Cayman R Owners Discussion Thread

[Axel987]

Agreed, and he promises 370-375 with these mods! I cant wait.


http://www.cargraphicts.com/en/products/exhaust-sy...

this one with the Race X exhaust for me

[J-P]

Axel987 said:

Agreed, and he promises 370-375 with these mods! I cant wait.


http://www.cargraphicts.com/en/products/exhaust-sy...

this one with the Race X exhaust for me

Hmmm...not sure I can deal with race cats. They can be very droney on part throttle, so awful'

[Axel987]

Im going commando my friend, no cats at all!

[J-P]

Axel987 said:

Im going commando my friend, no cats at all!

Great - good luck!

[EricE]

Axel987 said:

Agreed, and he promises 370-375 with these mods! I cant wait.


http://www.cargraphicts.com/en/products/exhaust-sy...

this one with the Race X exhaust for me

Please do keep us updated!
A Cayman R with 370 hp from a 3.4L seems like an incredible value proposition compared to the GT4 which is already decent in that department. As I don't spend much time on track wouldn't get much out of the increased mechanical grip and additional aero anyway.

Why did you renew Porsche Approved? Do you think they would do warranty work on your engine when they see a catless racing exhaust underneath? I highly doubt it...

[PorscheGT4]

No MOT if no cats just too much hassle and noise.

As for 981 easier to tune, the ecu is locked and no one has cracked it yet, so not easy to tune at all, he just puts a 911 map on it !

EBC yellow, well ditch them for a start :-)

:-) just sayin .

[Axel987]

PorscheGT4 said:

No MOT if no cats just too much hassle and noise.

As for 981 easier to tune, the ecu is locked and no one has cracked it yet, so not easy to tune at all, he just puts a 911 map on it !

EBC yellow, well ditch them for a start :-)

:-) just sayin .

981 can be tuned, just not via the OBD. keep up at the back

he doesnt put a 911 map on it, the car wont work like that. he has a 991 GTS engine in a Boxster 981 now!

im not yet 100% decided on no cats, but its alot cheaper, 7-8 bhp extra and MOT is only every other year, can renew right before then slap it on. so its mighty tempting

Edited by Axel987 on Saturday 21st March 21:00

Edited by Axel987 on Saturday 21st March 21:01

[PorscheGT4]

Has the 981 ecu been cracked or not ? Or is the guy using a stock 991 map ?

MOT every year in the UK so swapping manafolds is a non starter for most. And then there is the legal issue.

Edited by PorscheGT4 on Saturday 21st March 21:03

[Axel987]

PorscheGT4 said:

Has the 981 ecu been cracked or not ? Or is the guy using a stock 991 map ?

neither.

[PorscheGT4]

Axel987 said:

neither.

I am lost then, but then it's not a 981 thread so don't want to go into too much detail on it.

[Axel987]

PorscheGT4 said:

I am lost then, but then it's not a 981 thread so don't want to go into too much detail on it.

read this topic:

http://www.planet-9.com/981-cayman-boxster-modific...

[PorscheGT4]

Axel987 said:

read this topic:

http://www.planet-9.com/981-cayman-boxster-modific...

Looked at the 1st 2 pages and last 2 pages did not see a solution bar a stock 991 map.

[Axel987]

you cant flash a 981 with 991 software, it wont work.
From what I have gathered, they are flashing 981 S cars with modified GTS software ( up from 315 to 360ish from only a map) other mods on top of that bring it up to 370 and beyond.

[PorscheGT4]

But if the 981 code has not been cracked how do they mod a GTS map ?

[Axel987]

They still wont get full throttle with the GTS map, probably running a little rich compared to the 991 as not to upset the mighty carrera

but with mods to manifolds and exhaust you can still get to 370+ in the 981 S... not to shabby

[EricE]

Have you contacted Racing Erich regarding the 987? I just noticed that he only deals with 991/981 cars according to his site.

Imagine a Boxster Spyder with 375 PS, 1275kg and an engine that sounds like this... keep your 981 GT4 and Spyder, thank you very much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmDj2vfbLk

Edited by EricE on Saturday 21st March 21:45

[Axel987]

spoken to him on phone and mails, he offers full tuning for the 987 R as well. Their cayman R racecar produces 385 hp!


fk me the overruns!! EPIC

[Axel987]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYMdoou3n7Q

also strangely arousing...

[swimd]

EricE said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmDj2vfbLk

That top end makes everything I've heard from the GT4 sound rather... anti-climatic. Crikey.

[Webdunk]

John McM said:

worldwidewebs said:

What do you guys do to your cars to need those ugly things? My R has done 30k miles now and the bolsters look like new

For me it's future proofing as the Sports Seats on my Turbo 3.6 wore on the bolsters. It may take a few more years but eventually they will wear. It also helps prevent damage from jeans rivets.

18k on mine and the previous owners had inflicted the beginnings of noticeable wear. Given the replacement OEM bit of leather is a ludicrous £500 per side, I figured these things were a good bet. In terms of aesthetics, it's not like the driver or anyone else spends an awful lot of time looking at the bolster so no real drama there.