Ford Zakspeed Mustang Turbo


The Ford Mustang GTX was an American GT race car constructed to compete in the GTX category of the IMSA GT Championship series by Ford. Originally based on the [Ford Mustang (second generation)|second generation Ford Motor Company|Ford Mustang (known as the Mustang II)], and later the third generation Ford Mustang (commonly referred to as the "Fox-Body Mustang") road car, built between 1979 and 1983. It was initially powered a 1.7-liter twin-turbo four-cylinder engine, supplied by Zakspeed, and producing around. This was later changed in 1982, to an enlarged 2.1-liter turbocharged variant of the Ford-Cosworth BDA straight-four engine, capable of producing around. The car was very light, weighing only around.
The car competed in the then new IMSA GTP category in 1982.