{"id":1909,"date":"2025-07-17T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:00:30","slug":"2024-season-update-for-mustang-s550-trigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/2024-season-update-for-mustang-s550-trigger","title":{"rendered":"2024 Season Update for Mustang S550 Trigger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Racing-Events\/NASA-ECR-040624\/i-PQndMcs\/0\/KDWWz8PffGGSpvWvRqkc5XWCtGqSmNJnRzfGxSjzH\/X3\/2024%2004%2006-7166-X3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest 5-part entry into the massive <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/vorshlag-motorsports-discussions\/vorshlag-project-cars\/7152-vorshlag-s550-s650-mustang-development-2018-gt-2024-darkhorse-trigger?p=59299#post59299\">S550\/S650 Development forum thread<\/a><\/strong> covers work we did on our 2015 Mustang Time Attack Car we call #Trigger in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/vorshlag-motorsports-discussions\/vorshlag-project-cars\/7152-vorshlag-s550-s650-mustang-development-2018-gt-2024-darkhorse-trigger?p=59299#post59299\">first third of 2024<\/a><\/strong>. Yes we know, we&#8217;re behind, but these entries are massive undertakings with hundreds of images and videos, and tens of thousands of words. You can catch up with what we have written starting <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/vorshlag-motorsports-discussions\/vorshlag-project-cars\/7152-vorshlag-s550-s650-mustang-development-2018-gt-2024-darkhorse-trigger?p=59299#post59299\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Vorshlag-2015-Mustang-Trigger-Phase-2\/i-rPdwQDr\/0\/KLwDG7hTswbrV4xfjvdxWDDMqGqFWsQ5bvB9vPd9K\/X2\/IMG_8078-X2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We cover in detail the addition of a roll cage, carbon widebody fenders, and massive 18&#215;13.5&#8243; wheels and 345mm Hoosiers to the existing setup, which included 315mm A052 &#8220;200TW&#8221; tires on 18&#215;12&#8243; wheels. There was also a Haltech based adjustable traction control system that Billy at Rapscallion Motorsports added and helped dial in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Vorshlag-2015-Mustang-Trigger-Phase-2\/i-qkhc2xB\/0\/MhG4jzGP8rzhwFsMDpQ3HRJH3cX53DhkvvWcGw9GB\/X2\/IMG_8598-X2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever wondered what it took to add massive tires? The flare addition is the easy part &#8211; the REAL work is  underneath the flares! We show this step-by-step in exhaustive detail starting in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/vorshlag-motorsports-discussions\/vorshlag-project-cars\/7152-vorshlag-s550-s650-mustang-development-2018-gt-2024-darkhorse-trigger?p=59299#post59299\">the latest forum build thread entry<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Racing-Events\/Apex-Lap-Attack-MSR-31-041324\/i-tkBXfkQ\/0\/L4cgbZff9KhffzD6s7Lrn272hT3BQkGM32gXZRC3J\/L\/IMG_6004-L.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first 4 months of 2024 with this car we fought with front end lift, added vents in numerous places, had faulty clutches, wore out some synchros, cheap coils, a bad starter, chased an ABS fault, tires rubbed, and we did a bunch of track tests and competitions. It wasn&#8217;t all bad, as there were some wins, and more wins followed later in 2024 &#8211; which we will cover next time. Again, you can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/vorshlag-motorsports-discussions\/vorshlag-project-cars\/7152-vorshlag-s550-s650-mustang-development-2018-gt-2024-darkhorse-trigger?p=59299#post59299\">read the latest entries here<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; thanks for reading! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest 5-part entry into the massive S550\/S650 Development forum thread covers work we did on our 2015 Mustang Time Attack Car we call #Trigger in the first third of 2024. Yes we know, we&#8217;re behind, but these entries are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/2024-season-update-for-mustang-s550-trigger\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1910,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions\/1910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}