Ford Building New Coyote-Powered Mustang GT3 Race Car For 2024 IMSA Season | Carscoops carscoops
Ford Performance today announced that it will collaborate with Multimatic and M-Sport to create a new Mustang race car that can compete in global GT3 events.
“Mustang was born to race from the start and we’re thrilled to introduce the GT3 version to compete head-to-head against some of the greatest manufacturers in the world,” said Mark Rushbrook, Ford Performance Motorsports global director. “With 58 years of global endurance racing heritage, including NASCAR and Australian Supercars today, we are ready to take Mustang to the next level of global performance.
The race car will be powered by a naturally aspirated 5.0-liter Coyote-based V8 engine that was developed by Ford Performance and will be built by the U.K.’s M-Sport. The team collaborated with Ford on the construction ofToyota Gets Our Attention With Non-Supra Based GR GT3 Coupe Concept “We are delighted to be broadening our relationship with Ford and extending it into the racing world after a very successful 25 years together in the World Rally Championship,” said Malcolm Wilson, owner of M-Sport. “M-Sport has a wealth and depth of circuit racing knowledge and expertise, particularly from our GT3 program that used an M-Sport developed V8 engine for GT3 that powered us to victory in the 2020 Bathurst 12-hour race and 2019 1000km of Paul Ricard.
Elsewhere, the race car will sit on bespoke Short-Long Arm suspension front and rear, will have a rear-mounted transaxle gearbox, carbon fiber body panels, and will get a unique aero package developed to meet GT3 targets. The car will be built by“Multimatic Motorsports is the perfect partner on this project for us,” said Rushbrook.
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