I had one of the 88 GT's and yes, it handled amazing. No power steering, and I loved it. Had the staggered fitment mesh wheels, de-cat, and sounded great.
Admittedly, not used to mid engine's snap oversteer, and coming from usually driving AWD, it did several 180's in the rain while I was getting used to driving it.
Still laugh looking back how much fun that car was.