Radiologue

As the story goes, my car was reportedly built by somebody associated with Ruf in Texas. The car appeared to be well developed (as you can read the build details below), but we never have found much history. I'm not really sure if the car was ever truly finished by its former owner. From my experience I would guess not, but I think the car is now close to reaching its intended capabilities.

Initially the car suffered from overheating. Ceramic material was found in the cooling system that clogged the custom radiator and prevented adequate radiator flow. After two engine rebuilds, new custom radiators and several disappointing track events, my mechanic and friend has finally solved all of the overheating issues that were ultimately due to a design flaw in the cooling system. The short story is that a custom dual pass radiator and custom fans have been installed that have totally alleviated any overheating issue that existed with the prior set-up. The car was run at Road Atlanta this past weekend with fantastic success. Temps never rose above 200 F at 15lbs of boost.

I'll now be able to move down the list to brakes, tuning, and smaller details.

Here is the build as she now sits...

Motor, Turbo, Driveline & Engine Cooling / Exhaust
• 3.2 Liter Sleeved Block
• Balanced and Blueprinted
• Corky Bell built Turbo using Garrett hybrid T-60. Front mount intercooler and mandrel bend turbo piping
• Tial external waste gate
• Tial blow off valves
• Crank - knife edged and cross drilled
• JE 106.5mm pistons
• Pauter machine Billet steel rods
• Balance Shaft Delete
• Pauter dry sump oil pump system
• 15 qt capacity oil reservoir
• Moroso aluminum oil filter housing with reuseable filter element
• Custom fab aluminum oil cooler
• Extrude honed 944 Turbo intake modded for large throttle body
• 85mm Ford Motorsport Throttle Body Part #BBK-1501
• Porsche 944 2.7 liter head; extensive port and pollish with large valves
• Head has been tapped with vent tube in rear
• Custom ground Webb cam Grind #274 (hyd)
• Porsche hydraulic lifters
• Accusump 2/ electric activation module
• Aluminum transmission catch can with filter
• Urethane motor mounts
• Porsche 968 axles with gkn Motorsports CV joints
• Porsche 968 six speed transmission with Porsche Motorsport l/slip
• Kolkeln short shifter
• Fidanza aluminum flywheel
• Spec racing stage 4 clutch
• Deist shifter boot cover w/ custom fab aluminum housing plate
• Custom dual pass all aluminium radiator made for by Griffin Racing and further modified by Smith Motorworks
• Custom 968 water pump
• Dual custom electric fans 3000 cfm
• Side exit exhaust. Header and down pipe are ceramic coated. Entire exhaust is covered by aluminum shroud
• ___HP / ___lbs of torque are rear wheels with __psi boost.
Fuel system
• Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
• Custom Extrudabody fuel rail
• Aeromotive Tsunami fuel pump PT#AEI11101
• Aeromotive inline fuel filter PT#AEI-12301
• Steel braided fuel and oil lines
• 96 lb injectors
• Fuel safe roll over protection vent tube
• Custom 35 gallon fuel cell from Fuel Safe
Brakes, Suspension & Wheels
• 996 Turbo brake rotors and calipers front and rear
• JRZ 3-way adjustable coil overs front & back w/ remote reservoir
• Custom built tubular A-arms
• Tilton master cylinder and brake pedal assembly
• Tilton clutch cylinder and clutch pedal assembly
• Carbon fiber cooling ducts mounted to calipers
• Adjustable caster / camber plates
• Stainless lines front and rear
• Kinesis center lock wheels
Body & Chassis
• Nascar style chromemoly rollcage, rear half tube chassis
• One off molded fiberglass Porsche 968 body
• JLS 4 corner air jack system with roof mounted air lance adapter
• Carbon fiber 968 dash
• OEM Porsche Aero Mirrors
• Custom Aluminum diffuser
• Carbon rear wing with custom fab mounts
• Lexan rear window
• Fire retardent padding mounted in driver's floor
• Front wiper was built from a 944 Turbo rear wiper set up
• Porsche 968 tail lights
• Front and Rear custom tow hooks
• Halon Fire system in drivers area and engine compartment
• Fabricated aluminum wheel tubs, interior work, and rear firewall
• Longacre rear-view mirror
• Momo Apache steering wheel w/ quick release
• Custom fabricated steering column
• 5 point harness
• Bride racing seat
• Helmet and suit cooler
Gauges & Electronics
• 3 - Autometer 2 5/8" gauge mounting cups
• 3 - Autometer 2 5/8" gauge angle rings for dash gauges
• Autometer 2 5/8" liquid filled gauges for - Oil Pressure, Oil Temperature, Water Temperature x2, Blower Pressure, Fuel Pressure, and Transmission Temperature
• Autometer 4" Pro Comp Monster Tach with shift light
• 2 Painless wiring, 4 switch control boxes
• 2 Master kill switches
• Simple Digital System E3-F fuel and ignition system management with direct fire coils
• MSD plug wires
• Custom made crank trigger and brackets
• Moroso battery box and Optima battery
• Bosch relays
• Porsche Boxster brake light switch
• Custom mounted Painless wiring start, ignition, and fuel pump switches
• Hobbs Hour Meter
• Aluminum anodized radio mount box
• Roof mounted antenna
• Traqmate Complete and Chase Cam setup

PennyWise

Is the cooler box in the back for the victory beers

RolexNJ

Big bump. Any updates on this beast?

95ONE

I second this bump.

Lemming

This is a fantastic car, I've seen it in person a few times, unfortunately that was when Lloyd was having cooling problems. Glad to hear that you've gotten that straightened out

Jason Judd

What size are those wheels...anybody know?

disasterman

Let's see some more photos on this bad boy. Incredible list of parts.

Jason Judd

What are those wheel sizes... 9X18 and 11x18?

Chaos

Very sharp car,I like it in basic white.

RolexNJ

Here are some more pics. This car is incredible...

H2

Does anyone know what is meant by custom water pump?

Rich Sandor

custom water pump = moves more water than stock..

Smithmotorworks

Means we had to cut up, then weld up a factory pump to it work like we needed.

Smithmotorworks

I've got lots more pictures at our shop . I'll post more in the next couple of days!

333pg333

Interestingly they saw fit to use the stock intake.

Not the prettiest car I've ever seen but it sure has had a lot of work done on it. Any dyno sheets?