This has to be one of thre most Iconic tuned 911's ever and one of my favourite cars.

Produced in the mid 80's by Alois RUF  CTR 1 was a top speed record breaker in its day.  Nicknamed the Yellowbird by the press the name has stuck with it. It may look like a 1974-1989 911 but the differences are huge:

- Seam Welded bodyshell;
- Aluminium doors and bonnet;
- slightly wider rear arches to accomodate the wheels;
- RUF own design front and rear bumpers;
- Multi point roll cage;
- Cross drilled and vented Brembo brakes;
- Denloc run flat tyre system;
- Lowered on bilstein dampers.
- 3349cc Twin turbo;
- motronic management system;
- Ruf's own 5/6 speed gearbox with Limited Slip differential;
- Top speed of an amazing 211mph
- no heat exchangers;
- Eberspacher petrol heater located in the luggage compartment.

Specification in summary:

Engine Type: Twin-Turbo Flat-6
Displacement: 3349 cc
Horsepower: 469 bhp @ 5950 rpm
Torque: 408 lb-ft @ 5100 rpm
Redline: 6800 rpm
Performance 0-60 mph: 4.0 sec
0-100 mph: 7.3 sec
Quarter Mile: 11.7 sec @ 133.5 mph
Top Speed: 211 mph


Here's some pics to drool over :

You have to have a few videos to go with the pics:

And here's one for sale (its a CTR2, but hey):

What is your view on these 930 twin turbos?. Some say too difficult to drive and frustrating because of the turbo lag. Some say not a good track car and too dangerous to drive on the roads. Others say AWESOME!!!!

Hi Alcat

Welcome to the forum.

Its horses for courses I guess.  Some people prefer NA to Turbo because of the lag, but some people can handle a twin turbo (like the yellowbird) with style.

Take Stafan Roser driving this CTR at the Nurburgring. Alois Ruf calls him "sideways Stefan"





If I could afford one, I'd have a yellowbird tomorrow.  But I do love my NA car too!

RUF Historical videos that are well worth a watch.  Its an hour of your life worth spending staring at some truly awesome cars:


Part One


Part Two


Part three


Part four

The yellowbird stands the test of time, even against later RUF cars

Hi, all new to the site today, just put a deposit down on a 1986 Carrera 3.2, should collect in next two weeks, I am sure this question has been asked 1000s of times before, is it poss to still get the RUF alloys as seen on yellowbird ?

Also I fancy changing the engine cover to a duck tail. can you buy a ducktail  copy anywhere any info appreciated thanks Kieron

Quote: Kieron at Jul 31, 2010 7:25:22 pm

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Hi, all new to the site today, just put a deposit down on a 1986 Carrera 3.2, should collect in next two weeks, I am sure this question has been asked 1000s of times before, is it poss to still get the RUF alloys as seen on yellowbird ?

Also I fancy changing the engine cover to a duck tail. can you buy a ducktail  copy anywhere any info appreciated thanks Kieron

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Hi Kieron and welcome to the forum.  Sounds like you've made a good choice of 911.  Be sure to start a thread for your 3.2 in the Gallery/Our Readers 911's.  Be nice to see some pics of your new 911 

The speedlines are still available.  You could look around for second hand ones or buy direct from RUF, but they arent cheap.  There are plenty of people making Ducktails.  You can also usually pick them up quite cheap on ebay or stuttgartexchange.com.

Markj on ere has just fited a duck so it might be worth contacting him.

The CTR is a fantastic machine.  It was truly breathtaking for 1987