The Ford Mustang GTX was an American GT race car constructed to compete in the GTX category of the

IMSA GT Championship IMSA GT was a sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association. Races took place primarily in the United States and occasionally in Canada. History The series was founded in 1969 by John and Peggy Bishop, and Bill ...

series by

Ford Ford commonly refers to: * Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford * Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river Ford may also refer to: Ford Motor Company * Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company * Ford F ...

. Originally based on the second 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 Zakspeed () is a motor racing team from Germany, founded in 1968 by Erich Zakowski and then run by his son Peter Zakowski. It is based in Niederzissen, Rhineland-Palatinate, around from the Nürburgring circuit. The team was, together with th ...

, and producing around . This was later changed in 1982, to an enlarged 2.1-liter

turbocharged In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake air, forcing more air into the ...

variant of the Ford-

Cosworth BDA Cosworth is a British automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics for automobile racing (motorsport) and mainstream automotive industries ...

straight-four engine A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder Reciprocating engine, piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft. The majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a ...

, capable of producing around . The car was very light, weighing only around . The car competed in the then new IMSA GTP category in 1982. File:Roushmustang.jpg, Ford Mustang Turbo of Team Zakspeed Roush at Laguna Seca in 1982

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