With the Internet being populated by more and more renderings portraying tricked-out cars, one might wonder what the connection between this pixel play and the real world is. Well, the Ford Mustang GT that brought us here delivers a brilliant example of this.
We're looking at a build imagined by NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Blaney and photographer Larry Chen, with this set to make its debut next month at SEMA (the Vegas venue opens its doors on November 5).
Now, before getting into the details into the build, you should know that it all started with a set of renderings, which came from digital artist Khyzyl Saleem, whose creations we featured on multiple occasions - in fact, thanks to Larry's Instagram post below, you can easily check out the differences between the pixel real and the actual car.
This will be a giveaway car, which means that the winner of the sweepstakes will probably get to drive it on the street quite a lot. As such, the said digital artist couldn't turn to his normal eye candy and had to rely mostly on the livery of the 'Stang to draw attention.
And what a set of colors this is - the livery of this Mustang GT is inspired from those of the 1966 Ford GT40 Mk IIs that grabbed a 1-2-3 victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona race.
Of course, the artist simply couldn't help but slam the car a little more in his renders, among others.
Then we have the turbofan wheels, with this being a motorsport-derived solutions that, when functional, sucks air from under the car, thus generating downforce and cooling the brakes. Note that this Blue Oval toy actually features turbofan covers for its 20-inch Fifteen52 Podium Super Touring wheels.
The 5.0-liter V8 of the muscle car gained a Roush supercharger pushing things to 700 hp and 610 lb-ft, while the list of tech updates also includes a MagnaFlow exhaust, Wilwood Performance brakes and ST Suspension XTA coilovers.
As for the build itself, this was handled by Los Angeles-based Galpin Auto Sports, who is well known for its Mustang projects.
Now, before getting into the details into the build, you should know that it all started with a set of renderings, which came from digital artist Khyzyl Saleem, whose creations we featured on multiple occasions - in fact, thanks to Larry's Instagram post below, you can easily check out the differences between the pixel real and the actual car.
This will be a giveaway car, which means that the winner of the sweepstakes will probably get to drive it on the street quite a lot. As such, the said digital artist couldn't turn to his normal eye candy and had to rely mostly on the livery of the 'Stang to draw attention.
And what a set of colors this is - the livery of this Mustang GT is inspired from those of the 1966 Ford GT40 Mk IIs that grabbed a 1-2-3 victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona race.
Of course, the artist simply couldn't help but slam the car a little more in his renders, among others.
Then we have the turbofan wheels, with this being a motorsport-derived solutions that, when functional, sucks air from under the car, thus generating downforce and cooling the brakes. Note that this Blue Oval toy actually features turbofan covers for its 20-inch Fifteen52 Podium Super Touring wheels.
The 5.0-liter V8 of the muscle car gained a Roush supercharger pushing things to 700 hp and 610 lb-ft, while the list of tech updates also includes a MagnaFlow exhaust, Wilwood Performance brakes and ST Suspension XTA coilovers.
As for the build itself, this was handled by Los Angeles-based Galpin Auto Sports, who is well known for its Mustang projects.