Cayman GT4 Engine rumoured to be...
Cayman GT4 Engine rumoured to be...
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Vacationboy

Original Poster:

171 posts

142 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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A poster at rennteam knows somebody who is friends with somebody at Weissach. Report is 3.8L, practically straight out of the 911S. This way they don't have to develop a new motor. Nor submit a new motor for EPA/Euro regulatory certification...

Very through the grapevine of cource but makes sense. Will probably go very well, bit lazy of them though.
Still, marketing and profits trump everything else.

TheAnimal

3,473 posts

222 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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Nice if true... But another couple of posters on Rennlist also apparently in the know both said they heard it was the standard 3.4 with a few extra bits and some ECU tuning to get the desired output.

Either way we shall find out in 3 months time!

mrdemon

21,146 posts

294 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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and other say it's a 3.6 :-)

so back to all 3 engines again. move on... ;-)

DMC2

2,003 posts

240 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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3 engines were proposed and tested for the GT4, 3.4, 3.6 and 3.8. So in a way everybody is right.

dom9

8,671 posts

238 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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mrdemon said:
and other say it's a 3.6 :-)

so back to all 3 engines again. move on... ;-)
At least no one is toting the turbo rumour anymore wink

3.8 would work FOR ME... No replacement for displacement and all that.

3.6 would be my choice though... Fits the ethos IMHO (smaller capacity than GT3, larger capacity than other Caymans).

ChrisW.

8,148 posts

284 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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So not the V4 ??

pete a

3,799 posts

213 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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dom9 said:
At least no one is toting the turbo rumour anymore wink

3.8 would work FOR ME... No replacement for displacement and all that.

3.6 would be my choice though... Fits the ethos IMHO (smaller capacity than GT3, larger capacity than other Caymans).
I've got a 3.6l 415 hp lump in my 997.1 GT3, wow that would be awesome in a 1200kg mid engined Cayman GT4....

mollytherocker

14,465 posts

238 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2014
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It will have the 919 V4 turbo hybrid.

V8KSN

4,713 posts

213 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2014
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Cayman GT4 Engine rumoured to be...

Not a flat 6
Turbocharged
3.4
3.6
3.8
4.0
Mezger
V4 turbo hybrid

Err....what else....

Let's throw in a 5 cylinder turbo for good measure biggrin



Roadrunner996

213 posts

205 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2014
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Diesel.........

ellroy

7,835 posts

254 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2014
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That big wing you've seen in the reports?

Solar panels.

That's alll I'm saying.

ChrisW.

8,148 posts

284 months

Thursday 4th December 2014
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So no clue in the name ?

Even if it is a race series and the future for more economical cars ??

We will need to be patient smile

itsybitsy

5,985 posts

214 months

Thursday 4th December 2014
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i am not a patient person!apart from the engine i hope they do something special with the body work aswell so it doesnt look like a gts/cs with a wing at the back and mild pu changes.