Wheel hop crazy - front left

[RedRobin]

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On the face of it, engine mounts and especially the lower mount, would solve wheel hop or at the very least dramatically reduce it. So I think that Simon is right to think that it would.

I'm confident that VWR will sort it for you and expect that there's another factor in the equation such as john_o suggests.

[MAT ED30]

ok how the feck are you driving this car 1st gear and flooring it  whats your location as i fancy a look as i have the race mounts and diff and i dont get it at all

[SteveS]

HA6, NW of london,
I dont believe your near, but if so, feel free!

i dont floor it in first, i hardly touch the gear because of the problem.. (even if i was it shouldnt be making the noise it is!)

[RedRobin]

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Am I right in thinking that immediately after you drove out of VWR's workshop with the mounts installed, you didn't have the problem?

If you did have the problem why didn't you return to them immediately?

If you didn't have the problem how much later did it start happening?

[Janner_Sy]

it wasnt as pronounced as before RR as for some reason his REVO had reverted to stock output. 

[MAT ED30]

bloody miles away   is it defo wheel hop or is the noise coming from your dm flywheel ? ie what clutch is in your car as its got a diff as my clutch started to bang once i had the diff done as the car suddenly had all this grip it never had before as it would just spin the wheels before the diff was done   oh and the battery has to be taken out to do the mounts hence y revo was at 0000

[SteveS]

exactly, i checked the revo when i got home on the laptop and it was 000

[SteveS]

im pretty sure its hop, can feel the car bouncing around.. but then i dont know what the flywheel would sound/feel like to compare.

They knew it has REVO map and if they took the battery out they know/or should have known it would reset and so they should have put it back, so that in itself upsets me, say i didnt have a select switch, i may NEVER have known and thought the car had other issues... not acceptable really

[MAT ED30]

time for some kw v3 then 

[SteveS]

thats seriously the only thingi can think of, maybe the suspension is just sh*t.... although spending around a grand really dont appeal

do you have the kw's ?

[MAT ED30]

yes mate v3 and to be honest it make a huge change to the car 

[RedRobin]

im pretty sure its hop, can feel the car bouncing around.. but then i dont know what the flywheel would sound/feel like to compare.

They knew it has REVO map and if they took the battery out they know/or should have known it would reset and so they should have put it back, so that in itself upsets me, say i didnt have a select switch, i may NEVER have known and thought the car had other issues... not acceptable really

....VWR aren't a Revo dealer AFAIK and the reset back to your Revo map would have been your, not their, responsibility to do with your Select switch. I would have expected them to at least ask you about resetting the Revo but that assumes they know about what disconnecting the battery does on Revo, which I'm pretty sure they do know.

But either way, something is clearly wrong with your particular car. I'm on Revo2 with VWR's 'Fast Road' mounts and Quaife diff and I can't induce wheel hop!

Could it be a suspension component failure? Broken bush? < I've now just read other folks suggesting suspension too. I have KW-V3.

[SteveS]

I have to say i dont totally agree with you.
They do suppy REVO now, they put it on in the first place!!.. and even if they didnt, it should have at least been mentioned if they were unsure.

They said they checked these things out, i took the car there to be investigated for such issues and told there were none! so if there is an issue with one of these obvious parts i wont be a happy bunny..

[GTIjames]

Just curious but does it occur when you have the traction control turned off ?

[SteveP]

The battery would have been removed to fit one of the mounts, so the Revo code would have defaulted back to stock mode.