Classic Porsche 911 Carrera T/S Gets Put Through Its Paces At The Green Hell

Low-key better than what Singer does?

What Singer does with the 911 platform is nothing short of epic. Still, we have to admit there are enthusiast-built classic 911s out there, that can rival the California-based company’s exquisite builds. This 911 T/S is one such car and it doesn’t take long to notice how purposeful this 1972 build is. Much of the car is still original but has been refurbished to look and feel fresh. The outside doesn’t suggest, in any way that this 911 F-body is a resto-mod. The signature Fuchs wheels and much of the original chrome trim has been kept, aside from the bumpers, which are now body-colored.

The interior retains the stock five-gauge instrument cluster and even has the functional handles near the handbrake – the left one is for the manual choke and the right one – for the heater. The also car keeps a full interior, which is classically correct, finished in black vintage leather, including the steering wheel. You also get a lightweight, leather strap that serves as a door handle – a signature trait for many RS models of the past. The only hint of modernity is the short-throw shifter, which pays dividends on the racetrack, as you’ll see in the video.

Power-to-weight ratio that’ll make modern sports cars blush

The owner says that this 911 started life as a race car. The car was torn apart and rebuilt with a new engine and new body panels, some of which now from aluminum while the others are from thinner metal compared to the factory 1972 Porsche 911 Carrera S. The end result is a car that has a power–to–weight ratio of around 283 horsepower per ton – making it better than the 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera’s 255 horsepower per ton.

There is also a 26.4-gallon fuel tank in the "frunk”, instead of the original road-going Carrera S’ 16.4-gallon unit, which allows for longer track sessions. A unique feature for 1972 was the oil filler and oil tank in front of the rear axle, which explains the filler cap under the right rear window. This was a one-year-only feature, exclusive to 1972. It was done to improve weight distribution, but due to cost reasons, it was moved to the original, rearward position for 1973.

I am sure we can all geek out on all the neat details of this classic Porsche 911 track weapon, but you want to know about the engine that’s powering it, so here goes. It’s a hybrid, but not in the same way as Porsche’s T-Hybrid powertrain, which we get in the 992.2 Porsche 911 GTS. Instead of the 2.3-liter flat-six engine, there is a new flat-six that started life as a 3.0-liter block, but was "stretched” to 3.4 liters. Still air-cooled, the engine produces just under 300 horsepower, according to the owner, thanks to two, 46mm Vema carburetors. While not impressive at first glance, the owner says most of the power is available between 2,500 and 6,400 RPM, which is a pretty wide power band, even considering the iconic status of Porsche’s boxer engine. Here’s what this looks like in numbers, and how it compares to the original, 1972 Porsche 911 Carrera S.

We gave you the rundown, we gave you the numbers. Now all that’s left to do is invite you to watch the video, in which Misha gives the 50-year-old analog beauty what is, likely, the hardest drive it ever experienced around the “Green hell”.