Originally Posted by Fabspeed Motorsport

Completely agree with HoBoJoe, the 987.2 engine design upgrades are worth the investment over the .1 100%.

X73 suspension is relatively rare but it is excellent, much more track oriented than the PASM setup. It is factory on the Cayman R and I have little complaint about it, you have a to be a pretty damn good driver to push the limits of that shock/spring setup, although sway bars could use a little upgrade. Factory LCAs are junk, upgrade them immediately so you can run more camber and not wear the outside edge of your tires down. Factory pads/rotors/fluid don't hold up to hard track abuse (pads fade pretty easily, drilled rotors stress fracture, have to bleed fluid often). See if you can find one with PSE. The weakest links in regards to the performance of the car is the factory headers and software, and our Race Headers/PSE combination sounds incredible on top of the 20-30whp you will pick up.

There is so much to go over on this, so i'm shooting you over a PM and perhaps we can chat on the phone a bit. I'll be sure to help you make an educated decision moving forward

Originally Posted by Terry T.

John--still hope to put your headers on my car, but I broke the piggy bank this winter on other stuff: frivolous junk like seats, harnesses, and a roll bar.

In response to your comment that by replacing the factory LCAs, "you can run more camber and not wear the outside edge of your tires down." I think you mean at the track, yes? My street tires are wearing like crazy on the inside now that I have 3% negative camber.


And I'll offer an additional word of caution w/r/t the stock brakes. In 2006, I took my first Cayman S, brand new, to Summit Point. By the end of the 3-day event, the stock pads were vapor, and the front rotors were toasted.