Mustang Supercar changes are in… mostly
By Andrew Clarke
Date posted: 19 January 2024
Teams in the Supercars Championship have been advised of most of the changes to the 2024 Ford Mustang after a final session in the wind tunnel at Windshear in Concorde, NC, last weekend.
Nine changes have been documented and three more remain, and the changes will be rolled out as modifications to the existing components, while future manufactured components will incorporate the changes and no modifications will be required.
Sign-off from Ford, we are told, is a formality.
The Gen3 Ford Mustang at the Windshear facility in America.
Starting from the front of the car, the fog light inserts from Mustang V3 remain but the wheel arch packers have been removed from that spec.
The front splitter has been reprofiled, and while it is not obvious from this image, we are led to believe that it will have a more rounded profile on the front similar to the Chevrolet Camaro.
There is a new leading edge packer for the side skirts and the door mirrors have been changed to Australian spec mirrors and will be supplied out of the Ford’s OEM stocks. The side skirt’s trailing edge packer that was introduced on the Gold Coast remains but is smaller.
The trailing edge of the roof will feature a new adjustable bracing rod between the chassis cross and the roof header. Aluminium rail extensions have also been proposed the same as the Chev, but Ford may explore a more redesign of the current steel units to make them more crushable after failures on Tickford cars at Newcastle and Bathurst.
FORD Mustang Supercar – 2024 revised Aero package
At the rear of the car, there is a new standard sized decklid spoiler, while the rear wing remains at 1500mm and has been returned the V2 position, which is 25mm forward of where it finished the season.
The wing also has a new angled endplate and the maximum angle allowed is 10° up from 6 at end of 2023 and the 3mm gurney is removed.
The Ford Mustang under the microscope during the first batch of Gen3 wind tunnel testing last year.
Other changes that are yet to come include a redesign of the V-Mesh grill to stop larger debris and other items making it through to the radiator which is also the same as Chev. Additional door seals will also be designed.
Cameron Waters scored two wins in Gold Coast and Adelaide in the revised Mustang. Image: Peter Norton
Work is also underway on the rear quarter panel stiffness and the door frame where the side mirrors mount.
A rubberised airbox upper is also being made to match changes being made to the Camaro, and also working on a more crushable section of the radiator duct layups to reduce damage to the radiators in a front impact.
It is expected the aero changes will all be in play for the opening round, but that other modifications may take a little longer.
There is no word on when Ford will have an homologated dashboard available.
For details of the changes to the Camaro, see our earlier story Aero Changes Revealed for the Camaro – Auto Action.
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