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Last night, while waiting for my delayed flight home, I walked down to the airport newsstand and picked up some of the latest material onthe rack.
With the current copy of Road&Track in hand, I sat down and scouered the pages, hoping for an article decent enough to hold my attention for the next hour - or so... The new RK Coupe feature did just that.
Based upon the new Cayman S, Ruf (a Tier 1 supplier) has taken this new Porsche and done many things in theory, that Callaway Cars does to the base Corvettes. Additional power, luxurious interiors, and of cousre the added style.
Virtually all body panels have been replaced, except for one - remember the Callaway C12? It too, shared little with its donor car, the C5. The entire body, except for the side mirrors and roof panelwere new after IVM's transformation.
The name RK, is an abbreviated moniker. Ruf Kompressor is the cars' full name, and after gobs of air are mixed with the fuel to develop an addl. 145 hp over the base car. The RK Sport does utilize a Porsche 997 envine vs. the base Cayman engine, and operates with 10 lbs of boost from its supercharger.
Expelling the spent gasses from a pair of familiar exhaust tips, the RK Sport uses a set of Double-D tips that are virtually identical in design to what Callaway Cars has offered for well over a decade, hmmm....
With only 49 of the RK's claimed to being built, it will be interesting to see in retrospect, where final production lands. Each car is identified with a unique dash plaque. Numbered, of course.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=4068
From Road & Track:
Picture Link for R&T
Video Link - car in action
With the current copy of Road&Track in hand, I sat down and scouered the pages, hoping for an article decent enough to hold my attention for the next hour - or so... The new RK Coupe feature did just that.
Based upon the new Cayman S, Ruf (a Tier 1 supplier) has taken this new Porsche and done many things in theory, that Callaway Cars does to the base Corvettes. Additional power, luxurious interiors, and of cousre the added style.
Virtually all body panels have been replaced, except for one - remember the Callaway C12? It too, shared little with its donor car, the C5. The entire body, except for the side mirrors and roof panelwere new after IVM's transformation.
The name RK, is an abbreviated moniker. Ruf Kompressor is the cars' full name, and after gobs of air are mixed with the fuel to develop an addl. 145 hp over the base car. The RK Sport does utilize a Porsche 997 envine vs. the base Cayman engine, and operates with 10 lbs of boost from its supercharger.
Expelling the spent gasses from a pair of familiar exhaust tips, the RK Sport uses a set of Double-D tips that are virtually identical in design to what Callaway Cars has offered for well over a decade, hmmm....
With only 49 of the RK's claimed to being built, it will be interesting to see in retrospect, where final production lands. Each car is identified with a unique dash plaque. Numbered, of course.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=4068
From Road & Track:
Picture Link for R&T
Video Link - car in action