2017 Ford Mustang GT TA500 Predator Swap with 3 Pedals (VMP Performance)
Earlier this year, the new GT500 proved its worth both on the street and at the track, and now the new top-dog Shelby Mustang is finally getting into the hands of enthusiasts and tuners. Ford’s latest supercharged pony car is undoubtedly the most capable and technologically sophisticated road-going Mustang that’s ever been put into production, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement.
And that’s something the folks at VMP Performance know a thing or two about. For more than two decades the New Smyrna Beach, Florida-based speed shop has been hard at work dialing up the performance in a steady succession of late-model Mustangs and F-150 pickups. Over the years, the company began to expand beyond tuning, eventually producing their own supercharger kits along with other go-fast hardware. Their latest project is this: the TA500, a Predator-swapped 2017 Mustang GT that was a potent machine even before its recent heart transplant.
While that alone is enough to make headlines, it’s also the world’s first Predator swap into a Mustang GT with three pedals. That’s right, VMP has created the magic combination that Ford wouldn’t — a Mustang with supercharged 5.2-liter power and a manual transmission — and we recently caught up with VMP Performance’s Chuck Harter to find out how it all came together.
