ATL Fahrer

I think Porsche may be realizing that the Cayman makes a pretty damn good platform. The recent results in the Rolex 24 and in Pirelli World Challenge (Jack Baldwin/Goldcrest Motorsports- http://www.world-challenge.com/news/...php?story=2878) are good indicators. Maybe this is the beginning of the 911 to a true Grand Touring auto?

hankhoh

Why not get the Ruf 3800S? Cayman body, 3.8l with 420bhp..

Marine Blue

With exception to the GT3 & RS cars the 911 has been more grand touring for a while now. I would go as far back as the 996 or even the last few iterations of the 993. Porsche knows its demographics and they are building their cars to meet their customers expectations.

I wonder if Porsche would make a more extreme Boxster to go along with the Cayman GT. Something beyond what the Spyder is.

Schmidts Cat

I think it may not make sense for p to build as track worthy a car from the boxster. Track cars should be coupes, and they already price the cayman higher, so it would make for a cleaner hierarchy in their line if the more expensive coupe has a GT variant. That being said, I love open cars on track!

ATL Fahrer

Agreed. The body rigidity offered by the Cayman is awesome. Lets keep our Boxsters focused on the twisty's

StirlingMoss

Indeed, it makes sense to me too. A 968 ClubSport / 964 RS type of car in the shape of a Cayman for the track enthusiasts, targeting the Lotus segment. Could be a great car!

I posted this in the GT3 forum a while back but was shot down immediately

StirlingMoss

This has been attempted in a 987 Boxster, but no success. Too narrow chassis and could not handle the power.

ranger22

This thread had got me thinking. Suppose there were two porsche's of equal suspension, trans, engine. One has a 50/50 (or close to it) weight distribution and one has the rear weight bias so common in the 911 platform. Which would the race teams be picking up? I could be wrong, but I think most serious race cars are still rear weight biased, right? maybe the easier driving of the 50/50 would be more favorable for endurance racing whereas the rear weight bias would be better for shorter races? Thoughts?

stevecolletti

Nice thought, but I don't see it happening.

Porsche has more than a few opportunities to do this right and has run away each time.

BGB Motorsports

Guys,

I am chomping at the bit right now to build this car for ANY OF YOU! I wait patiently for someone to go out there and purchase a $75K 2014 Cayman S with PDK and include in its glovebox another check for $30K and I will returnt this car to you with a Guard Transmission motorsports PDK LSD, a DFI 9A1 3.8L conversion, Cargraphic headers and some light intake work. When the encryption is broken and I can write to the ECU, power to the wheels will be in the 400/300 range. I am not opposed to building a 6-speed version either! Furthermore, if I can find a home for our existing 987.2 PDK race car, we are going to launch this project immediately ourselves.

Andreas did not work on the Cayman and in fact, anyone at Porsche Motorsport worldwide will most likely deny any R&D on anything Cayman related. While all of these projects have existed, you will not be told the truth about how well the cars behaved. I can't imagine a GT3 level Cayman coming out when they haven't even dared to install a 3.6 or a 3.8 in the car to test the waters.

If the motor in the 991 S makes 400/325 at the crank, why wouldn't that engine be just perfect in a Cayman?!?!?!?!?

BGB Motorsports

It would have to be a 911 with the engine/gearbox turned around or a Cayman with a 911 subframe and rear upper dog bones bolted to the top.

The Cayman has better balance and is mid-engined but the rear can't keep up with the front, like the 911, which has a much better engineered rear suspension in terms of keeping the rear tires flat on the ground all the way through the corner.