Like many other German sports cars, custom-built Porsche 911s are a dime a dozen nowadays, but not that many are as peculiar as the following Neunelfer, especially since it also features such an interesting backstory.
The car was originally born in 1991 as a Porsche 911 C2, but after being put through no less than three customization and tuning programs in just as many years it has now ended up looking like the model in the adjacent photo gallery.
Oddly enough, its life first intersected with the Need For Speed franchise in 2016, when the game's producers wanted to create a unique Porsche to coincide with the video game's release at the time. The original project car was built as a collaboration between none other than Akira Nakai of Rauh Welt Beggriff (RWB) fame, Urban Outlaw and Bisimoto.
Featuring a twin-turbo setup, the 911 was partly designed by NFS fans as well, since they were asked to help choose what components would be used on the car using the Need For Speed many customization tools.
The next transformation happened when the car was redone as a faux rally car for the 2016 SEMA show, taking the “Spirit of 147” name in the process, CIBI headlights, a black paint job and new Rotiform wheels.
The builders wanted to reference the Porsche 911 of Herbert Linge and David Falke, which carried the number “147” to victory at the 1965 Monte Carlo Rally.
Nowadays, modified for the third time, the Porsche looks entirely different and was recently for sale by RMC Miami for a rather decent $144,900. The comically wide RWB fenders have been smoothed out, with the rivets keeping them in place no longer being exposed, and the original white color now engulfs the entire car.
Its Rotiform wheels have been brushed to match the trims and are shoed in Toyo R888R tires. An Airlift 3p suspension has been fitted to give the driver a more comfortable ride and a variable ride height for those pesky speed bumps.
The air-cooled 3.6-liter flat-six in the back is no longer twin-turbocharged but supercharged by TPC and it develops a healthy 400 horsepower. The mill has been rebuilt and now has a 9:1 compression ratio, Carillo connecting rods, new cams and seals, while the stock G50 transmission is pretty much what every Porsche fanatic would need in an air-cooled 911.
Oddly enough, its life first intersected with the Need For Speed franchise in 2016, when the game's producers wanted to create a unique Porsche to coincide with the video game's release at the time. The original project car was built as a collaboration between none other than Akira Nakai of Rauh Welt Beggriff (RWB) fame, Urban Outlaw and Bisimoto.
Featuring a twin-turbo setup, the 911 was partly designed by NFS fans as well, since they were asked to help choose what components would be used on the car using the Need For Speed many customization tools.
The next transformation happened when the car was redone as a faux rally car for the 2016 SEMA show, taking the “Spirit of 147” name in the process, CIBI headlights, a black paint job and new Rotiform wheels.
The builders wanted to reference the Porsche 911 of Herbert Linge and David Falke, which carried the number “147” to victory at the 1965 Monte Carlo Rally.
Nowadays, modified for the third time, the Porsche looks entirely different and was recently for sale by RMC Miami for a rather decent $144,900. The comically wide RWB fenders have been smoothed out, with the rivets keeping them in place no longer being exposed, and the original white color now engulfs the entire car.
Its Rotiform wheels have been brushed to match the trims and are shoed in Toyo R888R tires. An Airlift 3p suspension has been fitted to give the driver a more comfortable ride and a variable ride height for those pesky speed bumps.
The air-cooled 3.6-liter flat-six in the back is no longer twin-turbocharged but supercharged by TPC and it develops a healthy 400 horsepower. The mill has been rebuilt and now has a 9:1 compression ratio, Carillo connecting rods, new cams and seals, while the stock G50 transmission is pretty much what every Porsche fanatic would need in an air-cooled 911.