Should I continue to track my Cayman S?..Will the motor grenade? Your input plz!

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09-27-2009, 12:35 PM

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Brian P

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Originally Posted by DrJupeman

I'm likely going Spec Boxster next year so I'd like to know I won't be grenading engines every season.

I'm probably going to jinx myself by saying this...

I had the 2.5L for 61 DE days and it was still running strong when I returned it. The current Boxster S has somewhere near 150 track days and the engine is still putting out plenty of power.

Maybe I've just been extremely lucky, but I look at the number of rebuilds the air-cooled guys are doing and I'm a little bit in shock that they can even suggest the water cooled cars aren't reliable.

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10-04-2009, 04:34 PM

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Stuttgard: Could you define SPBOX, BX deep ban and D chunk failure ??

Mooty What are you racing now and what is BSR ??

Thanks guys

Jack

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10-04-2009, 06:47 PM

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D-Chunk is a common problem ( at least in my case) with the M96. It's when a portion of the cylinder breaks off wreaking havoc on the internals. There was a great write up on the M96 and it's issues in Excellence a couple of issues ago. If you plan on tracking a Boxster or Cayman, I would reccomend it.
SPBOX = Spec Boxster