P_collector

Exactly..especially the 9500rpm is important..meaning that 10,000 is no problem for the engine..even more is possible but no really healthy..but theoretically possible...

I want to see the new engine at 10,000rpm also...

P_collector

Does anyone have comparison with the 997.2 3.8 torque etc vs 991 GT3? After all, we should compare these two too..because the 991 GT3 basic should not be compared to a 4.0L...

savyboy

You post that facetiously I suspect? But in honesty, they would have done well to establish enduring enthusiast contacts and act on their recommendations when the .1 GT3's were being designed and spec'ed. Because there are so many things that could have been perfected through the iterations. And weren't. For all the wrong reasons.

"I know best and you vill listen!" It's all marketing BS.

The pursuit of the wallet, and marketing, supercedes all. They see China and Russia blooming and are building cars to sop up rubles and renminbi. Porsche is selling its soul and integrity in this pursuit.

As I've said, enthusiasts are very fortunate to live in a time of wonderful choices. No brainer track-cars for the masses of the year: Factory manufactured 302S (and 302R). Ebay here's one and another. Crate motor $10k, new trans $2-5k.

The new C7 'Vette, the BAC Mono, Caterhams, Radicals, Stohrs...etc, etc.

orthojoe

Nobody takes the boxster owner seriously. Skip to 1:06

Nizer

And if they punch the RS motor - now or later - as some have suggested, it also addresses the torque hole below 4,000RPM where most street driving is done.

Not sure I'd call it neutered but they clearly left a lot on the table for future iterations.

Mike in CA

The new engine is still making more power from 8500 to redline than the 997.1 was making at peak.

StirlingMoss

Oh, please stop correcting with fact based truths Where is the fun in that? Random accusations and assumptions are so much more fun

Petevb

I've got some dynos of cup cars going from 3.6 through 4 liters. Adding displacement alone does shift the whole curve up though the lower end, but it doesn't really change when the torque starts to build quickly. In other words while it's a good thought, I think they would need to do more than just stroke the motor to fill in that hole fully. I wonder if the new motor has variocam, or if it's missing a stage on the multi-stage resonant intake.

I think it's a good thing that the peak power isn't made at redline. Generally if that's where power is made it's great for headline power numbers, but poor for area under the HP curve (witness the V8 M3). Adding the 500 rpm as they have done will let the motor stay in the power band and make the car significantly quicker in the lower gears. Not that holding that power to redline wouldn't be better, but the car will still be much faster with that extra 500 rpm than without it.

As I said before, they seem to have headroom on piston speed to stroke to 4.0L, and I agree they should be able to move the power peak up a bit with a wilder cam, so there seems a likely path for the RS. Perhaps not an RS with a manual, however, as I think you'd still miss the torque without the PDK. Of course they know how to fix that if they want to...

Petevb

This is what they do. Still one of the biggest things that bothers me about Porsche. They neuter the Cayman to leave room for the 911, etc.

I'm already scheming on how to fit this motor into a new Cayman chassis with the 6 speed manual. It'd probably be slower than the GT3, but damn. You know they have a development car set up like that some place, and it pains me that we'll never see it.

Nizer

I wouldn't assume the dyno curves for the RS 4.0 and the Cup 4.0 are the same but it sounds like you have the data so easy to compare, and yes, there's more to it than just stroking the motor. Edit: actually, comparing dynos only works if runs were done at the same time on same dyno so somewhat of a mute point.

The new motor has VarioCam Plus and a two stage intake manifold as detailed here: http://www.porsche.com/uk/models/911...l/?gtabindex=2

Whether they're the same, improved, or simplified is unknown at this stage.

Petevb

So that's the torque difference. The old manifold was 3 stages I believe, so they dropped one stage from the low end.

Cup and street 4.0 dynos are very different in the low end with the variocam.

stevecolletti

+1
Great minds

StirlingMoss

I would not be surprised if we see a more track oriented Cayman R'ish model with bits and bobs from the new GT3. Something along the lines of the 968 ClubSport. With the 991 becoming more GT and the new GT3 moving up, there is now space to fill for such a car.

Z356

No, a more track oriented Cayman R is NOT where we are being led to by the powers that be. Porsche is going to 'herd' the former gt3 hard-core enthusiast track crowd (at least those with the wallets than can support it) slowly into the more expensive upcoming 960! That is going to be the new 'gt3' for the Porsche equivalent of the Tifosi, if you get my drift!

http://www.automobilemag.com/feature...rrari_fighter/

jumper5836

I suspect your right.

I am not sure I even like the look of the new Cayman. Weird looking compared to the new Boxster.