Fed up with 1,000hp transplants? A Budapest-based tuner thinks 750kg and 170hp at 7,200rpm is where it's at.
In recent times, the love hasn’t been widespread for four-cylinder Porsches, what with 718 Boxsters and Caymans grumbling about. But we all know there have been plenty of memorable four-pot Porsches over the years, from 914 to 968 Club Sport, and it’s one of the old icons without a flat-six that’s now being given the restomod treatment: the 912.
Powering the 912c is an evolution of the Porsche 616 engine, built by Swiss company JPS Aircooled. Now 2.0-litres in capacity, it boasts 170hp thanks to modifications that include a 10.5:1 compression ratio, the ability to rev all the way to 7,200rpm and a ‘fast road tune’. Power reaches the road via a five-speed dog leg gearbox with Porsche hydraulic racing clutch and ZF limited-slip diff.
Though 170hp means it’s never going to be the fastest restomod out there, the appeal of Kamm’s ambition with the 912c - maintaining ‘the charm of a 1960s racer, with sensitive updates, instead of trying to completely modernise the 912 driving experience’ - isn’t hard to grasp. Four cylinders rather than six slung out back means less weight to swing, for starters…
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