mooty

the only way to get cay s to 2400lbs is strip it of EVERYTHING, including the dash, every piece of body panel replaced with FG or CF, then MAYBE you will get there.

if you like S220, 240 will knock you out.
yes, the interior looks a bit cheap and things rattle a bit., sometimes bits and pieces fall off, but those who lament modern porsches are raw and love the earlier porsches... well put your money where your mouth is, buy the s240, there is NO production raw more raw than s240, yes that includes ferrari's.

mooty

oh, my had zero option but xenon, but i added a roll bar, fikse wheels, RA1, GT3 seats, about 3k lbs with full tank.

eqs

wf - nope, not for mids. Cayman S luxury or S240 raw. Mooty is correct, GT3s don't like S240s, sorry OG. (what is that pesky little Lotus thingamajingy anyways?)

And Mooty, you are brave, some of the guys posting over yonder are full on Pcar, I would if I were you ......... jk, jk.

Cheers

wf758

Who knew I'd have a penchant for british cars with Japanese engines? EQS thanks for the heads up, pulled the trigger on a new 2007 Exige S. Hot little car. Thanks!

afridi

Dropping in the GM engine from the cobalt (300hp supercharged) which is lighter than the toyota powerplant would make a very exciting Lotus.

If I remember Lotus originally used GM powerplants so would still make sense to do.

An outfit does do just that for an expensive $19k. I bet one could do it cheaper than that.

Fort Felker

Can anybody recommend a good place in the SF Bay area for a Cayman S track alignment?

Thanks

mooty

noway you get to 2400 lbs.
well maybe $150k will get you there.
3200 lbs.

mooty

you be very foolish if you dont goto tony at www.tcdesignfab.com

joel-cs

Mine is down to a race weight of 2900 lbs. There is a lot of lightening left that I could do, but I am at my weight limit for PCA stock class. If you wanted a killer track car, I would guess 2600-2700 lbs without going completely crazy. It would be insane (but the last few hundred lbs might get expensive $$$)

mooty

right on, 26-2700 is doable, but 2400 is a good wet dream.

Smiles

That's the engine I had in my Ariel Atom. Mine was "only" 230 bhp. It was awesome. Unfortunately, I ruptured a disc in my spine and had back surgery right at the same time it became street legal, and I never got to track it. Sold it. Neat machine (I say wistfully.)

Matt

yemenmocha

Are there convenient seat options that will give extra headroom for this purpose? I'm tall and nearly hit the roof with the adaptive sport seats, so it won't work with helmet. Lotus probably won't work for me so I thought Cayman, for similar reasons as the OP.

Porsche-Jeck

That's depending on the layout of the track - for example it's actually a tad slower than a 280 hp Boxster S on Nordschleife (I know - not the typical track...).

Having said that I agree that Elise/Exige are fantastic toys for track duty - they provide a very authentic and raw "race feeling" and the stress on the car's components is rather low due to the light weight.

For occasional track fun + DEs CaymanS might be the better choice as you can enjoy it as a dual use tool - track/road (I'm talking about a stock car, not a race prepped Cayman).

It's amazing how much the 987 can take on the track without showing weaknesses - even the Cayman Cab version My BoxsterS (987 3.2) has seen about 2,000 km on various tracks so far (mostly Nordschleife, but also "normal" circuits like Spa-Francorchamps and Nürburgring GP-circuit) and (apart from a -IMO still moderate - appetite for brake pads and tires) it goes strong like ever without any probs. There are not many roadcars around in which you can drive to the track quite comfy, abuse the car for track fun (last weekend = 23 laps NoS = 460 km) and drive home without any signs of stress/fatigue (the car that is...not the driver ).

IMO the CaymanS is the most trackable P-car out of the current model line-up south of GT3

mooty

never drove on the ring, so can't comment.
but at laguna seca, infineon, button willow, willow springs, i am pretty certain that 240 will be faster than cay s. assuming both stock.
i had 190hp exige and a cay s. the exige is never more than 1.5 seconds slower than cay. and now the S has 50 more hp.

Porsche-Jeck

Just looked up recent test results from Hockenheimring (short track):
New Exige S: 1:15.3 , CaymanS: 1:15.9 (Exige on sport tyres though while CaymanS on Michelin PS2).