Saturday 12th August 2017

Singer and Williams AE engine collaboration!

500hp air-cooled flat-six, input from Mr Mezger, a rev limit beyond 9K...

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Singer Vehicle Design is not one for half measures. So when a few long standing clients of the company ask for something special, only the best technical partners will do. Therefore Williams Advanced Engineering and Hans Mezger are part of the project to build a reimagined 911 with a 500hp air-cooled flat-six engine.

Mezger is of course the man behind some of the greatest engines of all time, including the water-cooled flat-six in Porsche's GT1 LMP cars, that incredible flat-12 in the 917 and the turbo V6 in some 80s McLaren F1 cars.

The engine started life as one of Mezger's designs - the 3.6-litre has evolved to a 4.0-litre capacity with most internal components made with lightweight materials including titanium, magnesium and carbon fibre. The rev limit has been extended past 9,000rpm (!) and there are titanium con-rods, four-valve heads, dual oil circuits, aluminium throttle bodies with carbon fibre trumpets, an enlarged engine cooling fan plus carbon fibre air-box and a ram air induction system. Air will be fed to the engine through the rear quarter window intakes helping push the power of this engine to 500hp. 

Apparently this is only the beginning of Singer's new level of restoration and modification services that will lead to more lightweight and higher performing cars; quite exciting news...

No prices have been announced yet, but if you need to ask and all that. We will first see the engine in Scott Blatter's reimagined and reborn 1990 Porsche 911 in September, the man who already owns two Coupes and a Targa. 

[PhantomPH]

That engine is a work of art.

In fact - any one of those images is an 'image of the week' candidate and the physical thing would make a great art piece in someone's foyer.

Gorgeous.

[Rocket.]

Shame it will only be for the few but what a riposte to the supposed death of the ICE !

[Yidwann]

Wipe me dry.......

[Digga]

Those air intakes - inspired.

[spikyone]

PhantomPH said:

That engine is a work of art.

In fact - any one of those images is an 'image of the week' candidate and the physical thing would make a great art piece in someone's foyer.

Gorgeous.

Digga said:

Those air intakes - inspired.

Couldn't agree more. What an utterly fantastic piece of engineering.

[FN2TypeR]

It's alright I guess

[CraigyMc]

spikyone said:

Couldn't agree more. What an utterly plastic piece of engineering.

Fixed that for you.

[Blayney]

I wonder if in 40 years a new electric motor development will evoke such feelings. Somehow, I doubt it.

Wonderful.

[Dale487]

CraigyMc said:

spikyone said:

Couldn't agree more. What an utterly plastic piece of engineering.

Fixed that for you.

I'd have it in my front room - not sure my wife would be happy though.

[Zombie]

THIS STOREY IS POINTLESS WITHOUT A VIDEO!!!!

[Charybdis]

What an engine! What project partners! Great ducting solution!

I see a strange contrast between the recent 911ish cars from Singer or Ruf and the headlines Porsche has provoked in recent days and months.

911: wonderful
Singer: awesome
Ruf: astonishing
Porsche as a brand: arrogant characterless Volkswagen bh, diesely bd

I think Porsches with it´s engineering ability and it´s history had deserved different treatment by it´s strategists and marketing gurus. All the more reason to celebrate what Singer (or Ruf) makes out of the Porsche heritage.

[mybrainhurts]

reimagined

[KarlMac]

At what point does it stop being a Porsche and become a kit car?

[Chris Stott]

I posted this in the Porsche forum yesterday... Pure engine porn.

Can't even begin to imagine what it's going to sound like at 9k.

[suffolk009]

They're building unicorns.

[erics]

i wish Singer did a narrow bodied 911 interpretation

[DPSFleet]

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Now I could fit those intakes to mine!!!! (Not a Singer but a 89 backdate).

[aaron_2000]

Singer cars are like a £120,000 watch. It does the same as a £25 Casio in those who don't know's eyes, but for those who do know realize that it's a work of art. Every detail that no-one would think of, every bolt is in perfect condition. It's the car you'd buy if you want nothing but perfection, because a Singer really is nothing but perfection.

[anonymous-user]

Yeah but you can't plug it in for free at work, can you?

[DonkeyApple]

It's lovely to see someone is still making real Porsches.

Dickinson seems to be doing his own imitation of Major Hurst.

Can't wait until his children go and stick Singer badges on the back of a few million diesel utility transports so as to make a few bucks.