![]() ![]() The Dark Horse will indeed get a couple of racing variants, beginning with the Dark Horse S. The Australian Supercars Championship, NASCAR, and NHRA Factory X are in the racing car’s crosshairs as well. Yet another huge difference over the Dark Horse is the carbon-fiber body, which is backed up by unique aero trickery not available on the road car.įord’s motorsport division won’t stop at GT3 racing with the seventh-generation Mustang, though, because a GT4-spec model is also in the offing. To be unveiled at the 24 Hours of Daytona next year, the Mustang GT3 will be produced by Multimatic in Canada rather than FoMoCo at the Flat Rock assembly plant in Michigan. The naturally-aspirated lump is assembled in the UK by the peeps at M-Sport. Even the 5.0-liter Coyote V8 is very different from the road-going equivalent because it’s been modified to 5.4 liters. The Tremec-supplied manual transmission and the optional Ford-developed 10R80 automatic transmission of the Dark Horse are both gone in favor of a rear-mounted transaxle. double wishbone suspension) rather than the factory MacPherson struts and integral-link rear end. ![]() For starters, we’re dealing with short-long arm suspension (a.k.a. ![]() Pretty much a GT with a few go-faster upgrades, the Dark Horse is a very different animal from the racing car once you start peeling off the body panels. Ford Performance claims in the description of the featured clip that its track weapon is based on the Dark Horse. ![]()
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