super stock shocks vs c body shocks?

famous bob said

first time I`ve ever heard of s/s springs wheel hopping. We used to run 002/003 springs on a hemi belvedere and no pinion snubber at all, it tore the snubbers up anyway. Makes me think u had the Mexican springs , wrong springs or another problem. You couldn`t get much more wrong than the 00 springs on a 3600 something pound b body. They worked excellent .

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I got the car as an uncompetitive NHRA Stocker that the owner built from scratch but gave up on (Couldn't run the index.). I started racing it in IHRA in 1999 and it probably had the older springs then. Over the years I have changed the leaf springs several times as they wore out, which included original and Mexican SS springs. No performance difference, except for how long they lasted before sagging too much. My car weighed anywhere from 3,500 - 3,700+ lbs as I changed classes and/or IHRA changed the crate motor HP factor. The wheel hop, which I attributed to soft shock extension and compression, may have been without a pinion snubber, but, either way, it surprised me too. It's always hooked well otherwise, with track prep being the biggest influence. As described earlier, shocks were the only other changes in the suspension. Each car can be different, so never say never.

On a related note.....I also felt that the original recommendation of a lot of rear body separation was also obsolete. So that should and could be controlled, with the help of stiffer shocks. (Balanced with proper front shocks.)