Singer Vehicle Design has unveiled its first customer unit to emerge from its DLS Turbo Services programme, which, as its name indicates, brings a turbocharged powertrain to the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study series that first emerged in late-2017 with a naturally aspirated engine.
The example shown here is dubbed “Sorcerer” by its owner, who has specified the car in a graduated Fantasia Blue with a large rear wing, along with double-seven-spoke magnesium alloy wheels in a Champagne finish.
As with the naturally aspirated DLS model, the DLS Turbo begins its renewed life as a 964-generation Porsche 911, and is rebuilt with carbon-fibre bodywork. The DLS Turbo can be commissioned with road- or track-focused bodywork, and “Sorcerer” here gets the latter with its larger rear wing and front splitter, while the road-oriented configuration brings a ducktail rear spoiler and a lower-drag front fascia.
Being a DLS Turbo suggests the use of a turbocharged engine to the DLS-spec “reimagined” 911, though there is more to it than just forced induction. Singer says this is the first 911 reimagined by the firm to use water-cooled four-valve cylinder heads along with its air-cooled cylinders and an electrically-powered fan.
Displacing 3.8 litres, the flat-six engine features a pair of variable-geometry turbine turbochargers, outputs 710 hp and 750 Nm, will spin up to 9,000 rpm, and drives the rear wheels through a six-speed manual transmission. The exhaust system is made of titanium and Inconel, and terminates in side-exit outlets.
Chassis equipment is comprised of double wishbone front suspension and trailing-arm rear suspension, while its magnesium-alloy centrelock wheels measure 19 inches in front and 20 inches at the rear; these house carbon-ceramic brakes with monobloc calipers. A five-mode selector offers varying levels of traction and stability control intervention, and this particular car has also been specified with a nose-lift system.
Inside, this example, “Sorcerer” has been specified with leather and Alcantara seat upholstery, with contrast piping in Champagne. Cabin brightwork is also in Champagne, while satin-finish carbon-fibre is used for the lower sections of the cabin.
In here as in the earlier, naturally-aspirated DLS, the gearshift mechanism is exposed. The owner of this example has specified hand-built, floating dials with bezels in Champagne, while modern technology is “incorporated with restraint”, where Singer offers a nod to modernity with Apple CarPlay connectivity.
Though Singer Vehicle Design is based in California, United States, restorations that become DLS Turbo finished products are carried out at the firm’s United Kingdom facility.
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