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Singer and its clients are apparently no longer content with simply sprucing up old Porsches, as comprehensive as the restomod process may be. Now the California specialists have unveiled an altogether more advanced take on the classic German sports car, and the result is billed as “the most advanced air-cooled Porsche 911 in the world.” Called the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study (DLS), the project stems from a partnership between Singer Vehicle Design and Williams Advanced Engineering, the client division of the Formula One racing team. It packs a 4.0-liter flat six with four titanium valves per cylinder, a unique lubrication system, F1-inspired throttle, and various magnesium internal components. The result is 500 horsepower delivered at a screaming 9,000 rpm. That’s the same redline, output, and displacement as a modern GT3 RS, but still air-cooled. The bodywork has also been comprehensively re-engineered using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) processors and fabrica...

Singer has been working with Williams Advanced Engineering for their latest project which is a rather stunning reimagined 911 that received newly-developed lightweight and high-performance modifications. The project was born under the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study (DLS) name, with Singer partnering with Williams and other world-renowned specialists, including Michelin, Brembo and BBS Motorsport. It’s hard to choose a highlight on this magnificent creation, but if you have to pick one it has to be the new four-valve, four-camshaft naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six engine with 500hp, developed by Williams with consultation from none other than Hans Mezger, the legendary Porsche engineer. Other details include the new underbody and surface aerodynamic enhancements, again by Williams and Porsche Motorsport legend Norbert Singer, via computational fluid dynamics (CFD). If you take a closer look at the renderings, you’ll notice that even the taillights now feature ...

Singer Vehicle Design announced its collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering for new air-cooled flat-six engines. The first engine to come out of this collaboration will be a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter that can rev over 9,000rpm, featuring four-valve heads, titanium con-rods, aluminum throttle bodies with carbon fiber trumpets, a carbon air box, an titanium-Inconel exhaust system and a 500hp rating, matching essentially the latest -but water-cooled- 911 GT3. The project even has legendary Porsche engineer Hanz Mezger on board, acting as a technical consultant. The engine is basically a heavily modified version of a 1990 3.6-liter unit but that sounds like an understatement. The new engine will make its way into Singer’s latest project, commissioned by Scott Blattner who has three Singer 911s already. Prospective Singer customers will be offered the same engine option. If you thought Singer 911s were already perfect, get ready for even more perfection once this bad...