Wheel hop in the rain!

[Eatoniashoprat]

Hi,

I was really itchy for a drive yesterday and it was snowing but I took the beetle out anyway , its a driver not a show car right? Actually felt good to see ice build up on the fresh paint! It means I'm driving it and not still working on it. Anyway I found out I have wheel hop issues!

When I planned the suspension out I thought I had a pretty sweet set up but I guess I missed something, because when the car started to spin, (well, with the LSD you kinda have to work at it ), you'd get the horrible shudder. I never noticed it doing this in dry conditions but I never really 'tried' to spin the tires when it was dry, however, on the occassion it did spin wheel hop wasn't apparent.

Anyway, my set is german rubber rear mounts with a rubber/steel tranny/bellhousing strap, and a Berg mid-mount with the rubber mounts LINK, no nose cone mount (no room since engine and tranny moved ahead 2" for subaru).

I believe the problem is that the mid mount is letting the front of the tranny lift up very easily. If you pull the seat out and watch the front of the tranny and just tap the throttle you can watch the nose cone lift up *eeek*. What do you think about a solution? Either strap the tranny at the front (I'm not real fond of this idea), or just build solid pieces to replace the rubber mounts in the mid mount. I'd love to have a traction bar type solution so that it provides more support for the engine, but there isn't really much room for something like that.

Thoughts, comments? suggestions? (ramblings also welcome)

Mike