Porsche 911

Next-level 911 

Singer teams up with Williams and Hans Mezger

If you’ve an interest in older Porsche 911s you’ll be aware of the work of US obsessives Singer Vehicle Design. Now Singer, founded by Englishman Rob Dickinson, has announced a couple of high-profile partnerships set to take its work to the next level.

Three clients have commissioned special cars with still more extreme power and weight targets, and to meet them Singer has enlisted the services of Williams Advanced Engineering (the consultancy arm of the Grand Prix group) and famed Porsche engine designer Hans Mezger, with further input from Michelin, BBS and Brembo. These cars will be modified at Williams’ Grove base in Oxfordshire, in a new department to be called ‘Singer at Grove.’ First car to come out of the Singer/Williams collaboration is based on a 1990 Porsche 964 owned and commissioned by Porsche enthusiast Scott Blattner. Pictured in this article’s gallery, it’s finished in ‘Absinthe’ paint colour, with Blood Orange leather inside.

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This elite super-group have also been working on a 4.0-litre naturally-aspirated motor developing 500hp (493bhp) and revving beyond 9000rpm.

The unit, which starts out as a standard 1990 3.6, is worked over with four-valve heads, titanium con-rods, aluminium throttle bodies, carbon intake trumpets, a bespoke carbon airbox, fuel injection with twin injectors, a ram-air induction system fed by inlets at the rear side windows and a ludicrously lightweight exhaust system in Inconel and titanium.  

Source:

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/industry-news/porsche/singer-collaborates-with-williams/