Vorshlag Blog

Another weekend of racing, this time at a 2 day SCCA Divisional autocross event, has taught us a lot about the latest set-up changes to the 2011 Mustang GT we are campaigning in STX class. We’re using this chassis to develop new suspension parts with. We tried out the 265/35/18 Hankook RS3 for the first time, but the new throttle map programming was a FAIL, and I was sideways for most of the weekend. The new “trick” we learned at the last Test-n-tune of up-shifting to a higher gear to avoid wheelspin once again worked, and is our “crutch” until we can get the throttle mapping corrected. You can read more here, and you can also get to the 550+ pictures and 8 in-car videos from this event.

We’ve spent the last 2 weeks adding new parts and developing the suspension set-up on our STX class 2011 Mustang GT. We’ve installed lighter 18×9″ wheels (class width limit), gone back to Toyos R1Rs from Yokohamas, switched brake pads & rotors, changed the shock valving, added a cold air kit and a tuner with a custom program (first horsepower mods), installed an Eibach adj front swaybar, upped tire pressures all around, softened the rear spring rate and lowered rear ride height. Whew! You can read more about the suspension progress and see our latest autocross report (which had a hitch or two we fixed on-site) in the latest forum updates HERE. An in-car video from the latest autocross is also linked below. Thanks for reading.

The E30 V8 was updated & rebuilt, autocrossed, then tracked twice, then broken again. The ’11 Mustang GT saw its first autocross, then 2 more, plus a number of track events, and drag raced as well. We have lots of information & pictures from each event and the various updates done to both cars in the mega-thread post covering all 8 events we attended in March 2011. Please see here for more.