New engine coming for Singers
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Just popped up on my FB feed... Joint project, involving Singer, Williams F1 and Hans Mezger. Aircooled, 4.0l, 500bhp
More details here... http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/road-car...
More details here... http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/road-car...
It was mooted a year or two ago that Singer were aiming to produce the ultimate aircooled engine for their cars. 4 valve heads were proposed too if I remember correctly....
Hans Mezger was instrumental in the design of the 4 valve heads for the 956/962 (and most of the Porsche's racing engines from the mid fifties to the 90's......
Hans Mezger was instrumental in the design of the 4 valve heads for the 956/962 (and most of the Porsche's racing engines from the mid fifties to the 90's......
Looks amazing....I just dread to think how much having that slung between the back axles adds to the price though! In the volumes Singer makes cars the R&D spend must have been quite something....I can't imagine Mr Mezger has lent to his name to the project for a not insignificant sum alone!
There's a guy stateside already a long way down the line developing new 2 and 4 valve air cooled engines with 450-500 bhp. Dyno run on this thread...
http://www.renn-list.com/New-Air-Cooled-Engine_107...
http://www.renn-list.com/New-Air-Cooled-Engine_107...
Edited by ras62 on Thursday 10th August 12:42
acey81 said:
Jesus... That is possibly the prettiest thing I've ever seen.
fking stunning isn't it.As a part-time CAD monkey, I must say, very nice rendering too.
More here: https://petrolicious.com/articles/singer-williams-...
Steve Rance said:
Lovely
A glint of analogue light in an otherwise gloomy digital world
A sex symbol in a world of androgynous drones.A glint of analogue light in an otherwise gloomy digital world
If the overall design wasn't pretty enough, it was the rear quarterlight air intakes that really did it for me. It took me a while to 'get' that detail, because I was first looking at this on an iPhone screen, but what a detail!
Early testing...
Sounds incredible... and it's quite loud!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tGyYrUoa9E
Sounds incredible... and it's quite loud!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tGyYrUoa9E
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