Eight Cylinders, Still Cooled by Air, Are Being Built for the Classic 911

A complete eight-cylinder boxer engine, cooled by air and sold ready to install, is in development for early Porsche 911s, and The Drive reports that the work is progressing well. For owners who drive their cars from the garage in Naples to the canyon roads above Los Angeles, it would mean two more cylinders behind the rear axle while keeping the air-cooled character that defines the car. The report also invites readers to picture that engine running all the way to its redline. It gives no specifications, price or release date, so owners following the project will have to wait to hear it for themselves.

With reporting from The Drive.