Another completed DeMan 4.5L 718 - Impression/review!
08-04-2022, 10:28 AM
#241
If you guys manage to meet up - PLEASE TAKE VIDEO.
@JAhmed is one of those guys you can sit and BS with for hours..... I'm so disappointed I relocated away from the ****cago area before managing to coordinate a drive.
@JAhmed I am trying to coordinate a fall cruise down to Deals Gap with Stu and a few other good friends. Since I can't be there to harass him on weekends now - give him crap for it every time and keep it fresh. Maybe his GTS will arrive early enough to use it! And get your brother/buddies together too - lets do it!
@JAhmed is one of those guys you can sit and BS with for hours..... I'm so disappointed I relocated away from the ****cago area before managing to coordinate a drive.
@JAhmed I am trying to coordinate a fall cruise down to Deals Gap with Stu and a few other good friends. Since I can't be there to harass him on weekends now - give him crap for it every time and keep it fresh. Maybe his GTS will arrive early enough to use it! And get your brother/buddies together too - lets do it!
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JAhmed (08-04-2022)
08-05-2022, 04:19 PM
#242
991.2 GT3 Touring 4.5L and 718 GT4.5L
Check out this great work done by our client making a 4.5L 991.2 GT3 Touring..
Check out this great work done by our client making a 4.5L 991.2 GT3 Touring..
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Rick DeMan (08-06-2022)
08-05-2022, 04:27 PM
#243
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I'd love to see some video of a 4.5 with PDK please.
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08-05-2022, 05:31 PM
#244
Burning Brakes
I know this is the 4.5L thread but I keep watching that Tedward video with the stock 4.0 + DeMan's gearing and my credit card just hopped up out of my back pocket and ran into my closet screeching "yeeeeeeeep!" because that gearing is doable today... but the gearing + the motor is gonna require another annual bonus at work before I'd consider going that far!
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08-05-2022, 06:21 PM
#245
Anyone on here running 4.5 conversion or gearset for over more than 5000 miles, or know more about the quality and origin of the gearset parts?
08-05-2022, 10:02 PM
#246
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Mine has 5400 .. I did a day at Club Motorsports yesterday and by the time I get home will be closer to 5700 ..
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08-05-2022, 11:41 PM
#247
08-06-2022, 07:45 PM
#248
Drifting
Got a chance to let some of the guys at my dealership (Porsche Barrington) experience the car today. It remains the wildest ride I’ve ever owned, and keeps on getting better as I get to know it
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08-07-2022, 03:13 PM
#249
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Here you'all go ..
This was a 100 degree day and easily 140 degrees plus on the track .. there is plenty of opportunity for me to improve .. however due to heat and a front driver's tire that needs to be replaced .. and literally no one else on the track .. I was just enjoying driving it!
have the DeMan treatment
718 4.5L
catted headers and factory PSE
Over Axle pipes
Lightweight flywheel and clutch
short gear set 2-5 installed
LSD
100 octane tune
current mileage is ~5700 (I picked up late year with barely 500 miles)
TURN UP THE VOLUME and enjoy
This was a 100 degree day and easily 140 degrees plus on the track .. there is plenty of opportunity for me to improve .. however due to heat and a front driver's tire that needs to be replaced .. and literally no one else on the track .. I was just enjoying driving it!
have the DeMan treatment
718 4.5L
catted headers and factory PSE
Over Axle pipes
Lightweight flywheel and clutch
short gear set 2-5 installed
LSD
100 octane tune
current mileage is ~5700 (I picked up late year with barely 500 miles)
TURN UP THE VOLUME and enjoy
Last edited by SLATETT; 08-07-2022 at 03:51 PM.
08-07-2022, 03:43 PM
#250
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Off topic, but club motor sports looks awesome. $15k initiation and $2,100/year for 1 driver/10 track days. I wish I had something like that near me. Amazing views in the background, lots of twists and elevation changes.
08-07-2022, 03:58 PM
#251
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Here is what I would say about Club Motorsports - it was a ~5 hour ride for me .. really like the course and they have plenty of land to expand .. they have a new clubhouse under construction. No gas pumps onsite (future plan, but for now they do not want to take away from the local economy) .. which is "OK" as nearest is ~2 miles there .. but it would be "easier" to pump the 100 octane closer. The staff were awesome! I literally had access to 3 instructors the entire time .. they took me around the track first and did ride-alongs/tips/feedback till everyone felt comfortable. This club is located in a tourist town and plenty of things to do (hiking, biking, camping, and decent eats).
Last edited by SLATETT; 08-07-2022 at 04:05 PM.
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JAhmed (08-07-2022)
08-09-2022, 05:59 PM
#252
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The following was installed and setup by Joey Seely of E-Motion Engineering in Newport Beach, Ca.
- KW Clubsport 3 way dampers
- E-Motion front outer control arms
- E-Motion front and rear inner control arms
- E-Motion front tension arms
- E-Motion front tension arm mounts
- E-Motion front tie rods
- E-Motion front and rear drop links
- KW Clubsport 3 way dampers
- E-Motion front outer control arms
- E-Motion front and rear inner control arms
- E-Motion front tension arms
- E-Motion front tension arm mounts
- E-Motion front tie rods
- E-Motion front and rear drop links
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JAhmed (08-10-2022)
08-09-2022, 11:42 PM
#253
Drifting
For example, there is an off ramp near my home that I take on a daily basis and I know pretty well. I take it pretty briskly in every car, including my daily Taycan and wife's Cayenne GTS. Every car I own (see sig) gets deflected on a small ridge mid corner on that ramp, basically regardless of speed (>50 mph). The Spyder doesn't seem to notice it at all, even at triple digits.
The above is all anecdotal and subjective, and I don't have g forces and skidpad numbers to back my assessments up. But the car FEELS much better to me (I have thousands of miles of seat time in stock 718 GT cars), and that made the price of entry worth it.
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08-22-2022, 11:53 PM
#254
Drifting
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08-23-2022, 01:05 AM
#255
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The car's handling was basically transformed. Not that it handled poorly before, but it did have some "rear end waggle" that I wasn't too fond of, specifically under braking and when the rear end would get deflected mid corner. The car also did not tend to "smooth out" bumps as well as an MR damper car (458 and GT500 being my most recent references). While I decided to go with the "kitchen sink" approach, I suspect the dampers themselves made the biggest difference on how the car behaves overall.
For example, there is an off ramp near my home that I take on a daily basis and I know pretty well. I take it pretty briskly in every car, including my daily Taycan and wife's Cayenne GTS. Every car I own (see sig) gets deflected on a small ridge mid corner on that ramp, basically regardless of speed (>50 mph). The Spyder doesn't seem to notice it at all, even at triple digits.
The above is all anecdotal and subjective, and I don't have g forces and skidpad numbers to back my assessments up. But the car FEELS much better to me (I have thousands of miles of seat time in stock 718 GT cars), and that made the price of entry worth it.
For example, there is an off ramp near my home that I take on a daily basis and I know pretty well. I take it pretty briskly in every car, including my daily Taycan and wife's Cayenne GTS. Every car I own (see sig) gets deflected on a small ridge mid corner on that ramp, basically regardless of speed (>50 mph). The Spyder doesn't seem to notice it at all, even at triple digits.
The above is all anecdotal and subjective, and I don't have g forces and skidpad numbers to back my assessments up. But the car FEELS much better to me (I have thousands of miles of seat time in stock 718 GT cars), and that made the price of entry worth it.
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