To share what we have learned and track proven with tens of thousands of others, we chronicle our chassis and part development work in great detail on the Vorshlag forums. Today we have another 4-part post showing several Time Trial competition events we have run in our 2018 Mustang GT – our first in-house “S550 Test Mule”. These events don’t always go as planned, but we share both the good and the bad experiences. Hopefully if we make mistakes, others can learn form them.
We test new products, design new parts, and sometimes find entirely new ways of doing things. With some guidance from a fellow engineer we tested a new way of cooling brakes without ducted hoses – and it worked better than we could have imagined. That’s covered with its own test event in this 4-part forum update.
In this round we show some basics, like when it might be time to check your alignment, closely inspect an oil cooler part, or knowing the importance of track temperature. We share some insight in fluid temperatures, additional gauges, and even test some new video cameras.
Last but not least, we introduce an all new S550 Mustang build which we just picked up, and start chronicling the weight savings we have planned. We also explain some of the insanity of racing in a car that the bank owns, and hint at a possible #TriggerWarning that might be under the hood of the new Mule. All of that and more is covered on the forums, starting here. Thanks for following along!