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Two turbos, one for the bros and one for the... RUF build

I know a lot of guys have been following this build on Instagram so sorry to the Pelican family that i took me so long to post here. I have been pretty busy with customer work and engine builds and just havent had the time, but here goes

I think all of us here can agree that the Yellowbird is probably one of the most bada$$ cars ever built, I know some guys have built tributes, but I wanted to build the closet example I could using all Genuine Ruf parts I could get my hands on...

7 years ago I set out on my parts hunt, and with good luck and great relationships, have managed to put a pretty good collection together...

But first I needed a chassis, so what better to start with then a one owner 88k mile 89.5 g50 car!

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Oh, this is going to be fun...!

was a little disappointed in the fitment of the lights on the front bumper, for this kind of money I expected a little better, but this will be addressed later when the car is broken down for full respray and gutter delete

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So after a few phone calls I was able to get my hands on a genuine fuel that, which I stripped and refinished and a boost gauge (yes, stay tuned, boost coming )

this is one impressive build. lucky to have seen it in person. no one hard parks a car like you.

by far one of the hardest RUF parts to obtain and one of the more expensive was the shift knob

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First order of business was to break this motor down to essentially a long block, …

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and One fo duh hoessss !!!

Cripes, took a guy long enough to build this one-off, mind-blowing, example of backyard hackery ;)

Only a legend tears down a 993TT motor and tosses the parts in a Grapes Box...

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Originally Posted by Mocker (Post 11651071)

993TT engine?

Correct sir

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Originally Posted by 911SauCy (Post 11651078)

Hard Facts

My brother traveled all over Europe back in the late eighties(?). He sent me pictures of the outside of the P factory after hours and one of these Ruf was the only car parked out front.

Is that a factory engine carrier for a TT?

Beautiful subtle build.

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Originally Posted by Manda Racing (Post 11651281)

Yes it’s a stock carrier, I had to modify the bar slightly, it was cut and welded, then powder coated. I had to maintain the stock carrier cause it houses the turbo return system

Off to my homies shop to fab up a exhaust and intake set up. The plan was to duplicate the stock intake system without all the smog and sensors. Also, my main thing with the exhaust was the maintain the oval exhaust tips that the RUF cars have

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I spy a b5s4 smiling lower grille in the homie's shop. Also an excellent 6cyl. tt car if I dare say. In particular: avants rule the fast Audi kingdom

oh, back on subject that exhaust is pretty nice too :D

Then I had to make some jumpers from the stock carrera cooler to the front mount cooler, at the time I thought I needed two coolers, but fast forward a few months, it’s total overkill. Car is actually running to cold currently

One of the other RUF mods was the lack of jack holes in rocker panels, so stripped mine down, welded shut, new wurth and paint and bam!

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