I'll post pix shortly but I bet you can't guess what color the shop car is Can't wait to get started. We've got some plans for phase 1 already (more on that soon) but hopefully you'll be seeing it at a track near you soon....

 

Nice...very interested in seeing whats to come

-Kevin

 

I don't need to guess.

Looking forward to pictures of the track potential that you guys will unleash out of this poor Cayman.

 

OK so we didn't have a lot of time today but the process has begun... Here she is- fresh meat for the grinder.:banana:

The first phase is to do the GIAC flash for slightly more HP and improved throttle response. Now it's not like the TT cars we do in terms of the gains but certainly some marked improvement (and Egas remapping).

Then we quickly de-snorked it. Obviously there's plenty of write-ups on this but the main thing you really need to be careful of is the "middle" clip. Try prying that off first as it's a weak-spot and you can/will crack/snap it. A flat head screw driver is your friend... We ran out of intakes so that'll happen shortly.

We also we're going to use this:

 

But then James realized we'd better install it on a customer's Cobalt (love that color btw) Cayman S instead:crazy:

The side window doesn't fit our decal (doh) so we had it tagged another way

 

Very nice, Sharky. Keep those pics coming for us to enjoy!

 

cant wait to see it, another white car to the stable, group pics ASAP!

 

very cool...nice frame

 

Hey Alex, I guess it's too late, but are you going to dyno the car along the way to show some of the power increases due to these mods?

Either way, can't wait to see some final numbers

 

looks great, cant wait to see more..

 

Awesome

btw i need the license plate cover for my BMW

 

Looking forward to more pics Sharky, are you coming to Vegas?

 

We haven't had a lot of time to play with the shop car (customer Cayman's and 997TTs do come first...) but recently we did get our handling part of the equation sorted. For now we decided to go with Bilstein PSS9s and H&R sway bars for an aggressive street/some track type set up. The adjustability and compliance is second to none in terms of a street coil over and much more to our liking than a lowering spring kit. I'm just not keen on the stiffer spring/soft shock mismatch which gives you the pogo effect (bounciness). We lowered the car about 1.5 inches in the front and 1.25 in the rear. The dampening was set to 3 to start off with. It's quite an involving install as most of the back end and interior has to come out and in fact takes more time to do than any 996TT, 997TT etc... The rear sway bar is easy but the subframe has to come out on the front thanks fo some "ingenious" routing of the sway bar by Porsche on that one.

Either way, the car set up the way it is now seems to be so much flatter and devoid of sway through the twisties. The real test will be this weekend when she hits Thunderhill where she'll be driven on the same track with this new set up. The time there previously was 2min 15 seconds (not me driving!) so we're hoping the same driver can shave a few seconds off....
If anyone in the Bay Are now wants to compare "stock" vs "PSS9s" you're most welcome to come by and see how she handles. That was the other reason for doing this but hopefully doing springs will be a thing of the past.

 

With the extra G's we expect at the track the stock seats just aren't going to cut it. For almost 5K per side, the 997GT3 ones aren't either so in with a pair of 996GT3 seats and a harness bar from TC Design. With the schroth harnesses and the seats my butt no longer slides around... I've been using the GT3 seats for years in 996s and they are _not_ for everyone in terms of fitments. Try them first for sure. It really helps to take the steering wheel out as well when doing the install. Just for clearance on the driver's side. With everyone out it was a good time to do the B&M SSK kit. The shifter in the 987/997 is certainly much improved over the 996s but still too long for our liking.

We also installed our Fire Extinguisher kit as some of the organizations requite it.