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Pictures from PRI 2011

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Fair

Five of the Vorshlag crew attended the 2011 Performance Racing Industry show last week and we took about 100 pictures, which are posted in this gallery. Take a look and see some upcoming race cars, new products and booths from … Continue reading →

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Vorshlag in B-Spec Racing

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Fair

This press release on Jalopnik announces the fact that MINI will be joining B-Spec racing in the USA, which is great, but it also points out that the Vorshlag R56 Camber Plate is part of the spec. Don’t know about … Continue reading →

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Caswell E30 at BAJA 1000

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Fair

Vorshlag customer and ultimate “destructive parts tester” Bill Caswell is at it again. He’s taking his specially built BMW E30 back to the Baja 1000 and the trip is being chronicled at a blog called mylife@SPEED. Vorshlag sent Bill some … Continue reading →

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Z3M LSx Swap Updates

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Fair

We finally brought McCall’s BMW Z3M LSx swap to the Vorshlag shop to finish up a few things, namely the custom dual 3″ stainless exhaust. We’ve got some pictures and details in the build thread, located here.

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Brianne Corn at Pikes Peak in 2012

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Fair

2011 Queen of The Mountain Brianne Corn Will Race Again At The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Next Summer Here’s an excerpt from yesterday’s Press Release: Brianne Corn became the first woman to triumph at the Pikes Peak International Hill … Continue reading →

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ARH Headers for Mustang 5.0

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Fair

Vorshlag is an American Racing Headers dealer and we have added the 2011-2012+ Mustang GT “Coyote” 5.0L header to our catalog (click here). We *LOVE* these headers and use them on our own Mustang! (click to enlarge) These full length … Continue reading →

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Vorshlag E46 LS1 Update

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Fair

More progress and some great pictures are shown in the latest build thread update (click here!) for the prototype BMW E46 LS1/T56 build (and swap kit) we’re making here at Vorshlag. We now have the prototype motor mounts + transmission … Continue reading →

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Vorshlag wins at GRM Challenge!

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Fair

This is our car with the CCW 18×11″ wheels (not used for GRM competition, of course!) Vorshlag’s own Fair, Amy and Costas towed 17 hours to the Kumho Tires $2011 Grassroots Motorsports Challenge over Oct 6-8th, with our little BMW … Continue reading →

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E30 V8 Auto-x Testing

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Fair

Costas and Terry spent last Friday afternoon testing the E30 V8 before next weekend’s $2011 GRM Challenge. We learned a lot and had a great time putting 43 laps on the car. You can read more on the Vorshlag forum … Continue reading →

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E30 V8 ready for $2011 GRM

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Fair

We’ve worked on our $2011 GRM Challenge BMW E30 V8, the scrappy little junkyard dog, for the past 6 weeks. In that time we’ve pulled and reinstalled the drivetrain twice: once to swap out a broken transmission, then again to … Continue reading →

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