Hello everyone and welcome to the grandest battle of all time between two iconic cars of the late 80's and 90's turbocharged supercars that will stand against time........... The Ferarri F40 and the RUF CTR2 993......
F40: PP: 528
HP: 471 Ft-lbs: 425.2
Weight: 1352kg
CTR2 993: PP: 537
HP: 513 Ft-lbs: 505.5
Weight: 1380kg
Ahh the supercars of the late 80's and the 90's, excellent machines created with some of the best materials and technology that put these amazing cars ahead of their time among the many cars of their era. Equipped with gear like carbon fiber and advanced technology from racecars that we take for granted today in cars like the BMW M4 for example. The supercars of the 90's, especially the turbocharged likes of the F40 and CTR2, that we have with us today for our exciting test. Their many impressions when they came out boosted (pun intended) for future descendants like the 458 Special, 488, F70, GT2 RS, Turbos, and the RT-12. Thus showing those who only think that only naturally aspriated V12 engines are the true merit of being a supercar. Enough chit chat, lets take them out for a spin!
Looks & Appearance
The F40 and 993 CTR are unique and great eye catchers with their design language. But who is the true winner? Let's find out.....
F40
The F40 is a great piece of engineering of the time. Despite this is a 1992 F40, the last year of the iconic supercar, he still has a some of the 80's versions qualities (dat turbo lag) but it has several improvements that give him his fighting spirit to compete with other 90's legends like the XJ220, Diablo and EB110. The F40 also reminds me of the legendary Skyline GTR R32, who was around the late 80's (1989 whoo) up to the early 90's. The car was still being sold when the early R33 non-GTRs were coming out. The F40's looks give me an impression of the older F1, Group B Rally, and Group C race cars of the era. A car that will show his older brother, the 288 GTO he is ready for racing. With its boxy, yet curvy designs, are just appealing to the eyes. The F40 will, and shall be a beauty among the iconic supercars of both eras he experienced and will be a stunner for years later.
CTR2 993
How do you improve a legend? With the CTR2, Alois Ruf did an excellent job once again! The CTR2 is based off the 911 Turbo/ Turbo S 993, which is a icon as well, but one you can get without the hard searching, since the mutated 911 is MUCH RARER than the 911 Turbo. But compared to the 911 T, the RUF is a beast compared to the 911. The CTR2 looks like he was infused with the T virus and became a Automotive B.O.W., a transform cube into a Autobot ( Sam & Bumble Bee I got my own Autobot!) or he maybe got a RUstone and a 911 Turbo Evolved into the CTR2 instead of a GT2! But enough of the Pokemon, Resident Evil, and Transformers jokes and puns.. My goodness, the CTR2 says I ready for the road, track, and anything else out there! The wide arches and that GT wing says everything about performance and attitude and it does a good job at it. The kit can make the coolest RWB Porsche bow its head in shame in a battle with the CTR and with the performance as well, the CTR shows the true meaning of Form=Function.
Although the CTR2 is impressive to look at and respect, but I'm sorry, to say that the F40 has the win in the looks department in this comparison... Why? Because Croup B/C race car for the road.
Colors
The F40 has only one color in the color palette. It doesn't have the Gallo Moderna, Nero Daytona, or Blanco Avus in its options, unless customized by the owner. So he only has Rosso Corsa for the ride.
The RUF is a different story, he has many colors of the rainbow at his disposal so it is a multitude of colors to choose from to make the CTR2 stand out. And for a added note: The RUF cars all share the same colors as their tamer and exciting cousins at Porsche... So it is a additional bonus!
The winner here is the RUF CTR2!
Behind The Wheel: Round 1 Monza 80's
Now since we have them ready and willing to fight. We take both masters in a duel to see who is the champion. We first hit Monza on a reconstructed 1980 version of the legendary track. Although the F40 is a 90's model, it still has the 80's within its system. So lets move on out.... The F40 was a engaging and exciting car to drive on the tricky track, everywhere I felt the urge to push him even harder on the chicanes in the beginning and around the track. Just flirting with danger made me smile with emotion and flinging him in the corners like Chris Harris does in his videos. The first two laps also showed me to respect the car as well. I got to cocky in some corners, and he just kick me to the grass/sand and told me to stop it. The F40 will tell you to stop, but ignore it, it will teach you harshly or kill you dead if provoked in a wrong way, so shoe respect when pushing the red flaming beast or it will get ya. But even with driving hard on Monza and combating the turbo lag and crazy oversteer, we did do a good time under two minutes of a battle between man and machine, which is not bad at all.
When we started with the CTR2, we didn't expect it to start raining on our test. But the CTR2 didn't stop and wanted to wait until it cleared up. No, it wanted to take the challenge, and my what a challenge it was! The RUF plowed through the many corners on the wet surface on Monza like it wasn't worried, thanks to the AWD system built at RUF HQ. Despite the understeer we encountered on the track can be addressed by adapting to the car and its characteristics on the road. When you understand this, you can make some fun driving and better times on the tarmac.... Which we did.
1:55 Take that!
Monza 80's Best Time
F40 1:58.973
CTR2 1:55.431
Round 2 Nurburgring GP/F
To make things fair, we head to Germany where our big yellow bird originated from a nice town of Paffuersseuen to the 'Ring, the GP version, since they were working on the Northern loop, sorry fans
... But anywhoo.... The RUF was an absolute hoot on the track, even when pushing against forces of understeer, the front tires just kept burning up! We had a ruff time with that pressure and started ripping some e-brakes for some AWD drifting action in the corners, and let me tell ya... It was FUN!
But after this playtime. It was serious mode for us. We needed to hit the best time possible. Although it was a small handful of trouble, and some near instant kill moves we had to avoid of the angry yellow bird, we actually did an amazing time on the GP with 2:15.
By the time for the F40 test, it was getting late in the evening. But that didn't stop us from getting a good time on the track. As with Monza before, we were having a little drift fest with the F40's wild oversteer. If the CTR2's tires were burning, so was the F40's. We had to stop drifting under the sunset and put away the Formula Drift/D1GP action for some Stig driving! And so we did, and avoiding any crashes and spinouts, we placed an good time under 2:20 under the night sky. And those sweet pop-up lights!
Nurburgring GP-F
CTR2 2:15.913
F40 2:17.628
Round 3: 5 Lap Race on Willow Field
We have ties with both cars, so we need to spice things up a bit. We took the cars to sunny SoCal at the Willow Field Track for some 550PP racing on sports hard. And let me tell you this, it was one wild ride.... Although both cars are in the 500PP range, they are stick and up against older and modern cars with better engines and PP. Did it scare them? Nope, they both went in fighting. In a list lineup of GTRs, LFA Nurs, 288 GTOs, a F430 Scud, and a XBow; they didn't flinch at any opposition the other cars gave them. We had some tight racing with the LFA (F40) and 288 (993 CTR2) and to top the difficulty, fighting oversteer and understeer. Made it risky to sometimes push the cars on the track harder than we wanted to do, especially on the Omega corner and the final corner. But somehow with skill and luck, both took the flag at 1st.
Race: F40:1st CTR2: 1st
Sudden Death!!!!!
Yes we are using touge terms for this...
But it is tough to compare these two amazing cars that do great times on every challenge we threw them on so we take them to the tail of the devil or la cold del diablo for this final run. Both turbocharged beasts faced their nemesis of understeer and oversteer in the dangling twists and corners and a tough corner that throws you into the ditch or barrier before the finish line (which did happen.. D'oh!) But we achieved a low time with the RUF, who beat the F40 by at least 2:28 on the Spanish touge....
Sudden Death: Custom Andalusia "La Cola Del Diablo"
F40 2:35.00
CTR2 2:28.00
Conclusion
After driving both great cars on the many tracks, it is a tough choice for us to chose. The Group B monster TT V8 F40 or the high boost, Mr. Hyde 911 CTR2 993.... Ugh why make my life harder with both of my iconic childhood cars that I want to own some day. WHY?!?!?!?
But it seems that I must.... And I declare the RUF CTR2 993 as the winner of this challenge. Congrats RUF!
P.S.
@MrWaflz55: Love your final verdict sig! That one mafe me scoff, laugh and facepalm knowing this could happen. Props!
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But with life and some laziness from doing other things have been in the way for me and I couldn't do some of them! 
I'll be done in an hour or two
