Cactus

Maybe I got the wrong info but they emailed me and I called them as well.

2Many Cars

Same here and I bought mine about 2 years ago too so maybe they've changed the specs. IMHO the spoiler going up at all at low speeds is stupid although I understand why it's necessary at high speeds for cooling. I have never have a cooling problem with the Ruf module so it's clear the early up is unnecessary, at least in my climate. I once followed a 993 in LA traffic for a fair number of miles and must have seen the spoiler go up and down about 50 times. It made me want to give the car some spoiler Viagra to put it out of it's misery.

johzev

Thanks for all this discussion. I'm going to call RUF Dallas next week and see if they still have the module. It's expensive but I hate that stupid wing going up and down when I'm just driving around town. My over over 75 driving tends to be limited to the expressway. I agree that manual would be the best solution but it doesn't sound like there is a practical solution for manual operation.

Cactus

Let us know what they have to say.

timothymoffat

Too bad someone couldn't design one that went up @ 80, down @ <5. Very little cycling and up only when the lift-cancelling starts to make any real difference.

Amfab

i thought the up and down meant it was "paddling" to help my accelleration

timothymoffat

We need all the help we can get with these old, underpowered clunkers!

johzev

RUF replied to my email today. The module is available. Price $399. Wonder what the group buy price was back in 2004?

Black993

yikes, 399! Guess it makes sense considering the source.

So......who wants to build one

timothymoffat

Anyone?

ltc

Design one from scratch or reverse engineer a Ruf module?

Cactus

Didn't want to post this up until I researched it more but in another thread about getting a climate control unit rebuilt I clicked on the companies link and saw they rebuilt spoiler control units so i shot em an email. This was the response...
http://www.systemsc.com/index.html

sdcabrio

I'd be down for one at that price. Can we customize our speeds? I'd like up at 70 down at 5. I would also want the console switch to work just as it does now.

Where is the module and how hard is it to remove/re-install?

2Many Cars

Passenger side footwell - at the top. Unplug the old then plug and play.

At least with the Ruf unit the switch on the console works the same. I suspect others would be the same as well.

timothymoffat

Nice work! How early is the "early one?"