GTD Mustang

[Fat Boss]

In for ride along in Ben's GTD... The ride in the MK II was spectacular at Spring Mountain!

 

[5.2 liters of democracy]

I assume that is a rhetorical question
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If you need an overconfident and underqualified adopted son in his 30s, I know a guy

 

[blacksheep-1]

Ralph Nader's wacko complaint that the car was " Unsafe at Any Speed." That was the title of treatise and it was based on early models, and it struck a lot of Trackraticus folks as hilarious as the latter models were out winning races and even in the 1980s a C Prepared Corsair won the National Championship autocrossing. All those rapid movements and big sweepers and I never saw a single one get into any problem ----- but I did see a VW Rabbit and a Volvo Amazon flip over onto their lids!!

This is the God's honest truth, some of those cars still had the SCCA class records at some tracks up into the 80s.

 

[blacksheep-1]

IDK, the Torino Talledega was raced at Talledega, The Dodge Daytona was raced at Daytona, the Superbird was.. well it was in a comic strip with a coyote so that counts, but I don't really get the GTD moniker for a car that won't be raced at Daytona, THAT car will be the GT3 in GTD.

 

[Mark Bedel]

According to motortrend around 2000 will be made

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2025-ford-mustang-gtd-first-look-review/amp/

That's what Ford targeted for the latest GT, until the demand got so high, they built more. I think that Ford knows what it is doing with the GTD build/sales numbers. My guess, it should sell in similar fashion to the latest GT.

 

[Mark Bedel]

Great article on the double ball joint suspension. Ford engineers must have thought the improvements it offered was worth it as they did put it under the S550 rather then keeping the S197 setup.
The suspension on the GTD is modern art, I'd hang that stuff on the walls of my garage, its a almost a shame that the body covers it up.

Agreed, a very well done article. Thanks for posting.

 

[Tonymustang302]

If you need an overconfident and underqualified adopted son in his 30s, I know a guy

Not before me…..i also have mom issues

 

[RinerAuto]

It's dual/double ball joint suspension, which has one joint in tension and one in compression. It's becoming a lot more popular with high-end marques within the last decade. It creates a virtual ball joint located outboard of the spindle (imagine the arm angles continuing until they intersect) that improves the scrub radius, steering, and brake packaging.

This seems like a great writeup if you want a deeper dive: https://www.theautopian.com/our-for...ouble-ball-joint-suspension-is-so-incredible/

Ah, thanks for the explanation and article. Interesting stuff. I didn't realize the S550 used a similar suspension design. Going to try to wrap my head around how it works...new rabbit hole to go down

 

[302FAM]

Like it or not, for a large percentage of car guys the Nurburgring in Germnay has become THE yard stick for determining a car's performance, and that's not without some merit, at least for street cars. YouTube has tens of thousands of videos that each day evaluate most every cars' capabilities on that "track." It's like Trans Am, SCCA or LeMans races back in the day, but anyone with a driver's license and entry fee can try their hand (if you happen to be in Germany with your car).

That being said, to me it looks like Ford is simply building a car that will once again capture the world's attention, just like they did in the 1960's and early 70's (think Shelby Cobra, Daytona Coupe, Boss 302). But in the 21st century it's no longer Ford v. Ferrari or any one team. The world's stage for car enthusiasts has become Nurburgring , and that's where Ford can once again make a statement that cuts across the whole world and for decades ahead. Genius. As a result, maybe the car should be labeled "GTN" rather than GTD, as GTD, whatever the D means in this case, makes no sense for its primary purpose - to "win" at Nurburgring. Farfenugin.

 

[Mike_FL]

The name GTD comes from the IMSA class GT Daytona which is the same spec as GT3 cars.
The Mustang GTD is a street version on the Mustang GT3 race car

 

[Boone]

I know the Ring is the world stage for a street car lap time, but the most important time on this continent is the Lightning Lap at VIR Grand. I'm praying for a GTD to show up, and I'd like to see something under a 2:38. This will place it slightly better than the fastest street Vette to ever attend. Here's hoping the weather and cooperate entities cooperate.

 

[blacksheep-1]

GT"D" is an entry level endurance series that runs GT3 cars, relatively unrestricted because they allow amateur drivers, the GT cars are regulated with pro drivers. GT3 spec cars run in both. I guess Ford thought the D sounded zoomie

 

[yotah1]

Simple : GT3 is trademarked by Porsche ... GTD is an IMSA category in which we (Ford) will race the Mustang GT3 racecar. Mustang being an american car, it makes sense to use GTD as a moniker.

@treynor were you able to already put down a deposit for an allocation in Monterey? If yes, that's pretty awesome, congrats!

 

[AlextxGTD]

Hey everyone, I’m very interested in ordering the new Mustang GTD this seems to be the only forums I could find talking about it. Im not sure if I even have a chance to be accepted as a buyer. I gave ford my email on their website, they sent me a email back a few days later saying they will have some one contact me in 30 days. Any idea what it takes to be accepted ? My dream scenario would be to order it in Mystichrome but I highly doubt I will be accepted seeing that I never owned a Ford-GT and I’m not a huge social media influencer.

 

[treynor]

@treynor were you able to already put down a deposit for an allocation in Monterey? If yes, that's pretty awesome, congrats!

To be clear, I didn't get asked to put down a deposit. Ford invited me to the launch event, and sent me my chassis number inscribed on a coin. It was a very classy move.

It looks to me like they handpicked a set of folks that they expect will drive these beasts in anger once they're released. In my case, they are correct

 

[PatrickStapler]

To be clear, I didn't get asked to put down a deposit. Ford invited me to the launch event, and sent me my chassis number inscribed on a coin. It was a very classy move.

It looks to me like they handpicked a set of folks that they expect will drive these beasts in anger once they're released. In my case, they are correct

But you didn't disclose why they selected you nor why they are "selecting" people to purchase these cars.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Simple : GT3 is trademarked by Porsche ... GTD is an IMSA category in which we (Ford) will race the Mustang GT3 racecar. Mustang being an american car, it makes sense to use GTD as a moniker.

@treynor were you able to already put down a deposit for an allocation in Monterey? If yes, that's pretty awesome, congrats!

Congratulations on being a part of this project and having the wraps taken off of this for the public. The car has been pretty well-received and you should be proud. Great job!

 

[treynor]

But you didn't disclose why they selected you nor why they are "selecting" people to purchase these cars.

They didn't tell me? The invitation showed up, then the coin showed up.

 

[mavisky]

But you didn't disclose why they selected you nor why they are "selecting" people to purchase these cars.

Ben's got a pretty decent history of buying Ford and Ferrari performance street cars and factory race cars and driving the piss out of them. I'm guessing the selection process will be similar to how Ford gave out GT allocations.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Glad to see they are looking for buyers who will put them to use!!