Cayman R - owners/buyers/mods
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and and another 100 for the caster extenderThere are a lot of different manufacturers of the adjustable rear toe links, Tarret, Elephant etc. They are basically just a rear toe link with a thread part grafted on or a single piece with the thread turned on. There are also quite a few home mechanic/machinists who are making these. There is a chap on boxa.net doing them. I've had a home-made pair on mine for coming up 18 months at a guess and refurbed them with a more suitable/expensive Fluro rod end.
Axel987 said:
do you have a link to the rear toe links MrDemon? : - ) or number
http://www.design911.co.uk/fu/prod12921/Porsche-996-RSS-Adjustable-Toe-Steer-Kit-REAR-312/http://www.tarett.com/items/boxster~cayman-product...
http://www.elephantracing.com/suspension/controlar...
http://www.torquesolution.com/product-p/ts-por-003...
Well there was some talk a while back about short shift kits and shifter cables and from memory MrDemon chimed in with mention of engine mounts (sorry i can't be bothered to trawl back to find it). Well I'm driving the poor mans Cayman R which is my 07 S with a boatload of mods to it, but i guess its the same as the R bar the stickers and silly door straps. Anyways my researches told me that the hot ticket was to leave the engine mount stock but to replace dependant on mileage as they can seemingly degrade after as little as 20k miles, so first stop was changing the oem engine mount and i was astonished to see mine had totally fell apart although it has 72k miles on it now. So next stage of my hot ticket was to change out the transmission mounts to wevo semi solid items which are by no means cheap but seemed to get very good reviews. So first drive this evening and i can say wow! they have really transformed the feeling of the rear of the car and given it a great tautness that i would never have guessed was missing from the stock car. The gear shift (I'm running the oem ssk) is slightly crisper too with the result that I'm now considering not fitting the CUP cables as its a lot of cash for what may be little gain. So the only downside being that there is a resonant gearbox rumble just below 3k rpm. I have heard that it takes a while for the mounts to bed in so maybe it will go away but either way it doesn't bother me and adds to the slight rawness I'm going for, but i suspect it may offend some. So all in a big thumbs up from me for stock engine mount and semi solid transmission mounts to firm things up a bit without introducing too much NVH which i have read comes from doing the solid engine mounts too.
Edited by PR36 on Tuesday 14th April 21:11
Edited by PR36 on Tuesday 14th April 21:27
PR36 said:
Well there was some talk a while back about short shift kits and shifter cables and from memory MrDemon chimed in with mention of engine mounts (sorry i can't be bothered to trawl back to find it). Well I'm driving the poor mans Cayman R which is my 07 S with a boatload of mods to it, but i guess its the same as the R bar the stickers and silly door straps. Anyways my researches told me that the hot ticket was to leave the engine mount stock but to replace dependant on mileage as they can seemingly degrade after as little as 20k miles, so first stop was changing the oem engine mount and i was astonished to see mine had totally fell apart although it has 72k miles on it now. So next stage of my hot ticket was to change out the transmission mounts to wevo semi solid items which are by no means cheap but seemed to get very good reviews. So first drive this evening and i can say wow! they have really transformed the feeling of the rear of the car and given it a great tautness that i would never have guessed was missing from the stock car. The gear shift (I'm running the oem ssk) is slightly crisper too with the result that I'm now considering not fitting the CUP cables as its a lot of cash for what may be little gain. So the only downside being that there is a resonant gearbox rumble just below 3k rpm. I have heard that it takes a while for the mounts to bed in so maybe it will go away but either way it doesn't bother me and adds to the slight rawness I'm going for, but i suspect it may offend some. So all in a big thumbs up from me.
Interesting, I wonder if it would have the same effect on a Gen II R...Edited by PR36 on Tuesday 14th April 21:11
Beanoir said:
Interesting, I wonder if it would have the same effect on a Gen II R...
I can't say for sure, but looking on the importer website they list a different engine mount for the gen 2 (although it looks identical to gen 1) but for the transmission mount it seems to suggest that all 987 are interchangeable. You can end up at a similar place. Once you get in there you will see it's not all that complicated. A lot of the bits are listed on Design911 for example.
For example when some people for the cheapy short shifts it's an opportune moment to replace some of those plastic bushes in the lever linkage to metal ones.
For example when some people for the cheapy short shifts it's an opportune moment to replace some of those plastic bushes in the lever linkage to metal ones.
Sarnie said:
It's all about the 'ring sticker...Bloody low mileage
edc said:
If you look at the fixings at the gearbox end and the bushes under the gaitor you will see a lot of white nylon inserts in plastic parts. There are various replacement parts made out of machined metal sold as upgrades and marketed as giving more feel.
Can you point me in the direction of these replacement parts, I can't seem to find any. Yes it seems the oem cables are metal but a smaller diameter than the numeric cup cables and there are many pics online of them breaking in very low mile cars but mine seem to have lasted. By the way the numeric cables are £500 just to buy without fitting...Gassing Station | Boxster/Cayman | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff