Advisor's Sapphire Blue 981 Cayman GTS Journal
05-16-2020, 11:59 PM
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05-17-2020, 07:55 PM
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05-17-2020, 08:15 PM
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Thanks for the response. And, obviously, your car is beautiful!
I'm going to drive a GTS (Sapphire Blue!) with PDK on Monday. My hope is that the PDK will always keep me in the peak torque band. So, I should know a lot more after Monday.
If only my GT4 had a PDK, I suspect I would keep it. I'd just have to endure the harsh suspension.
Thanks.
I'm going to drive a GTS (Sapphire Blue!) with PDK on Monday. My hope is that the PDK will always keep me in the peak torque band. So, I should know a lot more after Monday.
If only my GT4 had a PDK, I suspect I would keep it. I'd just have to endure the harsh suspension.
Thanks.
05-18-2020, 10:18 AM
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Good points colnago60. I remember seeing an extensive post debating available gear ratios and final drive ratios for the GT4. Updating the ratios looks like a non-trivial cost, however. But it is certainly an option to remembver.
I have found and skimmed your extensive thread wrt DSC controller. Your patience is commendable. It is a relatively inexpensive upgrade and easy to install. This too I will keep in mind.
If I were to go with one or both of those routes, I think I'd want to wait for my CPO to expire. I would hate to invalidate the CPO because I (perhaps incorrectly) assume that the CPO would cover the GT4 3rd gear failure should it occur.
I still suspect I will like the PDK in the GTS. But it'll be hard to give up the 3.8 l engine.
Sad isn't it that I have such worries when folks are loosing their jobs and loved ones?
I have found and skimmed your extensive thread wrt DSC controller. Your patience is commendable. It is a relatively inexpensive upgrade and easy to install. This too I will keep in mind.
If I were to go with one or both of those routes, I think I'd want to wait for my CPO to expire. I would hate to invalidate the CPO because I (perhaps incorrectly) assume that the CPO would cover the GT4 3rd gear failure should it occur.
I still suspect I will like the PDK in the GTS. But it'll be hard to give up the 3.8 l engine.
Sad isn't it that I have such worries when folks are loosing their jobs and loved ones?
Unfortunately, I don't have the pockets to "resolve either issue", with regards to gearing, or power/TQ, as some life expenses are taking priority. For me, Its not the tall gearing in the GT4 that's the issue, but the gearing, coupled with the "tall cams", as well as the flat spot between 4k - 5k RPMs that make the car feel like it has no urgency. I'll have to choose wisely on my path as I won't have the budget for a 4.5L "and" gearing changes.
For me, I think if the car had 40-50ft lbs, more, I'd be good. Its seeming like a catless header/tune is the least expensive path, but about the same as the re-gear/lw flywheel. That said, a PDK GTS with some header change may put you where you want to be. I think I'd be good with stock power, but different gearing, but I had the 3rd gear recall work done when I picked up the car in August. I'm reluctant to crack open a new tranny, that's under warranty, especially when I may still have a motor issue.
07-21-2020, 10:21 PM
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Anyone relatively local to the Philadelphia area with SOUL headers on their 981 w/ PSE? Trying to make a decision & can’t quite make up my mind. HELP! 😩
08-14-2021, 01:26 PM
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Happy Saturday! Any tire experts out there want to weigh in on what’s going on with the two front tires on my CGTS? When getting gas this week I noticed this line going down both tires. The tires have seen a little bit of DE time by my wife in the beginner group. They are the old MPSS & the date on them is ‘1017’.
08-14-2021, 01:38 PM
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I would not represent myself as a tire expert but the cracks in between the treads seem to me as if it is drying out, if it were me I would look into new tires all around
08-14-2021, 09:58 PM
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Beautiful car. I LOVE that blue. Your tires look tired. Dried out. If it were my beautiful sports car, I'd throw a fresh set on without thinking twice about it.
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08-17-2021, 09:50 AM
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Thanks for the feedback all. In the back of my head, I was already thinking the same, I guess I just needed confirmation. New Michelin P4S's have been ordered & will be mounted before the week is out.
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08-17-2021, 10:04 AM
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08-17-2021, 10:06 AM
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I don't know if I can call myself a Houstonian just yet. Closed on a home this summer & it is currently being worked on. Looking forward to the longer 'summer' season & any driving/track or cars & coffee events. Any link you can direct me to for the Catalina events?