Cayman GT4 Clubsport V 911 GT3 Cup Car

[London GT3]

Obviously dealing with race cars here, not road cars.

Firstly, would a GT4 Clubsport only be delivered by Reading or could it be ordered via OPC?

Regarding relative performance I think there are a number of people on here who have experience of racing 996 and 997 Cup Cars. How would they expect a GT4 Clubsport to compare to a Cup Car? I am ignoring a 991 Cup Car for the moment because they are much more expensive and I guess would be a performance step on from 996 and 997.

The Cup Cars are always said to be expensive to run because most components are "lifed". This seems to apply less to the GT4 which may make it a practical proposition for racing at sensible budget costs. With regard to lap times, I expect that long fast circuits would favour the 911 Cup Car but tighter circuits may favour the GT4 with its mid engine balance and PDK gearbox.

If I were to gather the funds to race one it would probably be in a series with List 1A or 1B tyres (such as CSCC New Millennium) so the Cup Car may be less suited to treaded tyres.

Any thoughts welcome, especially from those with experience racing Cup Cars. Steve R etc????

[London GT3]

bigmowley said:

Cars are from Reading only. If you have not received your allocation already then you haven't got one. Very limited numbers.
Delivery early Feb for 2016 season.

I hadn't realised they would be that limited in number although your post makes me realise why they might only be produced for the 2016 racing season. My racing is sorted for 2016 so I was looking more to late 16 and then a full 2017 season.

I might just call Reading to see if there is any chance but it sounds like I might have missed this one!

[London GT3]

NAS90 said:

I was going through a very similar thought process this week, the new GT4 car looks like a great package for racing.

In terms of speed i would be pretty confident that it'll be slower than than a 997 Cup car. There was a way of getting 997 Cup cars homologated to GT4 and it meant winding them back a bit in terms of aero and a few other backwards changes so I'd expect a standard Cup car to be quicker than the GT4 performance levels to which the Cayman GT4 is to be homologated. Over a 5kms circuit a standard 996 Cup car is a few seconds a lap slower than the 997 so I would expect similar performance to the GT4. All just my opinion, not backed up by any facts or figures.

In terms of cost the new Cayman GT4 should be miles cheaper than a Cup car to run. I have raced 996 Cup and a 997 RS and they are far from cheap to run over a season, the new GT4 gearbox and engine should have longer between rebuilds than the Cup engine and sequential box of the 997.

Thank you. Very helpful comments from someone with experience of 996 and 997 race cars.