Ford Mustang GTP

The Ford Mustang GTP was an American race car that Ford constructed in 1983 to compete in the IMSA GTP series, based on the Fox-body generation of the Ford Mustang road car. In 1983 the engine was a 1.7 litre twin turbo supplied by Zakspeed, and in 1984 it used a destroked 2.1-litre 16 valve turbocharged variant of the 2.3 litre Ford Lima engine, capable of producing around 600 horsepower. Contrary to convention for an IMSA GTP car, the engine sat in the front. Bob Riley designed it around that engine; Roush Performance, Protofab and the Ford Aerospace Western Development Labs division built its carbon fibre and Nomex composite monocoque chassis, and it weighed approximately 1,770 pounds, with a Hewland five-speed manual transmission. Three cars were built as part of the programme. Zakspeed replaced it with the Ford Mustang Probe for 1985, and Roush Performance built the V8-powered Ford Mustang Maxum GTP in 1987.