Road and Track spec Cayman S? - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Hi all, Just wanted to ask your opinions on this idea. I've currently got a "normal" car and a Caterfield fun thing. If I decided that I'd rather just have one car - in this case a used Cayman S - what could be (or should be) done to ensure that it would be as happy lapping track days, sprints and hill climbs as it would taking me to the station in the morning? I hear a lot of horror stories about the engines but I can't be the only one who'd like to really use their car. Brakes, suspension, engine, intake, exhaust, oil cooling - all of that.... What needs to be done, who can do it and how much would it cost on top of a decent used Cayman s? Thanks in advance. Kai

year of car you want to buy ? I would get an Elise SC if I were you for £30k, you can throw £20k at a Cayman S depending how far one wants to go, or £5k if you do it cheap.

Porsche911R said: year of car you want to buy ? I would get an Elise SC if I were you for £30k, you can throw £20k at a Cayman S depending how far one wants to go, or £5k if you do it cheap. While an Elise makes a lot of sense as a track day car, it's compromised as an everyday car. If you are going 2 up on holiday luggage space is very limited, and it's pretty noisy on a long run. But it depends what the OP does with his "normal" car.

If you go for a Gen 2 (2009 on)it will require a lot less doing engine-wise than a Gen 1. Both are likely to require brake upgrades and possibly decent coilovers.

bcr5784 said: While an Elise makes a lot of sense as a track day car, it's compromised as an everyday car. If you are going 2 up on holiday luggage space is very limited, and it's pretty noisy on a long run. But it depends what the OP does with his "normal" car. true but he put 1st "it would be as happy lapping track days, sprints and hill climbs as it would taking me to the station in the morning?" 2nd was just taking him to the station in the morning, seems the Elise SC fits the bill 95% to me. converting a Cayman to a hill climb or sprint car means taking out all the weight and that will also be a compromised everyday car esp with hard shocks and race pads ! again it depends what the OP wants 3 or 4 track days for fun yes a Cayman is great, take it to 7 or 8, any normal road car eats consumables and again the Elise wins hands down,

Porsche911R said: true but he put 1st "it would be as happy lapping track days, sprints and hill climbs as it would taking me to the station in the morning?" 2nd was just taking him to the station in the morning, seems the Elise SC fits the bill 95% to me. converting a Cayman to a hill climb or sprint car means taking out all the weight and that will also be a compromised everyday car esp with hard shocks and race pads ! again it depends what the OP wants 3 or 4 track days for fun yes a Cayman is great, take it to 7 or 8, any normal road car eats consumables and again the Elise wins hands down, If "taking him to the station in the morning" was what he meant - rather than just a turn of phrase, then you're right. But I expect his life is a little more wideranging than that, though I may be mistaken. Like I said it really depends on his lifestyle (and whether he has access to something more practical one way or another at least occasionally).

Here is mine that I build last year and have used rather a lot this year, great trackday car with the right mods. I have gone to far with mine to use it as a regular road car due to using it for Time Attack.

anonymous said: [redacted] Standard engine with gt3 inlet setup and Milltek exhaust system + remap at the moment.

anonymous said: [redacted] Accusump, Deep sump pan, better oil (10W60 race oil) and remote oilfilter in boot.

Exige or Elise if you are going near a track. I have both (lucky me etc) Doing a trackday in the Cayman would be a complete waste of time and consumables for me. I have an Elise with a Honda K20 in the back. 225 BHP and some choice suspension. Weighs in the order of 800KG and would run rings round a Cayman on track. The downside of course is it awful to drive on the road. Noisy/harsh/terrible NVH its just about bearable but not my idea of fun. A stock Exige S is a good compromise they are excellent to drive on the road and you can get a set of track dampers and swap them over for trackdays in an hour. I have a few of each option in stock currently. I wont lower the tone by posting links but email me if you want a look or come have a drive. I have thought myself of doing a track biased 987.2 based Cayman after I had the Cayman R. If you are going to go for a track spec starting with an S is a vastly better route. In the end I stuck with the plan to get a K20 Lotus. Consumables are negligible and ultimately they go quicker for far less money.

nielsen said: anonymous said: [redacted] Accusump, Deep sump pan, better oil (10W60 race oil) and remote oilfilter in boot. who did this for you? Nice work.

The total spend would be interesting as people do think they can do it on the cheap.