tropicalypso

How well does a CS do on the track with only the PDK and Sport Chrono? Asking for... research purposes...

txbdan

Freaking great. Not sure I understand your question...?

tropicalypso

I'm shopping 981s' and most of them don't have the PTV/PASM/X73 options, and I didn't know if those were more of a "critical" item, or just "nice to have".

MMaynard

Depends on how hard you push your car. They do make the car handle better

BondJ

PTV with the slippy and/or PASM or X73 suspension are driving aids. Great if you’re chasing lap times, not so important if you just want to have fun.

ledbette

Cobb offers a PDK tune which I believe will get you Sport+-like behavior. I haven't really looked at it since I have Sport Chrono.

Leonel

Late last summer I got a 16 CS to hold me up while I waited on a allocation for a GTS 4.0 , the 16 only had 7100 miles , has the PVT,PASM , ; sports chrono ,manual transmission but no sports exhaust , now is not looking like I am going to be getting that gts any time soon , how involved $$ and what parts do I need to retro fit the sports exhaust ?Thanks

BondJ

Somebody posted this a while ago - second post down:

https://rennlist.com/forums/981-foru...tructions.html

Leonel

Thank you!

Chillywon

I’ve owned and tracked both cars. They’re awesome.

However, I could of bought a new 911 with the amount of money I put into my 981 base cayman.

I also learned you can’t build a GT car out of a base 911.

I kept my Cayman S stock Except for track day pads, and fluids.

If a S is in your budget I would go that route.

Jim981CS

Here is a brief overview of my PSE installation. Four years ago I purchased the Suncoast PSE for $2100 and it was a complete package even including zip ties to run the wires. You need to remove the drivers seat and engine cover and interior to run a wire to the fuse panel at the passenger side tail light. You also replace the complete switch panel in the console and rearrange and install the new PSE switch. The changeover valve installs by the intake manifold and vacuum lines route on top of the transmission and to the vacuum valve on the mufflers. Installing the exhaust/mufflers was the easiest part for me. This was my first of many DIY projects on my 2014CS and I learned a lot about removing interior trim panels and now do it on a regular basis on my other upgrades. The only thing that I couldn’t do myself required a trip to the dealer to code and activate the PSE switch using their PIWIS where I paid $140 for one hour.
Jim

txbdan

It's doable. Here are some notes I took: https://rennlist.com/forums/981-foru...all-notes.html

alexxs

Really unfortunate Although I thought the US market is a bit higher than Europe, so I have some hope that I'll find what I'm looking for soon enough.

amurph182

I track a base cayman. It really breaks down like this: either you are currently, or will eventually be with enough track time, a "better" driver than a decent percentage of the field you're running with. Will you get tired of slower drivers with significantly more power passing you on every long straight and then being stuck behind them for half a lap? If the answer is anything other than "no, I really love admiring the details of the back of other people's cars up close" then just get the S. Don't get me wrong, I love my car and I'm pretty quick with it. It's pretty fun annoying GTx drivers by hanging with them and even passing them. The car is still faster than I am, and I'm one of those people who gets more satisfaction from getting the most out of the car than from the actual numbers on the speedo and lap timer. At the track, I'm never unhappy or wishing the car was faster. In between events? MOAR POWER is constantly on my mind.

ledbette

There was a guy that used to come out every year to one PCA HPDE event that was held in conjunction with the PCA club races. He had an early '90's Nissan Sentra, caged and maybe some suspension mods (though maybe not), but stock engine. I think he had Nitto NT01's, but not slicks for sure. He would run in the intermediate run group. The dude could drive the crap out of that car. He would go around corners on 3 wheels, the inside back wheel would be a couple inches off the ground. Impressed the hell out of me knowing he had probably 110HP in that thing but could turn lap times faster than me in my Boxster S. Made me realize I still had a lot to learn.