In 1983, a new American player in GTP, Ford, entered the ranks with a brand new car named the Mustang GTP. Not really a Mustang at all, it was an innovative, unexpected, total clean-sheet …

Nov 15, 2014 · In 1983, the GTX class of the IMSA GT Championship became obsolete, and was replaced by the IMSA GTP category. Ford which had been racing the Ford Mustang GTX …

IN 1983 Ford entered the IMSA GTP class with a Mustang GTP. Three cars were raced by Team Zakspeed USA with limited reliability for the 1983 and 1984 seasons. At the time Zakspeed …

Dec 12, 2017 · While EcoBoost-powered Mustangs are beasts today, the '80s GTP was a turbocharged four-cylinder trailblazer.

Even with “Ford Mustang GTP” written across the windshield, it’d be a huge challenge to identify the car’s road-going counterpart. The video below, however, offers incredible footage, visuals, …

May 30, 2019 · This documentary tells the story of Ford's 1983 IMSA Mustang GTP debut to the world. The cars won the race but the program was largely doomed.

Jul 20, 2021 · Ford Mustang IMSA racers featured a variety of power plants, ranging from aluminum-block V8s for over 550hp to turbocharged four-cylinder engines (1.7-liters in GTX, …

Oct 29, 2023 · The Ford Mustang GTP was an American race car constructed to compete in the IMSA GTP series by Ford in 1983, based on the "Fox-Body" generation of the Ford Mustang …

A look at the 1983 debut for Ford’s front-engine Mustang GTP at the Road America IMSA event. Designed by Bob Riley, using a 1.7-liter 4cyl turbo, two cars were entered for Tim …

Going head-to-head with Porsche 935 Turbos, the GTX Mustang placed on the pole at Laguna Seca and finished in first place at Sears Point and Brainard in the 1981 season, signaling the …