Latest RUFF Porsche

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:19 am

RUF has launched its latest version of the Porsche 997.

It’s been five years since the German tuning firm released its last 997 variant and the RUF Rt 12 S is an upgrade of that model.

The Rt 12 S is powered by a modified twin-turbocharged 3.6-litre flat six, which produces a mighty 675bhp and 649lb ft of torque.

Styling changes include new side mirrors, a larger carbonfibre rear spoiler and a new rear bumper with sculpted air intakes. LED lights feature at the front and rear, while the indicator lights are also LEDs.

RUF has added 19-inch lightweight alloy wheels, which house the ceramic disc brakes. Other standard features include a rollcage and hydraulic suspension which can lower the Rt 12 S at the touch of a button.

Buyers have the option of sports or bucket seats, while the interior has been designed to provide “fatigue-proof driving”. Three trim options are offered, which include carbon, aluminium and varnish.

Prices for the RUF Rt 12 S start at 255,900 euros (£220,000) excluding taxes and it is available to order now.

Richard Casto · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:18 pm

RUF really makes nice products.

I am guessing that RUF is using the GT1 case (aka Hans Mezger case) as the basis for their top of the line cars. This is the same case Porsche still uses for the GT3 road and race cars. I wonder at what point (if ever) RUF will move to the newer 9A1 (new for 2009) cases that Porsche is using for the new cars.

I also wonder how hard it will be for tuners (and companies like RUF) to deal with the complexities of these newer engines that are designed to use DFI (direct fuel injection). It just seems that DFI adds a totally new layer of complexity on top of existing EFI systems.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:05 pm

http://www.rufautocentre.com/about/history.asp

here is the ruf porsche address, in english this is. they have gone from carbeurators to efi. air cooled to water cooled. 2wd to awd. i think they will be ok. just read some import or sport compact magazines.... you want complexity.. holy cow.

Jason Tower · **Joined:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:31 pm **Posts:** 1173

i hear it's a real dog on the track

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:29 am

Jason Tower wrote:

i hear it's a real dog on the track

not true...it's bark is worse than it's bite.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:11 pm

to those who think the dog, is a brown maxima.. how can this car, be a dog on track. this thing looks as if it is barking mad.. a real monster.. the ring or lemans or daytona look like the only safe places to use this car.

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

Ahh - A good excuse for some Yellowbird

steve remchak · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:42 pm

KendtEklund wrote:

Ahh - A good excuse for some Yellowbird

hey i have driven that car on that track................ Gran Turismo something or another.

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

steve remchak wrote:

KendtEklund wrote:

Ahh - A good excuse for some Yellowbird

hey i have driven that car on that track................ Gran Turismo something or another.

I have driven this car

on that track -

much slower, but I'm sure that was the car's fault :lol:

steve remchak · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:57 pm

KendtEklund wrote:

steve remchak wrote:

KendtEklund wrote:

Ahh - A good excuse for some Yellowbird

hey i have driven that car on that track................ Gran Turismo something or another.

I have driven this car

on that track -

much slower, but I'm sure that was the car's fault :lol:

well hotshot, some of us are not so well traveled. :lol:

seriously, you've driven the "Ring"?

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

Yep - I just found the post on a racing simulators newsgroup from June, 2000

Ahh... so naive, so full of myself (young and stupid?) - why am I now so slow? :oops:

Quote:

My Day at the 'Ring
Or - driving as religious experience...

Since it was my first trip to Europe, and I was right in Brussels, Belgium,
it was an absolute misson for me to get to the 'Ring.
I traded in my Renault Laguna for an Audi A4 1.6 a day before to give me
chance to get used to it. I must say it was a very nice-handling car. 1.6
liters wasn't a whole lot of engine, but it had really powerful 4-wheel
discs, which was probably ideal for someone going for thier first on-track
driving experience (dark blue, for anyone who was there).
I really picked a good day to go - they were holding a vintage bike/car race
on the GP circuit, so I had alot of fun walking around the pits ogling while
I waited for the Nordschlief to open.
First off - this was just incredible to me to actually be *driving* on the
'Ring. I may get flamed for this, but to me this is the greatest racetrack
ever, where the real heroes of racing were made. What's Indianapolis? -
four left turns and a yard of brick

. Just amazing that you can still
drive here.
I was surprised at what good shape the track surface was in - the oncar
videos I'd seen made it look like it was going to be a bit torn up (have
they re-paved recently?) Forgive me for not knowing the corner names...

Low points -
-Being one of the stupid newbie tourists that got in line without a ticket
and held up the serious folks early in line.
-Only having money for 2 laps, and the track closing early by the time I'd
got back from a money machine - I guess someone wrecked? I saw a race car
on a trailer with front end damage.

'Oh Shit' moments -
-Almost every time I practiced in GPL, the downhill into a right, that
encourages you to use the elevation change to take advantage of the added
grip, but is followed by a really tight left at the top of the hill.
Anyway - I kept missing this turn in GPL, and sure enough it caught me out
the first lap - both right wheels up on the curbing (OK- the entire right
half of the car...).
-Following a Lotus Elise into a turn and letting myself get sucked into way
too much speed at the apex. I spent the entire exit plowing the speed off
till the curbing on the left before I touched the gas again.
-Letting a pair of bikes by into the second banked turn, and having to get
back onto the banking <2ft behind the last bike because I felt like I had
too much speed to make it through on the flat outside of the curve.
-Wanting to give the folks at one of the spectating points a nice show, and
banging the car against the rev-limiter on a downshift to second (I was
already keeping the engine between 4500-6000rpms most of the time).

Good moments -
-Following up the bungled downshift with a nice exit from the complex - in
3rd

...
-Giving the folks at the next complex a nice show, hopefully - I know I got
the suspension completely unloaded at the crest of the hill, and just made
the turn-in point.
-Finding a rythm through the left-right-left turns, and really using all the
turns: kissing the curbs at the apexes and running it right out to the curbs
on the exits of the individual turns.
-Taking the Karussel in 3rd gear, looking out the side window to look far
enough through the turn.
-Being a good citizen and signalling right, and letting the other drivers
make clean passes.
-Only getting caught up by obviously faster cars, and even having a
'Ring-taxi BMW M-wagon follow me for a few turns even though I'd signalled
right initially. Don't know if he was content with the pace I was holding,
or scared to enter a turn near me

.

All in all just an incredible experience! I'm going to do all I can to make
sure I go back for the next system upgrade, and try to schedule around a
long day with the 'Ring.

I have worshipped at the altar of motorsport and I am forever changed

...

steve remchak · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:21 pm

KendtEklund wrote:

Yep - I just found the post on a racing simulators newsgroup from June, 2000

Ahh... so naive, so full of myself (young and stupid?) - why am I now so slow? :oops:

Quote:

My Day at the 'Ring
Or - driving as religious experience...

Since it was my first trip to Europe, and I was right in Brussels, Belgium,
it was an absolute misson for me to get to the 'Ring.
I traded in my Renault Laguna for an Audi A4 1.6 a day before to give me
chance to get used to it. I must say it was a very nice-handling car. 1.6
liters wasn't a whole lot of engine, but it had really powerful 4-wheel
discs, which was probably ideal for someone going for thier first on-track
driving experience (dark blue, for anyone who was there).
I really picked a good day to go - they were holding a vintage bike/car race
on the GP circuit, so I had alot of fun walking around the pits ogling while
I waited for the Nordschlief to open.
First off - this was just incredible to me to actually be *driving* on the
'Ring. I may get flamed for this, but to me this is the greatest racetrack
ever, where the real heroes of racing were made. What's Indianapolis? -
four left turns and a yard of brick

. Just amazing that you can still
drive here.
I was surprised at what good shape the track surface was in - the oncar
videos I'd seen made it look like it was going to be a bit torn up (have
they re-paved recently?) Forgive me for not knowing the corner names...

Low points -
-Being one of the stupid newbie tourists that got in line without a ticket
and held up the serious folks early in line.
-Only having money for 2 laps, and the track closing early by the time I'd
got back from a money machine - I guess someone wrecked? I saw a race car
on a trailer with front end damage.

'Oh Shit' moments -
-Almost every time I practiced in GPL, the downhill into a right, that
encourages you to use the elevation change to take advantage of the added
grip, but is followed by a really tight left at the top of the hill.
Anyway - I kept missing this turn in GPL, and sure enough it caught me out
the first lap - both right wheels up on the curbing (OK- the entire right
half of the car...).
-Following a Lotus Elise into a turn and letting myself get sucked into way
too much speed at the apex. I spent the entire exit plowing the speed off
till the curbing on the left before I touched the gas again.
-Letting a pair of bikes by into the second banked turn, and having to get
back onto the banking <2ft behind the last bike because I felt like I had
too much speed to make it through on the flat outside of the curve.
-Wanting to give the folks at one of the spectating points a nice show, and
banging the car against the rev-limiter on a downshift to second (I was
already keeping the engine between 4500-6000rpms most of the time).

Good moments -
-Following up the bungled downshift with a nice exit from the complex - in
3rd

...
-Giving the folks at the next complex a nice show, hopefully - I know I got
the suspension completely unloaded at the crest of the hill, and just made
the turn-in point.
-Finding a rythm through the left-right-left turns, and really using all the
turns: kissing the curbs at the apexes and running it right out to the curbs
on the exits of the individual turns.
-Taking the Karussel in 3rd gear, looking out the side window to look far
enough through the turn.
-Being a good citizen and signalling right, and letting the other drivers
make clean passes.
-Only getting caught up by obviously faster cars, and even having a
'Ring-taxi BMW M-wagon follow me for a few turns even though I'd signalled
right initially. Don't know if he was content with the pace I was holding,
or scared to enter a turn near me

.

All in all just an incredible experience! I'm going to do all I can to make
sure I go back for the next system upgrade, and try to schedule around a
long day with the 'Ring.

I have worshipped at the altar of motorsport and I am forever changed

...

you slow? oh yeah you drive a Focus. :lol: