Enter stage right the Porsche 935/2.0, or the Baby, as it affectionately became known. The Baby was a seriously lightweight version of the full-fat 935 – so lightweight, in fact, that it was 15kg below the minimum weight limit of 730kg, leading Porsche to add lead weights to it. Not wanting their competitors in the open pitlane paddock to notice that the Baby was underweight, the engineers came up with the ingenious idea to melt the lead and pour it into the front tubular aluminium crash bars.
In an attempt to make the model as lightweight as possible, legendary Porsche engineer Norbert Singer, who was heading up the project, retained as little from the 911 Turbo shell as the rules required. While the roof, doors and floor remained, everything outside of the two bulkheads was removed, while purpose-built aluminium subframes were fitted to house the front and rear suspension, and the engine. Newly developed semi-trailing arm suspension was fitted in the custom rear end.