Ruf Picture Thread
#363
09-19-2008, 07:47 PM
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I don't think it's the RTurbo either.. Looks like a MKI Aero 996?
#364
09-19-2008, 09:49 PM
The yellow one is actually an RTurbo, just the first iteration of the 996 RTurbo. They actually used the narrow body (moved the vent up and back) because they said it had better aerodynamics for top speed. I suppose it was to continue their tradition of turbocharged narrowbody 911s. That totally got de-bunked with the next iteration, and obviously the RT12.
#367
09-21-2008, 05:22 PM
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Whatever it is is in back, I'm pretty sure it's the same as this yellow one:
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ead-1maj-3.jpg
I'm not up on my RUFs, but I don't see an intake vent on either. And I've never seen TA wheels on a RUF car.
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ead-1maj-3.jpg
I'm not up on my RUFs, but I don't see an intake vent on either. And I've never seen TA wheels on a RUF car.
#368
09-23-2008, 08:25 AM
Don't know if they're still doing CTR conversions. I'm at the Ruf store in Dallas all the time. I know they still do the Turbo R conversions a lot. In fact, one was just completed and sent back to Austin.
#369
09-23-2008, 10:02 AM
Only caveat here is Ruf won't go tasteless and get all "Gemballa-esque" for any amount of $$. Only tasteful builds, thank you very much. Of course there's been a few questionable color choices in the past, but he's let those slide.
#370
09-23-2008, 10:29 PM
Ruf's biz mantra: If the client has the $, we'll build him what he wants.
Only caveat here is Ruf won't go tasteless and get all "Gemballa-esque" for any amount of $$. Only tasteful builds, thank you very much. Of course there's been a few questionable color choices in the past, but he's let those slide.
Only caveat here is Ruf won't go tasteless and get all "Gemballa-esque" for any amount of $$. Only tasteful builds, thank you very much. Of course there's been a few questionable color choices in the past, but he's let those slide.
true too about the color choices... i saw a Boxster in green and purple while at the factory! belonged to a lady customer. at the time, it was kept under a cover, and i was asked to not take any photos of it "at the request of the owner"...
in hindsight, i'm thinking that it may not have been the owner who wanted to avoid pictures of that car leaking out!
