Always liked the GN’s, always made me think it was the modern version of the Buick GS Stage 2.
Back in the 90’s I was stationed in Hawaii and had a beater 85 Capri 5.0 that I used to mess with. Was always reading Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords and use to cringe every year when they would take on the GN guys. Basically every year the GN guys would hand them their ***, by a lot. Never understood why they kept doing it, but they did with the same results.
Somewhere around here I have the DVD Black Rain, documentary about them.
Personally I would have kept the V6, but it’s their car and they can do what they want with it.