Shopping Cart Down and Backorders Shipping

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Fair

There was a temporary glitch with our online shopping cart that started over the weekend (March 2nd) but we should have that resolved today (March 4th). If you need to order something that absolutely has to ship out today please give us a call at 972-422-7170, otherwise try the shopping cart again this afternoon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

We have also started building and shipping some models of Vorshlag camber plates that have been on backorder for a few weeks due to some delayed parts from a supplier. We worked over the weekend assembling dozens of sets of plates and we should be caught on these up by no later than March 6th, with orders shipping out in the order they were received. Thanks for your patience!

Edit: the shopping cart is fixed (March 4th)

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Vorshlag Review of the BFGoodrich Rival Tire

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Fair

Vorshlag owner Terry Fair was lucky enough to snag an invite to the BFGoodrich Rival Tire launch and test event, Jan 22-23, 2013, held at the NOLA Motorsports park in New Orleans, LA. Read the review, linked here, to see what our thoughts are on this tire from first-hand driving on 4 different cars and multiple driving formats: skidpad, two autocross courses, and on a 2.75 mile road course.

We were able to drive on the three BFG models shown above, with the Rival falling in the middle of the BFG Sport-COMP 2 and R1-S. The Rivals were then matched head-to-head with the Hankook R-S3, Toyo R1R and Falken RT-516K, with some drivers testing on the Dunlop Direzza ZII. Cars driven included MX5 Cup cars, Subaru STIs, BMW E46 M3s and Ford Mustang FR500S race cars.



In this lengthy review Terry talks about each tire driven and mentions the obvious tires that weren’t there. The review took almost two weeks to write, edit and publish. Lots of pictures, video, lengthy discussions about the various tires’ driving characteristics, potential BFG tire contingencies, and talk about some new tires that are not even out yet. You can start reading our review here.

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NASA TT3 and MSR-H Event

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Fair

We have a big Project Thread Update for the Vorshlag test mule S197 Mustangs, a two-parter. First we cover the changes (improvements) to two of the NASA TT classes (TTA and TTS), which we have exploited to the fullest with a move “down” a class in our 2011 Mustang GT. This finally lets this car run at the power-to-weight limit of a class, so we hoped it would be more competitive.

And our hopes proved to be true, as we took a double-win and track record at the January 19-20th NASA Texas Time Trial event at the 2.38 mile MSR-Houston road course, running our 2011 GT in the new TT3 class. The second half of this big Thread Update covers the event, from our perspective, and we have a LOT of insane race pictures (taken by our photo guru Brandon) and some video to share, located here.

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S197 Mustang Thread Updates

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Fair

We installed some monotube adjustable AST coilovers to our 2013 Mustang GT, then took this and 3 other cars to a track event in December – including our 2011 GT, the 2013 BRZ and our Firebird ChumpCar for its debut track outing.

Then we were able to do a before and after test on this 2013 GT with the OEM suspension vs the ASTs, looking at times from a previous event at this same race track a month earlier. Obviously the car was quicker but the magnitude of improvement might be “shocking” to some readers. We kept the tires and wheels and driver the same for both tests. Read more in this big, 2-part post starting here!

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Vorshlag FT86 Thread Updates

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Fair

Vorshlag has been busy working on various Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S cars over the past three months and now we’ve finally had a chance to catch up on our BRZ Build Thread.

We have put the BRZ through chassis dyno testing, track testing, and spring testing; installed a total of 4 different forms of camber adjustment on 3 different cars; track tortured several brake system upgrades; and have driven these cars on so many wheels and tire set-ups we’ve lost count. Catch up with a big 3-part post, starting here.

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E36 LS1 Blem Header Sale

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Fair

We recently had a production batch of E36 LS1 headers built and there was a problem with the CNC bender. This resulted in a full run of headers that have some blemishes. These are small crimp marks where the tube clamp slipped during the bending process. These blemishes do not affect the fit or performance in any measurable way, they just don’t look as perfect as our normal headers – which we re-ordered and also have in stock.

To help move these blems off the shelf we have slashed $450 off the normal price! We suspect LS1 swap bargain hunters will sweep up this limited number of blem sets, so if you want a set of our legendary LS1 BMW E36 swap headers at an unbelievably low price, click here for more info.

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AST 4150 Shocks Have Arrived At Vorshlag

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Fair

All good things come to those who wait! The long awaited successor to the AST 4100 is  here, and Vorshlag has them all. The 4150 is a heavily revised AST monotube single adjustable coilover, made with their new DDP digressive pistons, aluminum shock bodies, and more updates than we can write in this little blog post.

Vorshlag has BMW E36 4150 and S197 Mustang 4150 coilovers, as well as Vorshlag camber plates, springs and shock mounts for these car, in stock and ready to shipp. Full details about the AST 4150 are shown here.

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2011 Mustang Project Update

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Fair

Had a great autocross result in the Vorshlag 2011 Mustang GT in ESP class a couple of weeks ago to write about, which was the last autocross for this car of the year. The crew here at Vorshlag also made some track updates to the 2011 for an upcoming event and repaired/prepared a customer’s Boss 302S also. Our guys built a beautiful exhaust system on the 302S that we might mimic on our 2013 GT.

Click on this link to read the full update. We will be at ECR tomorrow blasting around that road course in the 2011 GT and Matt’s 2013 BRZ. See you there!

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New Phones and Scoreboard Page

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Fair

As part of expanding our operations, Vorshlag has added a brand new phone system at Vorshlag HQ, now with more incoming lines and better features. We hate calling trees as much as anyone, so you will only get to one if we cannot get to your call by the 3rd ring. The new system has been live for a week and we are tweaking the settings daily – almost perfect. The music on hold is a bit old, but at least there is music on hold (and we will upload better!)

Another new feature is the new Vorshlag Scoreboard page. What is this? Duh… winning!

This page was the brainchild of Costas and implemented by our web designer Ken this past week. This page allows us to show the results of Vorshlag testers and customers, with a list of significant class wins & track records. What starts as a scrolling list at the bottom of our Home Page links to a full fledged database listing of all of our winners. Of course this is brand new and we need your track records and wins to help fill it. If you have won your class or set a track record in a recent competition event, and were using Vorshlag supplied parts, please send us the details to scoreboard@vorshlag.com.

We have some other Vorshlag manpower and product expansions and improvements to announce  – check back soon!

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For Sale: Vorshlag BMW E46 330Ci

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Fair

This is the link to the eBay auction for our 330 which began on Saturday Nov 10th, 2012 at 12 pm noon CST and will end exactly ten days from that time.

eBay auction link: cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Sport-/321020699183 (or just go to eBay.com and search on item 321020699183)

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Low mileage and stock 2005 model M54 engine, 5-spd, steel flared fenders, 18×10″ wheels, 285/30/18 tires (choose between Yokohama AD08 or Hoosier R6 sets, both fresh), OS Giken, Kirk Racing 4-point roll bar, 5-point harnesses, AST 4200, Vorshlag everything. Recent paint (flawless Lapis blue), A/C blows cold, custom 3″ stainless exhaust behind stainless headers, drives great. Perfect dual-purpose street/track or street/autocross car.

We have 7 Vorshlag cars and two of them are 2001 BMW 330 Coupes, so this one has to go. Legal for SCCA DSP class or NASA TTD – and the street! You will not find a cleaner E46 on the planet.

Thanks,

Vorshlag

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