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Ste's new car. Cayman S

Hi mate I enjoyed reading this. My only experience of being in a Porsche was once in my mates car 911 twin turbo, remapped to 550 brake. Took me weeks to recover. The colour is very nice. :)

If your thinking of getting your driveway done, then get some security bollards. I got 3 on my drive way when the EP3 gets done, and they are very good. So when you don't want to use them they sink flush to the ground. Quality is fantastic. Pick it up from Ebay. I can post some pictures if you like. Worth every penny.
 
Welcome to Porsche ownership, the best part of which is hearing people with Focus / Astra etc saying how they don't like Porsches! Big difference between not liking something and not being able to afford it :)

I'm on my second 911 and love it!
 
Update on the cayman front, I found some parts for a good price I wasn't quite planning on getting these yet. Obviously, I thought I'd best just buy them as knowing my luck when I want them in a few months I won't be able to find them at this price again.


It's quite known that the cayman s had its intake restricted to stop it out performing the more more expensive 911, they also refused to fit a LSD until the cayman R came out.
So by doing a very simple install of the following parts utilising a genuine porsche throttle body, and a remapped Ecu the power gains are pretty impressive. Power is upped to around 340-350bhp (295bhp standard) and torque is upped from 245 ftlbs to 300 ftlbs.


The parts are as follows:


-IDP intake plenum





-GT3 82mm throttle body





-BMC air filter





-Silicon induction pipe





I'm looking at using softronic to remap the Ecu as I've heard good things from the research I've done.


I've also replaced a few bulbs for cree Led white bulbs, still waiting for some to arrive so I'll pop up pics when they are all done :)
 
So all cree led bulbs now fitted.


Fog/home bulbs








Reg plate bulbs








Side light bulbs







Tax disc holer I found in the glovebox, so figured it was better than the crappy one the dealer had fitted





The wheel bolts were all rusted too, so gave painting them a try, if they go rusty again really soon I'll buy new ones! Worth a try though.


Before





Bolts rusty





Quick paint





Much better





Also got some of these to protect the carbon ceramic discs and shiney calipers!


 
^what are those things in the last picture and in what way do they protect the discs/calipers?
 
Hazz said:
^what are those things in the last picture and in what way do they protect the discs/calipers?
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They just screw in to the hub so you can slide the wheel off and over the brakes without the risk of the wheel dropping onto the disc. Carbon ceramic are pretty fragile so don't take kindly to being bashed.
 
It's because the hubs don't have their own studs, so you can't hang the wheel.

EDIT: just seen Ste's reply.
 
I fcuking hate working on cars that don't have wheel studs. 30 second job of putting a wheel on turns into 10 minute balancing act with a wheel resting on your toes. So yea, I can see why you'd want some of those.

I'd have just bought bar stock and a die. Save money, gain tools & have material left over.
 
My mate Lee took a few pics of the car with his camera so I thought I'd post them up on here :)
Comments welcome


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I do properly like these. And maybe the boxster but I don't know... Does the cayman feel claustrophobic inside?
 
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