Porsche 911 with Lanzante F1 became more powerful

Lanzante will use next month's 2024Goodwood Festival Of Speed to present a more powerful version of Tag Turbo modified911.

TAG Turbo is an ultra-exclusive project that used the 930 generation Porsche 911 turbo body and the actual Formula 1 power unit, especially the tag brand Porsche Twin turbocharged 1.5-liter V-6 from 1983 to 1987 by the McLaren F1 team. This is the default.

The more powerful version of this car is known as the Tag Championship, whose name means McLaren's three back-to-back driver titles achieved by Niki Lauda in 1984 and Alan Prost in 1985 and 1986. 1 for each title, only 3 are planned, and all 3 are equipped with engines used during 1 or more of the year in which they won the championship.

In his debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the engine was used in the 1984, '85 and '86 seasons, leading Prost to the podium in '85. As a further nod to F1, the exterior features a painting job that matches the Prost helmet design of that season. The 18-inch wheels, which combine magnesium and carbon fiber, will also be supplied by the same company that supplied Dymag's F1 wheels to match the designs used in Prost's F1 cars.

Lanzante's previous tag Turbo is rated at a peak of 503 horsepower, while the new tag championship is dialed up to 625 horsepower, which is not far from the estimated 750 horsepower the car's engine had during the f-day. It now rotates to 10,250 rpm and rotates the rear wheels through a modified version of the 993-speed manual found in the 911 generation Porsche 6. Lanzante cites a top speed of 200 miles per hour.

Today's engine must survive more than a single race, and as a result, it's a major upgrade by Cosworth, an expert engine builder who previously supplied the F1 power unit, including a new interior, a new air box, a new exhaust, and a new turbo engine with a titanium compressor. A charger is included.

Beyond the powertrain, Lanzante will strengthen the car's chassis, upgrade the brakes with carbon ceramic units, and make much of the body panels lighter, much of the carbon fiber remains exposed and in some cases replaces the original rubber elements found in the 930 911. The finished car weighs just 2,028 pounds, an impressive 948 pounds less than the donor car.

Lanzante, a British motorsport and engineering outfit renowned for being the company that supported the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans winner McLaren F1GTR, did not originally come up with the idea of installing an f1 power unit behind the 911. It was not. McLaren already performed the task in the 1980s with 1 car. That one-off build was the inspiration behind Lanzante's Tag Turbo and Tag Championship car.