Question about driving..

[XA04]

Could it be your traction control?

I don't have it AFAIK.

I wouldn't worry about wheel hop to be honest. How often do you launch from stationary like that?

Perfectly normal with road car suspension.

Never pretty much.

Axle Tramp

The wheels cant put the power down, and cant push the car forwards, so the only way out for this energy is UP.....and that's where the wheels go....up and down.

Dont do it...you're wasting good rubber, and not making much progress. Less is more

So is that the same situation with me then?

[Jay]

Slightly off topic but If I let my wheels spin (from stationary), the car bounces around a lot as if intermittent grip is launching the front half up into the air rather than forwards.

you have a live rear axle? That could be your problem, the rear wheels are boucing trying to give you grip and when you get the grip it pushed the nose of the car upward (the rear is trying to take over the front)

[Konan555]

Worn shocks? how can I check. Do you mean the front springs? how can springs wear - I thought they just got old and snapped, which hasnt happened yet...

Wouldnt this show that they are in good condition also?rather than worn

Shocks, not springs. And I was thinking of the rear ones.

Push the corner of the car down, let go. It should back rise up, drop a tiny bit and sit. If it has a second 'bounce' they're on the old side.

[autopilot]

To answer the OP;

Assuming you dont have traction control and the wheels where not spinning, then if you are in the same gear and the revs are the same thought a period of acceleration, it's due to a couple of factors - the weight/momentum of the car equalising and/or the clutch biting. Torque conversion, sometimes called other things, as kalniel rightly mentions also plays a part.

[Gr44]

If you were at 6k RPM... could it not be the rev limiter? They kick in around 6k-6.5k on most cars... ( assuming you have one )

[XA04]

If you were at 6k RPM... could it not be the rev limiter? They kick in around 6k-6.5k on most cars... ( assuming you have one )

Nah it wasn't the limiter.. That kicks in at around 7.1k.


Sounds like what autopilot said though.

Thanks peeps.

[GrahamGarside]

The limitter wouldn't affect speed like that either, the revs would bounce down from it costing speed as well.