{"id":200,"date":"2008-08-04T21:34:23","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T02:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2021-11-22T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T22:14:42","slug":"ford-gt-mid-engine-mustang-fastback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=200","title":{"rendered":"Mustang Fastback with a Ford GT Powertrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mike Staveski and his company LexiJ\/RMR Dreamcars<\/a> is building a unique Mustang Fastback with Jason Rushforth. Sitting in the back of the car will be a supercharged 5.4 L Modular V8 making 550 hp and 500 lb-ft of torque and a Ricaro six-speed manual transaxle. Both taken source from a Ford GT. The car will ride on 2001 ACR Dodge Viper chassis and suspension.<\/p>\n

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Source: Pro-Touring<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mike Staveski and his company LexiJ\/RMR Dreamcars is building a unique Mustang Fastback with Jason Rushforth. Sitting in the back of the car will be a supercharged 5.4 L Modular V8 making 550 hp and 500 lb-ft of torque and a Ricaro six-speed manual transaxle. Both taken source from a Ford GT. The car will… Read More »Mustang Fastback with a Ford GT Powertrain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":79561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mustang"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148103,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=148103","url_meta":{"origin":200,"position":0},"title":"1967 Mustang with a Coyote V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Velocity Restorations built this 1967 Mustang with a third-generation 5.0 L Coyote V8. 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