Ford Zakspeed Mustang Turbo


The Ford Mustang GTX was an American GT race car constructed to compete in the GTX category of the GT Championship">Grand tourer">GT Championship series by Ford [Motor Company|Ford]. Originally based on the second Ford Mustang (known as the Mustang II)">generation 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.