04:09 30-04-2026

Ford Mustang GTD shows more than expected on the dyno

The Ford Mustang GTD has been tested on a dynamometer for the first time, and the numbers look more intriguing than the official rating suggests. Against a quoted output of 815 hp, the car produced up to 753 hp at the wheels. That leaves room to suspect the engine’s real output may be higher.

The test was carried out on a completely stock car with just over 1,800 km on the odometer. Two runs returned 740 and 753 wheel horsepower. Drivetrain losses matter here: they are usually in the 10–15% range. Even using the lowest loss figure, the calculation points to an engine output above the official number — around 825–835 hp — and under different conditions it could be higher still.

This is not unusual among high-performance models. Manufacturers sometimes leave a margin in their stated figures to support consistency, reliability and room for future versions. In the GTD’s case, that matters even more, as a more powerful variant is already known to be in development.

In practice, this means the Mustang GTD does not merely meet expectations; it appears to exceed them. For an owner, that is not just a number, but extra performance headroom felt under acceleration and on track. Measurement error still has to be considered — a dyno does not produce perfectly absolute figures — but the direction is clear.

The Mustang GTD underlines the point: sometimes a car’s real capability sits above the official numbers, and this appears to be one of those cases.