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Officially, restoration specialist Singer Vehicle Design calls its lates 1990 Porsche 911 project the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study. With this pompous name, the car presented for the first time during the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed will be making its American debut at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on August 23.
The car is powered by a normally aspirated, air-cooled Porsche flat-six that develops around 500 horsepower. Quite a troop, but one that packs ever more punch thanks to the extensive modifications made to pretty much all components of the car to being the weight down and the aerodynamics up.
First, Singer used magnesium and lightweight materials to reduce the mass of the engine. Using computational fluid dynamics, every surface on the car’s body has been tweaked and reassembled, with a focus on “torsional stiffness, mass efficiency, and driver environment.”
The recreated 911 also uses some specially designed parts, like the Brembo CCM-R carbon ceramic brake discs, Michelin tires, and BBS 18 inch forged magnesium wheels.
The interior doesn’t boast a lot of visual changes, but it too has been used to bring down the weight of the car, including, for instance, by fitting a lightweight air-conditioning and heating system.
"This year marks a series of milestones for Singer Vehicle Design,” said in a statement Rob Dickinson, founder of Singer.
“Not only are we celebrating our 10th year of business, but we have delivered our 100th commission and are now able to present the results of the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – undertaken with an alliance of iconic partners. We are humbled and honored to be shown upon the world stage at the Pebble Beach Concours – marking a continued global presence for Singer.”
The car to be shown at Pebble Beach is not for sale, at least yet, as it is owned by Porsche aficionado Scott Blattner.
You can find the entire list of modifications made to the car in SInger’s official statement attached below.
First, Singer used magnesium and lightweight materials to reduce the mass of the engine. Using computational fluid dynamics, every surface on the car’s body has been tweaked and reassembled, with a focus on “torsional stiffness, mass efficiency, and driver environment.”
The recreated 911 also uses some specially designed parts, like the Brembo CCM-R carbon ceramic brake discs, Michelin tires, and BBS 18 inch forged magnesium wheels.
The interior doesn’t boast a lot of visual changes, but it too has been used to bring down the weight of the car, including, for instance, by fitting a lightweight air-conditioning and heating system.
"This year marks a series of milestones for Singer Vehicle Design,” said in a statement Rob Dickinson, founder of Singer.
“Not only are we celebrating our 10th year of business, but we have delivered our 100th commission and are now able to present the results of the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – undertaken with an alliance of iconic partners. We are humbled and honored to be shown upon the world stage at the Pebble Beach Concours – marking a continued global presence for Singer.”
The car to be shown at Pebble Beach is not for sale, at least yet, as it is owned by Porsche aficionado Scott Blattner.
You can find the entire list of modifications made to the car in SInger’s official statement attached below.
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