Ford Mustang GT4

00:11 2/11/2016 - Πηγή: AutoBlog

Η Ford παρουσίασε στη SEMA την Mustang GT4, μια αγωνιστική έκδοση της Mustang που μπορεί να συμμετέχει στην Grand Sport κατηγορία των πρωταθλημάτων IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Pirelli World Challenge GTS

και GT4 European Series.

Μηχανικά φορά τον V8 5,2-λίτρων κινητήρα της Shelby GT350 που έχει βελτιωθεί ώστε να πληροί τις αγωνιστικές προδιαγραφές και συνδυάζεται με ένα εξατάχυτο Holinger κιβώτιο ταχυτήτων. Η ανάρτηση είναι και αυτή αγωνιστική, με το bodykit να αποτελείται από αεροτομή, μπροστά splitter, διαχύτη, με το καπό να είναι αεριζόμενο. Οι ζάντες είναι διαστάσεων 18″ και στο εσωτερικό συναντάμε roll cage και Motec όργανα.

Η Ford Performance ανακοίνωσε και μια ειδική εφαρμογή για smartphones που επιτρέπει στον οδηγό να καταγράψει δεδομένα κτλ κατά τη διάρκεια οδήγησης μέσα στη πίστα και στη συνέχεια να τα αναλύσει ώστε να βελτιωθεί.

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All-New Ford Performance App and Global Mustang GT4 Race Car Debut at 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas

New Ford Performance smartphone app bringing track-based data-logging, advanced analysis, sharing capability and video capture to the most popular platforms

Race-prepped Mustang GT4 to provide customers around the world access to turn- key Mustang eligible for competition in several motorsports series

Ford to display more than 50 builder concepts at SEMA, including a host of winning race cars and a vast collection of Ford Performance Parts

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 1, 2016 – Ford Performance debuts an all-new data-logging app and a global turnkey Mustang GT4 race car today at the 2016 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show. Ford is also showcasing more than 50 builder concepts based on its vehicles and winning race cars, including the Le Mans-conquering Ford GT and a vast collection of Ford Performance Parts.

The all-new Ford Performance App® brings track-based data-logging, advanced analysis, sharing capability and video capture to a user’s smartphone. It leverages the latest capability of Ford SYNC® 3 and provides intuitive controls allowing users to record and share their track accomplishments. The app will be available for the most popular smartphone platforms in 2017.

“Ford Performance wants to provide our customers a simple, shareable way to capture their track exploits,” says Dave Pericak, global director, Ford Performance. “The ability to take their track sessions with them everywhere they go and easily share their footage and data with friends is a huge benefit of our new app.”

The Ford Performance App is based around the user’s smartphone, giving them easy access and portability to their data. Using a smartphone’s built-in camera offers mounting flexibility, letting users decide which perspective best captures the action.

The Ford Performance App features multiple recording modes and provides a host of vehicle performance data. The latest SYNC 3 technology communicates with the app – integrating performance data with course overlays, timing statistics, and on-screen virtual gauges to be shared via a user’s smartphone.

Data and video can be shared over social networks or exported easily for analysis on a personal computer. The new app launches in 2017 on the all-new Ford GT, and will migrate to other Ford products.

All-new Global Mustang GT4 racecar

The all-new Mustang GT4 turnkey race car builds on the legendary nameplate’s global reach. Mustang is one of the most prominent automobiles in the history of North American motorsports, including the SCCA Shelby GT350R of the 1960s, Trans-Am Boss 302 of the 1970s, the more recent FR500, Boss 302R and 2016 championship-winning Shelby GT350R-C. The all-new Mustang GT4 expands the pony’s stable to a global audience.

The car is based on the Shelby GT350R-C, which won its class this year in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge – its first full season of competition. Featuring a 5.2-liter V8 and six-speed Holinger paddle-shift transmission, the Mustang GT4 is ready to enter any GT4 series in the world. The car can run in the Grand Sport class of IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Pirelli World Challenge GTS and European GT4, to name a few.

The all-new Mustang GT4 features chassis mods from Multimatic Motorsports, including dampers, lower rear control arms and stabilizer bars. Forgeline 18- by 11-inch wheels with racing slicks put the power to the pavement. Aerodynamic aids are applied to improve downforce, including a rear wing, aggressive splitter, additional hood venting and new rear diffuser.

The interior includes a full FIA-compliant roll cage, and features motorsports engine control and an antilock-braking controller, along with a Motec dash logger.

“The new Mustang is a global vehicle,” says Mark Rushbrook, motorsports engineering manager, Ford Performance. “Now, its growing fan base has a GT4 competition model to race and support around the globe.”