANY NAME OF THIS WORKSHOP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 1m 3d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 04/10/07 12:55 AM Share Posted 04/10/07 12:55 AM CAPA also sell an "Anti Tramp Kit" for the utes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF05T Member 453 Member For: 18y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 04/10/07 09:51 AM Share Posted 04/10/07 09:51 AM My car has huge axle tramp also p@#$es me to tears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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