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Thinking of building a Cayman "DE" car for me and the wife. What needs done?
As the title says........Thinking of building a Cayman "DE" car for me and the wife. What needs done? It will be an early (think $20K or less donor car) model year with manual tranny.
Not building a race car. Done that many times over. Not again.
Just want a car that I can drive to the track (VIR is 1 hour from my home) and my wife and I can enjoy it. I know it's not a GT3 but my GT3 only needed toe arms, locking plates, and safety bits (seats, harnesses, roll bar) to have fun with on track as my days of trying to win the DE are long gone.
Anything that just NEEDS to be done for the car to be track worthy so I don't run into oiling issues, cooling issues, etc???
I've DE'd the GT3 a few times but I just can't justify tracking that car anymore as I have over 100K in that car and it's just worth way too much now that would become worthless if it was ever damaged.
You will want a gearbox cooler, and doubly so if you decide you want to run an LSD. Because of the midengine design, the oil sloshes away from the ring and pinion. We've seen them getting really hot on the track, even in a 30 minute session.
987.1 cars have oiling issues when tracked, consider a oil pan upgrade. If you plan on running slicks then get an accusump. Also, the AOS is a known weak point on these cars.
987.1 cars have oiling issues when tracked, consider a oil pan upgrade. If you plan on running slicks then get an accusump. Also, the AOS is a known weak point on these cars.
What about running an entry level tire like the Nitto NT01?
I would suggest an accusump if you plan on any non-street compound. You might want to spend some time over on planet9, a lot of info on track mods for a reliable 987.1 .
Just built a DE car.. Here's the list.. (about 30k in mods @ my cost plus car) Yes some of it is overkill but coming from a 997.2 GT3 this is pretty much as close as I could get.. If I had it to do again.. I would just go lease a CPO 14 Cayman R 24 month term. Cost about 24k for 2 years and anything breaks send it back to the dealer.. At the end back to the dealer no worries about selling etc..
FABSPEED RACE HEADERS LONG
BMC SPORT AIR FILTER
OIL PAN MOTORSPORT
OIL PAN INSTALLATION KIT
MAGNETIC DRAIN PLUG
THERMOSTAT INC GASKET
LIGHTWEIGHT FLYWHEEL
INTERMEDIATE SHAFT KIT (CERAMIC)
REPAIR TOOL INTERMEDIATE SHAFT
MOTORSPORT AIR/OIL SEPERATOR
SPORT CLUTCH KIT
STEEL BRAKELINES
LUCAS FAB INDUSTRIES RACE EXHAUST
LUCAS FAB INDUSTRIES ROLL BAR
SOFTRONIC ECU
IPD COMPETITION INTAKE PLENUMN
GT3 THROTTLE BODY
B&M SHORT SHIFTER
GT3 SHIFT CONSOLE
KW Clubsport Coilovers
PAGID PADS FRONT (2405)
PAGID PADS REAR (2406)
THRID RADIATOR KIT
RSS UNDERDRIVE PULLY
997 GT3 CUP BUMPER
997GT3 CUP SPLITTER
CUP BRAKE DUCTS
INTERSERIES WING/DECKLID/ENDPLATES
OMP STEERING WHEEL
NRG Quick Release and Short Hub
LR Enginering Oil Filter
GT3 FRONT CONTROL ARMS
OZ Alleggerita HLT BLK PAINT 8.5"
OZ Alleggerita HLT BLK PAINT 10"
235/40ZR-18 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup
285/30ZR-18 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup
DRILLED ROTORS
ACCUSUMP
As the title says........Thinking of building a Cayman "DE" car for me and the wife. What needs done? It will be an early (think $20K or less donor car) model year with manual tranny.
Not building a race car. Done that many times over. Not again.
Just want a car that I can drive to the track (VIR is 1 hour from my home) and my wife and I can enjoy it. I know it's not a GT3 but my GT3 only needed toe arms, locking plates, and safety bits (seats, harnesses, roll bar) to have fun with on track as my days of trying to win the DE are long gone.
Anything that just NEEDS to be done for the car to be track worthy so I don't run into oiling issues, cooling issues, etc???
I've DE'd the GT3 a few times but I just can't justify tracking that car anymore as I have over 100K in that car and it's just worth way too much now that would become worthless if it was ever damaged.
11-26-2014, 03:11 PM
Thinking of building a Cayman "DE" car for me and the wife. What needs done?
