Potential owner

[Lennym1984]

Hi

 

I've been a member over on boxa.Net for a few years but sadly, thanks to a run in with a foreign tourist driving on the wrong side of the road, my boxster has been written off and I'm back in the market for a Porsche. 

 

I do quite a few track days and so a Cayman is currently top of my list (prior to the accident I was looking at Caterham style kit cars, needless to say, the idea of a small, lightweight car made of fibreglass and box section, now holds much less appeal). 

 

Prepare yourself for a barrage of questions and if anybody knows of a reasonable 2.7 (reading pistonheads has scared me off a gen 1 3.4) going for around the 10-11k mark feel free to send them my way! 

Edited September 1, 2019 by Lennym1984

[Ben]

Welcome Lenny, I have had my gen 1 2.7 for over a year now and would thoroughly recommend it.  If you have any questions happy to help if I can.  

[sevenfourate]

Welcome aboard Lenny.

 

I've only had my 2.7 for 6 weeks or so. Love it as a car ! (Road only)

 

The only thing i can add - is that Gen 1's appear to definitely need some sump work / a baffled sump etc if tracking [At the very least ?] to avoid oil starvation on track. Due to the location of the pick-up point; and the risk of oil not being picked up and circulated on a long sweeping corner i believe i read.....

 

Worth investigating / factoring in at the very least.

 

Good luck.

Edited September 2, 2019 by sevenfourate

[Lennym1984]

3 hours ago, sevenfourate said:

The only thing i can add - is that Gen 1's appear to definitely need some sump work / a baffled sump etc if tracking [At the very least ?] to avoid oil starvation on track. Due to the location of the pick-up point; and the risk of oil not being picked up and circulated on a long sweeping corner i believe i read.....

 

I think this issue affects Boxsters as well although I personally never experienced it. I believe it is magnified when running track tyres (r888s etc) 

[Lennym1984]

3 hours ago, sevenfourate said:

The only thing i can add - is that Gen 1's appear to definitely need some sump work / a baffled sump etc if tracking [At the very least ?] to avoid oil starvation on track. Due to the location of the pick-up point; and the risk of oil not being picked up and circulated on a long sweeping corner i believe i read.....

 

I think this issue affects Boxsters as well although I personally never experienced it. I believe it is magnified when running track tyres (r888s etc) 

[Lennym1984]

So I'm pleased to say that the title of this topic can now be changed from potential owner to "Owner." I pick up a very nice 2.7 on Saturday.

 

It's a bit leggy (95k) but it has been maintained above and beyond the Porsche schedule (annual servicing) and aside from a stone chip, a bit of gravel rash on the front wheel arch/sill, and some slightly bubbly wheels, it looks to be in good nick. Most importantly, both the car and the seller appeared to be genuine (I've been to look at a few so called "mint condition" cars which had nicely polished paintwork but appeared to have been neglected everywhere else - significant IMS/RMS oil leaks, blowing exhausts, questionable history etc). 

 

It (the Cayman) is a very different car from the 986 Boxster. Much more refined and solid feeling (I didn't see a receipt fror suspension but this one felt very tight - more so than I was expecting given the mileage - but lacking a bit of the rawness that I liked in my old car. Overall, I'm very excited to get my hands on it.

 

In terms of plans, I'll probably flush the brake fluid with DOT 5.1, stick a new set of Mintex 1144 pads on it (unless anybody has preferred track pads for this car), add a set of gt3 brake ducts, and then take it to the track for a shakedown.

 

...Watch this space for plenty of annoying questions!!

 

 

 

 

[sevenfourate]

Congratulations 👍

 

And a full and proper 'welcome to the club' per-se......