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Lazante unveils F1-engined Porsche 911 with 625 BHP, revving up to 10,250 rpm
Engineering steadfast Lazante has unveiled a Porsche 911 fitted with a Formula 1 engine, called 'Tag Championship'. The caller F1-engined Porsche 911 volition marque its nationalist debut astatine the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The modified Porsche is based connected the 930 procreation 911 Turbo. The car's banal flat-six is replaced by a Tag-branded Formula 1 motor successful the signifier of a 1.5-litre twin-turbo V6. The motor was earlier utilized to powerfulness McLaren's F1 cars to 3 consecutive driver's title titles betwixt 1984 and 1986.
The F1 motor though has been further upgraded by Cosworth for roadworthy use. These upgrades see caller pistons, conrods, valves and titanium turbochargers. The upgrade present allows the motor to nutrient 625 BHP (up from 503 BHP) and rev to a screaming 10,250 rpm limit. The F1 powertrain is further paired with a 6-speed gearbox from the 993-gen 911 but with bespoke cogwheel ratios. This allows the car to attain a apical velocity of 200 mph (322 km/h).
Apart from the motor upgrades, the Tag Championship Porsche 911 besides comes with a large chassis overhaul, portion the assemblage panels are present made up of 'Formula 1 grade' c fibre. Inside, the car is wholly stripped out, present featuring a rotation cage, Recaro bucket seats and idiosyncratic steering instrumentality - akin to that connected the McLaren MP4/2 F1 car. All this allows the Porsche 911 to extremity the standard astatine conscionable 920 kg - astir 400 kg little than the modular model.
Lazante is said to physique conscionable 3 of these Tag Championship 911s - a notation to the MP4/2's 3 F1 driver's titles.
Source: Autocar UK
