Which Ruf is this?

CTR2?

 

I think that's it.

Matt

 

It is a 993 Turbo converted after the fact to RUF R Turbo specs.

 

Which does not make it a true RUF conversion, right?

 

I believe secretcollector is right, that is a RUF R Turbo, that one is a beautiful car and popular on Rennlist.

As i understand it, there are 3 categories of RUF automobiles: 1) RUF cars all assembled to spec in Pfaffenhausen, Germany, home of RUF, which have RUF VIN numbers (RUF is recognized as a standalone auto maker by TUV Germany); RUF produces only about 20-30 of these cars per year, so cars with RUF VINs are very rare; 2) cars that started as Porsches, and then converted to RUF spec in Pfaffenhausen; these cars have Porsche VINs, but considered pretty much built to full RUF spec; and 3) RUF conversions where RUF sends a team to their authorized dealer abroad (let's say in the U.S. or Japan), and the conversions are done locally. I think that car is in category 3, but nevertheless is considered a true RUF conversion.

The RUF CTR 2 is easily identifiable by its unique and functional rear wing, which creates a ram effect to force air into the twin side mounted intercoolers in the rear fenders - the Porsche 993 Turbos, and I think the R Turbo, have a single intercooler mounted atop the engine. All RUF CTR 2s and CTR 3s are RUF VIN cars, although I believe there is one CTR 2 among the 30 or so built where the factory was able to fit a regular Porsche rear wing rather the CTR 2 signature wing.
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Carlos, you wrote about exactly the reply that I planned on this morning - spot on and well done.

 

I don't think it was part of the conversion but I think there are a lot of Turbo Rs that have another intercooler in front below the front bumper.

 

Here's what a white one looks like, which shows more of the bodywork details you can't see in that particular photo of the black one. I love the RUF styling and the CTR2 is my favorite.

This is the Turbo R below. Photos from this old classified ad: 1998 RUF Turbo R (993TT) - Rennlist Discussion Forums
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I think that white Turbo R has recently had the aftermarket side skirts removed. Agree, very nice car, and a lot of work and passion went into it.

On the intercoolers - I have never seen one of the RUF front mounted ones, but I would not be surprised at all given the intense engineering passion that Alois Ruf puts into his cars. What is more common is the additional engine oil cooler mounted under the front bumper, to augment the front fender mounted oil cooler standard on most 911s. Porsche Motorsports and many of the tuners use the front bumper mounted extra oil cooler.

One other cool feature separate from the moving bits in some of the RUF cars is the RUF Internal Roll Cage (RUF IRC). Beautiful in design and execution, the RUF IRC is highly functional, but almost invisible unless you look for it. Porsche really should have offered this on its cars, even as a very expensive option. A big plus for anyone looking at RUF cars, if the car has it.