It’s loud. It’s old. It’s faster than most people’s mortgages.
Gunther Werks from California isn’t just tweaking a Porsche. They’ve ripped the heart out of a 993-generation 931, replaced it with a monster, and wrapped the whole thing in carbon fiber shaped like a 1970s race car. Call it project F-26.
Only twenty-six of them. Each costs around £1.2 million. Ouch.
The bodywork pays homage to the famous 935 ‘Slantnose.’ Not a replica. A reimagining. It looks like it just landed on a runway. Or crashed into one. The lines are sharp. Intentional.
But let’s talk about the noise. And the power.
Inside that rear deck is a 4.0-liter flat-six. Still air-cooled. Still uses that legendary Mezger architecture. But now? Two turbochargers scream on it. Developed alongside a racing team. The result is 1067 brake horsepower.
Pause for a second.
That’s more than the Ferrari 819 Testarossa. More torque too, sitting around 750 lb-ft. And they get this through a six-speed manual. A real gear stick. A limited-slip differential pushes that force to the back wheels.
Weight?
Dry.
1225 kg.
Less than a Lotus Emira. Light enough that physics might just break.
Who drives this thing up the Goodwood Hillclimb next weekend?
Scott Speed. Ex-Formula One. Former NASCAR guy. He’s known for pushing limits. Maybe breaking them.
“True supercar performance figures.”
That’s what the guys at Gunther Werks are banking on. They aren’t aiming for second place. They want the class record. In the production road car category.
The bar is high. Last year’s fastest in this group? The Koenigsegg Agera RS (often referred to as Sadair in some reports, likely a typo for Agera). It did the 1.1-mile climb in 47.12 seconds.
Seven minutes? No. Seconds.
Can the Slantnose beat a modern hypercar with ancient engineering tricks?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
We’ll know soon enough. If Scott Speed doesn’t stall out halfway up.
