Gleeds

I have a 2014 cayman S. Any suggestions if it is worthwhile to install a performance chip for increased horsepower and where I go for this in the Sacramento area? Thanks. Gary

Rick-A-Shay

Before you go the "chip" route check the Cobb Tuning website for applications for your car.

Gleeds

nowakm99

It's not worth tuning a naturally aspirated car in my opinion. The gains are minimal and the cost/benefit financially and in terms of reliability is simply not worth it. You're better of spending your money on other upgrades, like tires, brakes, exhaust, etc.

fnel1771

MrMoose

Gleeds

daylorb

I don't know, I did the Softronic tune on my 987.2, in addition to tires/etc. and it sure seems noticeable. Had someone drive it who regularly tracks an R and they asked me right away what I did to the engine as it felt more powerful. Softronic has data to show an extra 20-30 hp and more torque on the 987.2. For $1K I'm happy I did it.

Soul Performance

Hey Gary, I've built and tuned a lot of these cars and would be happy to chat with you a bit more in depth about the hardware and software potential to enhance the 981. They can be improved a surprising amount, but you have to pursue it in an educated manner to maximize the benefit and meet the goals you are looking for. I'm shooting you over a PM to discuss, let's chat about it

John Gaydos
484 883 6197

Rick-A-Shay

20-30 hp? I would think that to achieve that milestone, intake and exhaust would have to be increased for better engine breathing. Intake is limited while exhaust mods remove restrictions out the tail end. Tunes can make the throttle more responsive and give the impression of a minor hp gain. I have PDK on my 987S and a tune on that delays shift points and, based on custom mapping, can make quite a difference. Just saying.........

daylorb

I was all ready to go the intake path, and based on pretty extensive research and talking to the tuners, intake doesn't help even with a tune. Headers/exhaust/intake combined certainly can. You should contact Softronic, or Cobb who everyone has great things to say about. Softronic tunes the Porsche Interseries cars for years now, they got pretty firm results. http://www.softronicsoftware.com/987...ance-software/

The 3.4 is the same engine basically as the Carrera which produces 350hp - what I found was that the general consensus was that it is detuned into Cayman/Boxster.

Charles Navarro

Cobb is the only one we use in our facility at LN / BRS for 987.2 and 981 platform.

We do not do tunes on 987.1. Stock program only. Increasing the rev limit on a stock engine is a recipe for disaster!

andy7777

+1

Colin Read

Hi there, I have a 2006 987.1 Cayman S and was looking into getting it tuned with a chip. Are you able to explain a little more on why you don't recommend doing it on the 987.1?

kboustani

My last cayman was 2006 S and I did the softronic tune along with fabspeed exhaust and headers and intake and ipd plenum and gt3 tb,was very happy with results.
i just bought a 2012 cayman base and already did carnewal exhaust and BMC filter ,I am thinking of doing headers and then softronic.cobb doesn’t do base 2.9 Engines and softronic was very reliable.