Cost of tracking your Boxster/Cayman?

[px1980]

What do you guys average in costs (consumables, labour, all-in) when using your Boxsters/Caymans on track? Am thinking of getting either the 718 GTS 4.0 or GT4 with a view to track it 8-10 times/year.

[04BAP]

£4k

[julian987R]

04BAP said:

£4k

Wow so going by that sum (considering the original posters ‘ten times a year’) each time one tracks their car it amounts to circa £400.
Gosh it’s quite pricey huh.

[gtsralph]

A set of tyres, pads, maybe discs, brake fluid and oil change. Tools one off; tyre pump, pressure gauge, torque wrench + misc small tools

[Cunno]

Cost of TD,s in a 997GT3 I expect a GT4 would be similar.
For the fist Year or 2 cost will be less , until big ticket items need replacing

[icekay]

julian987R said:

04BAP said:

£4k

Wow so going by that sum (considering the original posters ‘ten times a year’) each time one tracks their car it amounts to circa £400.
Gosh it’s quite pricey huh.

£400 is unrealistically low per track day in a Cayster

[TDT]

Cunno said:

Cost of TD,s in a 997GT3 I expect a GT4 would be similar.
For the fist Year or 2 cost will be less , until big ticket items need replacing

Thanks a lot J, I wish you hadn’t posted that, lol.
Will have to try to un-see it now!

[MannyLon]

After how many hours of track time should oil be changed?
I presume that the Porsche guidelines are wrong?

[Cunno]

TDT said:

Thanks a lot J, I wish you hadn’t posted that, lol.
Will have to try to un-see it now!

Scary I know but, does include an average cost of the TD and fuel for day so mtce would be closer to £700

[Rojibo]

Cunno said:

Cost of TD,s in a 997GT3 I expect a GT4 would be similar.
For the fist Year or 2 cost will be less , until big ticket items need replacing

What about the cost of track day insurance too?

[Cunno]

MannyLon said:

After how many hours of track time should oil be changed?
I presume that the Porsche guidelines are wrong?

No correct answer here, I’ve heard of people who do no extra and some change every TD.
Personally change mine every 5 TDs

[Cunno]

Rojibo said:

What about the cost of track day insurance too?

Mannings all in one for Uk so little extra over normal unless going abroad in which case add another £250 per day

[TDT]

Cunno said:

Scary I know but, does include an average cost of the TD and fuel for day so mtce would be closer to £700

Yep this true.

Cunno said:

Mannings all in one for Uk so little extra over normal unless going abroad in which case add another £250 per day

+1 for Mannings

[TDT]

Cunno said:

MannyLon said:

After how many hours of track time should oil be changed?
I presume that the Porsche guidelines are wrong?

No correct answer here, I’ve heard of people who do no extra and some change every TD.
Personally change mine every 5 TDs

Similarly i start the season with fresh, then have a change after 5 or 6 days dependant how much running I have actually done in those days and crucially if they were high temp days.

Also new front rotors and pads. Rears have been lasting around x2.5 - x3 vs the fronts.... that was with OEM Steel rotors, Pads and fluid.
Changed to PFC V3 rotors F/R, Manthey-Racing Pagid Pads F/R with SRF, and braided lines so hopefully will all last longer now.

This year so far, new coil packs as a precaution, as the car is 5years old. With a few more nice little bits to come.

Edited by TDT on Saturday 2nd January 21:32

[Rojibo]

How much does the Mannings cover come in at yearly chaps? If you don't mind me asking? Mine (Esure) is due for renewal in March.

[Geoff39GL]

Rojibo said:

How much does the Mannings cover come in at yearly chaps? If you don't mind me asking? Mine is due for renewal in March.

Mine is due in April, last year was £550 based on 6k miles which I have got nowhere near in the last year with covid.

[julian987R]

Cunno said:

Cost of TD,s in a 997GT3 I expect a GT4 would be similar.
For the fist Year or 2 cost will be less , until big ticket items need replacing

Wow, so ten track days would be over £10k.
Incredible, had no idea it ran into that level of costs.

[px1980]

Cunno said:

Cost of TD,s in a 997GT3 I expect a GT4 would be similar.
For the fist Year or 2 cost will be less , until big ticket items need replacing

Very clear&helpful, thanks

[Steve Rance]

julian987R said:

Wow, so ten track days would be over £10k.
Incredible, had no idea it ran into that level of costs.

That very cheap track time. As a comparison, 10 races in a Cayman GT4 race would be around £100k and 10 races in Carrera Cup around £150k both plus damage costs - and you get less track time at race meetings

Running a relatively heavy GT car on the track has a cost. I always budget between £1-1.3k per track day

[worldwidewebs]

And this is why I track my Elise in preference to the 911. It's significantly lighter weight means costs are a fraction of those posted above and I tend to change the oil/filter every 3 track days.

Obviously, if you have very deep, well-stocked pockets this may not be a consideration!