{"id":1502,"date":"2019-03-01T13:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2019-03-01T13:15:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:15:52","slug":"2018-mustang-s550-project-build-thread-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/2018-mustang-s550-project-build-thread-update","title":{"rendered":"2018 Mustang \/ S550 Project Build Thread Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It has been a couple of months since our last post in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/showthread.php?p=58798&amp;posted=1#post58798\">S550 Mustang Forum Build Thread<\/a> &#8211; but there&#8217;s a new triple sized post starting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/showthread.php?p=58798&amp;posted=1#post58798\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. This is the thread where we chronicle new product development, testing, and competition events using our 2018 Mustang and other customers&#8217; &#8220;S550&#8221; generation cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Racing-Events\/NASA-MSR-H-012619\/i-Wh627bZ\/0\/20f094bd\/M\/IMG_1543-M.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This time we cover a number of new parts we have made or tested using our car, including additional power from an American Racing Headers long tube header system, new cold air intake, and a custom dyno tune using an SCT &#8220;X4&#8221; programmer. The before\/after dyno results were a bit surprising &#8211; and forced a last minute class change from NASA&#8217;s TT3 to TT2 class. We explain the classing process in detail, plus our plans to move back into the more appropriate (for this car&#8217;s weight &amp; power) TT3 class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Vorshlag-2018-Mustang\/i-mZ9jqJj\/2\/7cb07c66\/M\/IMG_0443-M.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We cover some brake duct testing and development, did an analysis of brake pad wear from this car &#8211; over the three completely different front brake systems tested to date &#8211; and then turned towards suspension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Vorshlag-2018-Mustang\/i-kPmMq2V\/0\/75547972\/M\/B61G4968-M.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A big part of this update covered some changes to our MCS RR2 coilovers, which went back on the car with new lengths, plus an all-new S550 2 height &#8220;Raised&#8221; rear shock mount design that features a spherical bearing, of course. 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This is the thread where we chronicle new product development, testing, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/2018-mustang-s550-project-build-thread-update\">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-1502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502"}],"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=1502"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1508,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions\/1508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}