LesBaer, Your comments are certainly fair and true. Wheel hop can become an issue easy with any car, especially with IRS. It has been my experience that if you get into a slight HP gain wheel hop gets real bad, but if you have the power to drive through the traction your tires try to get it won't hop. I could be wrong. I never had the wheel hop issue with the ctsV or my Z06 though. The V was obviously a roots style but ran 821hp, the Z was N/A and it was low 700's HP.
I certainly understand the power curve difference, which is part of why I went with a centrifugal set up this time. The F1's sucked though! From a dig, or dropping into 3rd on a hwy punch it would spin. Hell a hard shift above 100mph going from 3rd to 4h it would spin. Not chirp, full on spin lol. The PSS' were good for me, these Conti's are close maybe slightly better. Ive never ran the cup2's or the PS4's so I can't comment how they do. I would certainly avoid the F1's. That's my opinion and experience though. With my current set up I'm just shy of 700hp, with race fuel and some timing changes I putting down low 700's and they don't hook at launch. I also start making boost at 2,200rpm though and launch between 3,000-idle trying to prevent spinning lol.
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Originally Posted by LesBaer
I was at 565rwhp (conservative dyno) when I noticed the wheel hop while launching and other people have had the same thing happen after supercharging. You don't have that problem Chevy71 because you have a Procharger. All your power comes on when you're already moving at speed. A person with a positive displacement blower is going to have a lot more power delivered immediately when they hit the gas vs. you that will see more top end. The wheel hop will only happen at launch.
I was just telling you (the OP) about the wheel stuff so you know and are careful choosing where you decide to get on it. Nobody really talks about anything except weight. I remember what it was like after I first got mine. The car gets up to 125 in a blink of an eye and will keep going if you let it...just don't want to see you on the news 
I'm glad I saw what he said above about the F1's. I didn't think they'd work over 600rwhp. If he can't hook with a Pro Charger setup at launch, that confirms it for me. The only non-drag radial tire that I've ever heard of hooking with a 700rwhp+ car in lower gears is the Sport Cup 2. 2nd gear was the best it could do on a CTS-V. |