2006 Porsche 987 Cayman 3.4 S Bore Score Edition

[anonymous-user]

It is properly scary and pretty disgusting that Porsche can't seem to get these things right. Credit to them for sorting yours out but I am betting that it very much depends on a pristine OPC history before they (Porsche) would start to try and wriggle a bit. Seems like a real minefield?

[harry kular]

Congratulations on the new car, shame about the bad start, but onwards and upwards from now.

The extended leather looks great, really makes a difference and enhances the quality feel of the interior.

[guitarmandan]

I've wanted a Cayman since they first got released - I'm not normally a Porsche fanatic I just love the rear quarter on these, they look so purposeful. That full leather does look great...

I'm off to the classifieds!

[james_gt3rs]

So this was Porsche's manufacturers warranty? How new do cars have to be to have this?

And how did you diagnose it?

[james_gt3rs]

Warranty worth every penny on these then!

[DoubleSix]

Thinking of getting back in a 987.

Do we know definitively that the 987.2 has resolved the issue of bore scoring?

[kchika]

Congrats on the lovely example.

I'm also in the market for a 987.1 Cayman. How do I know if the car I'm looking at has Extended Leather or not?

[kchika]

The one I'm looking at has the Terracotta interior and does have leather in the places that you've mentioned.

However, according to the following link, Extended Leather was never offered with Terracotta?

http://www.planet-9.com/faq.php?faq=optionsindex

[clarki]

Very nice...

...and guards, so you must be a purist, lol!!

[kchika]

Thank you cmoose. Very impressive! I wasn't able to find any other info online...

[SkinnyP]

Cmoose you sexy little thing.

[j80jpw]

I had the extended leather in black with sports steering wheel and seats but with red stitching, no idea why I sold it....... actually I do, I had kids....

[LaurasOtherHalf]

All this faffing around finding extended leather and you end up going for nhs grey with ruffled leather

Nice looking car in all seriousness & a good job it had the warranty on it eh? I just can't fathom why the 3.4 has such a reputation for the bore scoring? You'd think it would be much safer than the 3.6 or 3.8 due to being a smaller bore, maybe the barrels are cast thinner on the cayman/boxster engines?

[turboteeth]

Nice colour combination!

Shame about the original engine but brilliant that the warranty paid out.

I'm looking for some winter tyres for my 06 Cayman S but had not thought about 17s + spacers...

[LaurasOtherHalf]

anonymous said:

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Well, if nothing else I find "the roushe" is comfier! I had grey in my 993 but in all honesty I never felt it went with the speed yellow exterior even though it had the black dash/steering/belt line combo. Currently looking at 997s and my main stipulation is the interior mustn't be black, not sure I'd go for grey again though!

Interesting re the stroke and bore by the way, I didn't know that- my old man has a 3.4 boxster (my07).

[stuart-b]

Really, really, really wanted one of these as my next car. However exactly what happened here is probably why I won't. Can you provide us with more details about the rebuild? Do you how much it would cost for an indi to do it out of warranty, and have Porsche upgraded the internals to avoid this re-occurring?

Looks like I'm sticking with the plan of an E92 M3 w/DCT - from what I've researched the engines are bullet proof as is the DCT (in terms of power the clutch packs can take)

However, my heart would prefer the Cayman

[stuart-b]

anonymous said:

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Wow that is an outrageous price for the performance. Sadly I don't think I could stomach that lingering in the back of my mind - your car is beautiful though and I hope it provides many miles of trouble free performance now it has been sorted. The design is a shame as the 944 S2 3.0/968 engine is absolutely bullet proof (usually 200k+ without a rebuild), as is the 928 bigger daddy version. I always wondered why Porsche seemingly only invested in their 6 cylinder engine (apart from the SUV size VW units), well I do know, they want the 911 to remain the top dog as the halo model, dispute the design flaws which the Cayman mostly corrected.

Bit off topic, but have a look at what is possible - an old 928 took part in a US race series. The engine has so much potential one 'shop devoted R&D time to see what was possible. The result is a 700+ bhp N/A monster. Not bad from its 80's/90's origins. The chap who races in the series is beating cars 20 years younger than his.


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads4/948_811092...

I wonder if this is possible with the new engines Porsche is punting? Reminds me of the E92 vs E30 - if you look at the quality of my cars components, interior, suspension parts, etc - it is nothing like the E30, which can still look fresh even after galactic mileage. All about profit margins...

[stuart-b]

Interesting, thanks for the info

[FTW]

anonymous said:

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We blew up 4 M97 engines in the early days of our Cayman Race car, either through bore scoring or the cheese like conrods letting go. Saying that a few tweaks can see these engines being equally as good as a Mezger.

OP, lovely car. I like the cayman very much, if the engine is warmed and lubricated properly it will go to 120k no bother.

[Luke.]

FTW said:

We blew up 4 M97 engines in the early days of our Cayman Race car, either through bore scoring or the cheese like conrods letting go. Saying that a few tweaks can see these engines being equally as good as a Mezger.

OP, lovely car. I like the cayman very much, if the engine is warmed and lubricated properly it will go to 120k no bother.

As much as 120k?