Vorshlag Contingency at new Evo Super Shootout Series

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Fair

The Evolution Performance Driving School has a new 2-day autocross event format with 3 events scheduled for 2012. The schedule and description for these events is located here. Vorshlag has joined the contingency sponsors for this series, and those details can be seen here. There are some nice prizes available for both class and shoot-out placings, so its worth checking out the series if they are near your neck of the woods! We look forward to seeing our customers doing well at these events.

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US Postal Service Crippled

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Fair

The US postal service’s online shipping system is crippled for the foreseeable future. The online portal has been down for us off-and-on from March 21st through March 27th, and has been completely FUBAR for the past 3 days. We have temporarily disabled USPS shipping methods on our website since there’s just no reliable way to ship or track packages via their system right now.

We noticed a “new” online interface at USPS.com arrived around March 20th, which was awful. What used to take 4 screens/steps now took 8. It sort of worked for about one day, then it crashed and has been a disaster ever since. We’ve been quadruple charged on some shipments (on our end), had the online system time out countless times, etc. We’ve called USPS and they said they’ve had patches applied multiple times over the past week, but each time the problems have increased.

As soon as this problem is fixed we will reset the USPS shipping options for our online ordering system. But even when it is “working” the tracking for USPS is flat out terrible, so it should only be used if you must save that $1 on shipping, and only when you don’t need something to arrive on time. Meanwhile we’ll add FedEx shipping options soon to give you more choices for shipping domestically and internationally.

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Rapid Prototype Mustang Camber Plates and more

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Fair

A somewhat hastily written project update for the Mustang became a bit lengthy and detailed. In this update I talk about the Vorshlag Open House and SCCA Tech Party, the first autocross of the year in the Mustang, design and test fitting the rapid prototype Vorshlag camber plates for this S197 chassis, our new trailer, preparations on the car for the upcoming Tx2K12 track day and Texas National Tour autocross (all coming up this weekend), and more. Lots of pictures and in-car video from the autocross, of course. You can read more about all of this and more on our latest Mustang project forum thread update.

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AST 4150s Coming for Subaru BRZ

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Fair

Even as we continue to patiently await dealer pricing on the upcoming hot new RWD coupe from Subaru (BRZ) and Toyota (Scion FR-S), AST is already developing new coilovers for this car. Vorshlag has a set of 4150 prototypes on order and we will pair these with our proven camber plates that we already make to fit this FT86 chassis. We are just trying to get ahead of this new chassis and improve some of the things we saw early on that need performance improvement, such as ride height, spring rate, camber settings, wheel and tire size, and exhaust flow.

You can read more about the suspension development of this chassis on our forum here.

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Vorshlag Open House and SCCA Annual Tech March 10th

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Fair

Come by and see our new facility, meet the Vorshlag staff, and enjoy some free food and drinks on March 10th, 2012. We will have some cars on display that show our new fabricaiton capabilities, as well as our $2011 GRM Challenge winning BMW E30 V8. The Texas Region SCCA is also having their “annual autocross technical inspection” at our facility the same day. If you run this region’s SCCA autocrosses you can have your car tech’d here on the 10th and you are set for the year – no more waiting in the tech line at each event.

Please go to this forum announcement for times, address/directions, and other information about this Open House event.

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CAD position at Vorshlag

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Fair

Vorshlag is growing and we need to add a draftsman to our in-house staff to keep up with our new product designs. This opening is for someone experienced in SolidWorks software that can work in the north Dallas area 20-40 hours a week. If you are a CAD expert and love racing/cars/suspension design, this could be your ideal job! Please see the job listings below for more information.

Vorshlag Forum Posting: http://www.vorshlag.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8056
CraigsList Dallas ad: http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/egr/2874281227.html

Update: This position was filled April 2012. Thanks for all of the resumes!

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2013 Subaru BRZ Production Car Preview

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Fair

Some of you out there know about the upcoming “FT86” chassis – a joint venture platform being developed between Subaru and Toyota. The numbers sound great: 2600-2800 pounds, RWD, 2.0L direct injected flat 4, 200 hp, low CG height, Miata-like size. We here at Vorshlag got to crawl all over and measure a production 2013 Subaru BRZ Limited today, and have shared 45 pictures and much of the data we mined in this forum post. This could be a hot competitor to the Mazda MX5, but with 200 hp and true coupe format, it could be faster and better suited for track use.

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Vorshlag High Caster EVO 5-9 Camber Plates

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Fair

The Vorshlag spherical camber plate for the EVO 5-9 models is back in stock and better than ever! We have had camber plates for these EVO models for years, but in 2010 we redesigned them for more positive caster. and these prototype “high caster” designs were perfected on several tester’s race and street cars. Now this version has made it to production form, with an engraved aluminum main plate and our trademark super strong, over-sized spherical bearing. These are made to fit EVO models with coilovers using 2.25″, 60mm or 2.5″ spring diameters. You can order them online here or call us at Vorshlag for more information.

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More E36 LS1 Development

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Fair

After months of development on some optional items we’ve progressed further with the build on one of our BMW E36 / LS1 chassis test mules. The ABS relocation kit replacement brake hard lines are finally done and ready for production. The power steering hose kit is also underway and going onto the test mule this week. The E36 we are using for development of these add-ons also got an engine bay repaint, so now it will look good with the hood up or down.

You can read more in the forum thread here.

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Vorshlag built E30 Strut Housings

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Fair

New Product Announcement!

Vorshlag has built a batch of shortened, modified, and powder coated strut housings made to fit the BMW E30 4-lug chassis. These allow for the AST 4100 / 4150 strut inserts and coilover conversion parts to drop right in. Combined these make for a pain free coilover conversion to your E30 chassis BMW. No more cutting, hacking, and welding on your stock housings – let the fabrication pros at Vorshlag handle that for you.

The final product is a thing of beauty – these pictures don’t do them justice. The glossy black powder coating looks and protects so much better than the stock painted finish, and the slimmer top design (OEM perch is removed and smoothed) allows for more inboard camber travel. These shortened strut housings and AST coilover kits are in stock at Vorshlag and ready to ship.

You can read more here.

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