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993 Turbo This community is about the last air cooled twin turbocharged Porsche 911. Model year 1996 - 1997. Also inclusive in this forum is talk on the final 182 Porsche 911 Turbos built in 1997 known as the Turbo S.


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Old 11-19-2006, 03:27 PM
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"A RUF Day at the Races."
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http://www.cpa-pca.org/more/rufday/index.html

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I've always wondered... is it pronounced "rough" or "roof"?
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Its pronounced ruuf.
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I've always wondered... is it pronounced "rough" or "roof"?
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It is pronounced as "roof".

That is the correct way.
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Its pronounced ruuf.
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Johny,

It is pronounced as "roof".

That is the correct way.

That's what I thought... thanks guys.
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oh " Roof " for so long I thought it was "rough " lol
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ive seen that yellow car in person, its crazy
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That wing is huge!
You'd expect to have some serious downforce though.
From the article: "He told me that when he raced my BTR, he had much better stability at speeds over 165 mph. His CTR-2 doesn’t do as well, even with the double rear wing."
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