2006 Porsche 987 Cayman 3.4 S Bore Score Edition
Discussion
Great thread so far hope you keep it coming. I've owned my Cayman for nearly a year now after being in a 986 and falling in love with the Porsche drive and spending 2 years looking for the best jump into pork ownership.
As people have said about bore scoring it is a niggle I have in the back of my mind. Since I've owned the car I've had it borescoped twice (no problem what so ever) fully changed oil to Miller nano but people need to remember these cars still use oil.
I've also put grills on the front since reading the horror stories about rot and debris damage but also I love the look it gives the car. Changed the fog bulbs as well since I felt the yellow lights looked a tad strange with the bi-x.
Am now thinking about 17" from reading this as it may become my everyday car and got lots of trips planed to rake up the mileage.
Also thread made me get my finger out and do the summer clay bar/polish n wax ready for the local shows.
Look forward to the next saga cmoose!
As people have said about bore scoring it is a niggle I have in the back of my mind. Since I've owned the car I've had it borescoped twice (no problem what so ever) fully changed oil to Miller nano but people need to remember these cars still use oil.
I've also put grills on the front since reading the horror stories about rot and debris damage but also I love the look it gives the car. Changed the fog bulbs as well since I felt the yellow lights looked a tad strange with the bi-x.
Am now thinking about 17" from reading this as it may become my everyday car and got lots of trips planed to rake up the mileage.
Also thread made me get my finger out and do the summer clay bar/polish n wax ready for the local shows.
Look forward to the next saga cmoose!
anonymous said:
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Got mine set up after changing the tyres at the start of the year - it drives a lot better than it did when you had a go, you'd be amazed how much a difference a little bit more neg camber (just a little) at the front makes.
anonymous said:
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£1,200? What the actual f
k? (just checked... cats are part of the manifold... clever design 
)Headers for my 996 were less than £300 for a pair.
Glad to hear she's running properly again. When I had my new exhaust, the car felt like it had gained 50bhp, which probably reflected how bad the old system was. 2nd biggest dramatic transformation after having new arms/top mounts/ARB bushes a couple of years ago.
Chris Stott said:
£1,200? What the actual fk? (just checked... cats are part of the manifold... clever design )
Headers for my 996 were less than £300 for a pair.
Glad to hear she's running properly again. When I had my new exhaust, the car felt like it had gained 50bhp, which probably reflected how bad the old system was. 2nd biggest dramatic transformation after having new arms/top mounts/ARB bushes a couple of years ago.
Most new cars have close coupled cats to ensure very quick light off and good emissions results.k? (just checked... cats are part of the manifold... clever design )Headers for my 996 were less than £300 for a pair.
Glad to hear she's running properly again. When I had my new exhaust, the car felt like it had gained 50bhp, which probably reflected how bad the old system was. 2nd biggest dramatic transformation after having new arms/top mounts/ARB bushes a couple of years ago.
There's power in those manifolds, for sure, they're s
te!The leak is pre-lambda so it would be drawing fresh air into the exhaust and the lambda sensor then reads leaner than it actually is, the ECU then richens up the mixture to compensate. It's running better now as the fueling is correct, you should notice an improvement in fuel economy also.
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