Cayman GTS

[isuk]

FrankCayman said:

I think isuk was just joking regarding the 's' as we had a troll earlier knocking the GTS.

For the avoidance of doubt I was joking

[Budweiser]

FrankCayman said:

I think isuk was just joking regarding the 's' as we had a troll earlier knocking the GTS.

I specc'd and ordered my 2.7 Cayman back in Jan 2013 and took delivery last April. I set myself a very tight budget of £46,000 and managed to spec very lightly (PCM, 20" wheels, SSplus, twin exhaust, manual box...that was it).

As said by Budweiser earlier in this thread....once you pick these cars up and drive them...it really doesn't matter what spec you choose...they are just great cars!! I can honestly say, there isn't another car that would suit my needs more than this at the moment....nearly 40K on the clock now.... I am totally satisfied!

So chaps, long weekend coming....enjoy your 981's !!!

Edited by FrankCayman on Friday 22 August 07:05

Spot on Frank.....

[nsm3]

I'm still intrigued about this 3rd radiator, why it is necessary for a 4.6% power hike (meaning the S has no margin at all), how do they manage the airflow out of it (where are the exit vents?), does the 991 base have one and if not, why not and has any GTS owner got a picture of it?

I've read the Porsche bumf and it is definitely included, but I am puzzled tis all?

[paralla]

Does anyone have a photo that shows the third radiator? Interested to see how it fits in.

[itsybitsy]

Is the third radiator Pdk only?as I have read somewhere Pdk equipped cars have a third radiator?

[edo]

No third Rad (as far as I am aware) on my PDK equipped car..

[Budweiser]

OPC Colchester tell me there is a third Rad in the middle, what's it for? I don't know apart from the obvious....

[Budweiser]

edo said:

No third Rad (as far as I am aware) on my PDK equipped car..

Edo, were are talking about the GTS, lovely car you have there...

[nsm3]

Yes Edo, my CS is PDK and no 3rd rad, which is why I posed the questions above - can't understand why they need it?

[itsybitsy]

nsm3 said:

Yes Edo, my CS is PDK and no 3rd rad, which is why I posed the questions above - can't understand why they need it?

If fitted to Gts Pdk only I wonder if it's to do with reports of Pdk overheating on track when driven hard and hence third radiator fitted to new models?

[mrdemon]

itsybitsy said:

If fitted to Gts Pdk only I wonder if it's to do with reports of Pdk overheating on track when driven hard and hence third radiator fitted to new models?

PDK 987.2 had a 3rd RAD and still over heats if the temps are >28oc outside if used on track hard.

[itsybitsy]

mrdemon said:

itsybitsy said:

If fitted to Gts Pdk only I wonder if it's to do with reports of Pdk overheating on track when driven hard and hence third radiator fitted to new models?

PDK 987.2 had a 3rd RAD and still over heats if the temps are >28oc outside if used on track hard.

I did think the 987.2 Pdk had third rad. Did not tips also have third rad. And how does the 991gt3 keep its Pdk cool on track?

[CJP80]

Just out of the car at PEC and I overheated PDK on track after some launches and figure of eight naughtiness.

[Budweiser]

CJP80 said:

Just out of the car at PEC and I overheated PDK on track after some launches and figure of eight naughtiness.

The way I drive I can't see that being an issue for me :-)

[Budweiser]

CJP80 said:

Just out of the car at PEC and I overheated PDK on track after some launches and figure of eight naughtiness.

The way I drive I can't see that being an issue for me :-)

[nsm3]

mrdemon said:

itsybitsy said:

If fitted to Gts Pdk only I wonder if it's to do with reports of Pdk overheating on track when driven hard and hence third radiator fitted to new models?

PDK 987.2 had a 3rd RAD and still over heats if the temps are >28oc outside if used on track hard.

Mr.D - was the 7.2 3rd rad the same as the GT3, you know underneath the number plate or is it a small heat exchanger tucked away somewhere at the back of the car, or behind one of the 2 water cooling rads at the front?

If it was needed on the 987.2 PDK, then it must be the same for the 981.1 PDK surely, as it is the same engine? So when I say my car doesn't have a 3rd rad, I mean the big one slap bang in the middle at the front.

If this is right, Porsche touting it as some kind of performance upgrade/must have on the GTS is a bit cheeky, no?

[paralla]

The red PDK Cayman GTS at Silverstone on page 44 of this thread looks to have the ACC sensor in the same place as on a non GTS Cayman, right in the centre where you would expect to see a 3rd radiator.

I think the 981 GTS 3rd Radiator is urban myth. Happy to be proved wrong.

[rob.kellock]

FrankCayman said:

I specc'd and ordered my 2.7 Cayman back in Jan 2013...

...nearly 40K on the clock now.... I am totally satisfied!

Good work fella!

I have done 5k miles in mine since mid May...

[Budweiser]

paralla said:

The red PDK Cayman GTS at Silverstone on page 44 of this thread looks to have the ACC sensor in the same place as on a non GTS Cayman, right in the centre where you would expect to see a 3rd radiator.

I think the 981 GTS 3rd Radiator is urban myth. Happy to be proved wrong.

According to OPC you are....

[nsm3]

Fine, but where is it?

You have one, is there a great big, aluminium finned coil in the central recess between the headlights and under the front number plate?