I’m looking to start research on getting a trackable Cayman. Think 981 Cayman S, but my issue is how do you figure out common problem areas or consumables?
Does a salvage (but solid car) even matter for a track toy? Guessing insurance is harder to get, but likely would get track day insurance anyway.
I’ve done some track days with my prior M3, GT4 and some Porsche experience days. Looking to get more serious with it (have 4 tracks within a 2 hour radius).
If you are to go with a 981 Cayman generation and intend on heavily tracking it, I would recommend an oil cooler, optionally an extended oil pan for more capacity and cooling.
Lastly, if my memory serves correctly, the aluminum cam bolts or alu bolts in a critical component of the engine must be swapped to steel. High rpm driving can vibrate these to such perfection that they can back out or snap and cause catastrophic engine damage. 987 generation Caymans don’t have this issue as they are steel bolts. Easy fix/swap. Source from multiple shops I’ve spoken to. I would double and triple check on that with a race shop that has extensive 981 experience working on them. Since I own an 987 this really didn’t stay in my long term memory but posts like this help me to remember.
Fucking Porsche with the aluminum bolts which caused $16k engine out jobs on the pre-2019 Macan V6’s.
Now only a $4k job if you do bumper removal.
Was it for weight savings or just looking for good marketing headlines?
Wow! Excellent info. Reminds me of the tolerance on the rod bearings for the e9x M3. Not wildly a problem but zero room for error, you either drive 150k worry free miles or get a glorified piece of engine art one day.