I think so it was just a bad setup. I ran a session this weekend and didn't notice the hop. The new front bar from ISC is a little different then my past SM bar so we are going to have to experiment some. I noticed that the car turns right much better then left. Lefthanders seemed to need more effort and then the rear would want to get loose. Going to have to change that before going to Memphis, although left turns don't count much there.
Colin, those SMs are getting faster all the time. Foss and Blake both ran 1:25s (maybe even below that) on MSR 1.7 and I can remember when a 1.28 was quick.