Be careful with wheel hop you will break your rear half shaft. This is what happened to one of my customers

 

Yikes! How do i fix it ?

 

With a new one

 

I cannot sufficiently articulate why it happens, but "wheel hop" is a common occurrence in the performance car world. Particularly for cars such as the R8, with its wide tire contact area and sticky tires.

 

Wheel hop occurs when the tires spin with enough torque to "jump" off the pavement for a second. You see it in high powered RWD and FWD cars. I've never experienced it in my R8 but have several times in my Dad's various Porsches...

Try letting a little air out of the rears, it will help some...

 

I've never experienced it in my R8 but have several times in my Dad's various Porsches....

My Cayman S was a wheel-hop beast once the rears were warmed up.

 

Wheel hop also happens when the shock rate isn't matched to other mods (if any).. might be too soft.

 

Thanks for the help guys! I will try to let some air out and see .. definitely don't want to break my rear half shaft

 

What tires and pressures are you running?

 

That's where the car likes the pressures so I'd next guess that it's the tires themselves.

Try going to 40 on the rears and see if that (should let them spin more easily) make the problem better or worse. Not sure exactly what it will tell us, but a change might clue us in.

 

In the rain today at wot 1st, I enjoyed a little hopping. Nothing like a p-car or anything, but it was present. To break the rear shafts like that I would imagine you need to do some crazy, abusive stuff.