Pics of RUF Turbo Tip on my website (from Excellence Mag)
05-28-2002, 03:43 PM
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Pics of RUF Turbo Tip on my website (from Excellence Mag)
check out page 14 of <a href="http://www.986host.com/gallery/doncapecod?&page=14" target="_blank">Don's Album</a>. The RUF Turbo Cab is awesome.
05-29-2002, 01:24 AM
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According to the article in latest Excellence RUF reversed the fins on the engine grill which then provided sufficient air intake to exclude the scoops/widebody look.
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[quote]Originally posted by Don Watson:
<strong>According to the article in latest Excellence RUF reversed the fins on the engine grill which then provided sufficient air intake to exclude the scoops/widebody look.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Assuming this car has the same twin intercoolers in the rear of the tires, I don't see how you can efficiently channel air through the engine lid. Does the article mention anything about different intercoolers?
<strong>According to the article in latest Excellence RUF reversed the fins on the engine grill which then provided sufficient air intake to exclude the scoops/widebody look.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Assuming this car has the same twin intercoolers in the rear of the tires, I don't see how you can efficiently channel air through the engine lid. Does the article mention anything about different intercoolers?
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Viken: Here's part of the quote in the article re your comments...
On the R turbo Coupe RUF solves the airflow problem by incorporating a NACA duct in the fenders..
On the new 911 Cab, however, the folding roof mechanism makes the integration of tht duct impossible. RUF's solution is as simple as it is elegant. A session in the wind tunnel revealed that by reversing the direction of the cooling slats on the engine lid, ambient air is drawn in rather than vented. Boosting it by venturi effect, special ducting in the engine bay then draws this air over the pair of intercoolers that are positioned in each rear fender. The air exits out again through the slats in the sides of the turbo-style rear bumper."
So I guess the reversal of the grille slats does the trick. How simple could that be?? Should Porsche have thought of that??
On the R turbo Coupe RUF solves the airflow problem by incorporating a NACA duct in the fenders..
On the new 911 Cab, however, the folding roof mechanism makes the integration of tht duct impossible. RUF's solution is as simple as it is elegant. A session in the wind tunnel revealed that by reversing the direction of the cooling slats on the engine lid, ambient air is drawn in rather than vented. Boosting it by venturi effect, special ducting in the engine bay then draws this air over the pair of intercoolers that are positioned in each rear fender. The air exits out again through the slats in the sides of the turbo-style rear bumper."
So I guess the reversal of the grille slats does the trick. How simple could that be?? Should Porsche have thought of that??
