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Porsche Cayman 981 Black Edition
rex:
And, just like promised, the story goes on...
After the Porsche Track Experience event finished, I was scheduled for a 4year intermediary service at the Porsche Dealership at Nurbugring - which happened to be Manthey Racing. For all Porsche lovers, Manthey Racing is really the place to be... I think there were a handful of cars without a massive spoiler/wing:
The customers service is great, as you would expect.
Besides the service, I also had the wheel alignment done... I wanted a more track oriented setup. This was the first time someone asked me how much I weigh and if I have a passenger on my trackdays before doing a wheel alignment. I think they are used to corner weigh the car when doing the alignment - too bad my suspension is fixed. Also strange to me was the way they did the alignment. I am used to having the car on a platform and either using strings or some optics you would do the setup. Over here, they took the weeks off and installed a stool like device on each wheel (I guess that also measures the weight). Anyway, here is the current setup:
I have to say I can't feel much of a difference - even if increasing the camber and the toe was felt more with the previous car. I will talk more about the setup of the car in following posts.
And since the previous license plate holder broke and then melted (I guess due to vibrations and heat), I got new ones. Also a lot of bugs after the trip:
Next up, the latest trackday report - one week after the Nurburgring trip. :drinking:
rex:
3 weeks since the last track day and only now did I have the time for a proper debriefing :smiley:
Just before my summer vacation I visited the "local" (70 miles from where I live) track - Transilvania Motor Ring. I only did laps for 2 hours but I managed to go through the whole tank of gas in those two hours. I hardly stopped - only for tire pressure and maybe a 5 min break. But I had fun and that's what matters.
The car was very good except for the tires which seemed much more overwhelmed than previously. I had a number of traction and understeer problems and those were visible in the times. My best lap was 1 sec slower than the previous best lap (one year ago).
I got the chance to look at the data stored by the VBOX and it was obvious I was much better on the brakes (I think this is due to the things I learned at Nurburgring) but much worse when it came to traction...
At the end of the day I noticed the front tires exterior shoulders were worn (I think due to the understeer issues) - and this didn't happen previously.
Since I was pretty close to the wear marker, I decided to change the tires in preparation for the next track day (25 Sep). I searched for alternatives to the Pirelli P Zero's the car came equipped with, and I really wanted the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 ones - but they are not factory approved for the car and, maybe more importantly, they didn't have rim protection. Next in line were the Continental Sport Contact 6 which were also not factory approved. So I ended up with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S. Just intalled them today and, as for the performance I will speak after the track day, but I can tell you they look much better than the Pirelli ones and also have a much more pronounced rim protection.
rex:
So, back with another track review...
The new Michelin Pilot Sport 4S are awesome for the first, maybe, 10 laps... after that, they lose a lot of grip and, they end up like this:
These are the left front ones (the left back ones are slightly better but still suffer from the same issue). This is mainly due to the fact it's a clock wise track, I suffer from understeer on most left side corners and I also use the kerbs more.
They lasted for 54 laps (about 35 - 40 hard laps) at Transilvania Motor Ring - this is way below the Pirelli P Zero ones that lasted about 45 hard laps at Hungaroring, 35 hard Nurburgring laps, and 35 hard laps at Transilvania Motor Ring. Plus about 15k miles on the road. So there is no comparison when it comes to wear.
When it comes to times, the 4S is 1-2 seconds faster than the Pirelli. I improved my times with 2 seconds from my previous trip and with 1 second from my previous personal best.
Even if there is not much to see, here is the new personal best:
This was my 10th hard lap and there are a lot of ares to improve, but later on the tires started to lose traction.
A much more interesting video is when I'm chasing a 981 Porsche Boxster GTS... I am quite surprised I can stay with him or even be a bit faster - he also has some AR1 tires, according to my passenger...
Comments or advises are welcomed.
Next up - another chase video with one of my friends - a diesel mk5 Golf faster than my Cayman.
Also next - I am not sure what to do with the tires (I will try to change them using the warranty since this has not even remotely happened during my previous 12 years of trackdays with all sorts of tires). Ideas for replacements?
rex:
And the last video I want to share of the last trackday is a chase video with one of my oldest and best automotive friends @Acidutzul . The VW Golf was quite evenly matched with his car back in the days but, since he upgraded the turbo, the Porsche is now, in its stock form, a similarly fast car... He's got a MK5 2.0 TDI Golf with about the same power to weight as my Porsche but with other mods as well: Bilsteing B16 Coilovers, APRacing brakes, thicker AntiRollBars / Sway Bar, semislicks and, I also think, he is a bit of a better driver than I am. As the cars are evenly matched we get to do these chase videos, that we enjoy a lot.
He is pushing a bit and, maybe due to some brake issues - I personally think the rear brakes are too powerful - the video may be more interesting to watch.
As you can see (after the smoke from the exhaust clears :grin:), the MK5 platform is quite capable even with a diesel engine.
Enjoy!
Larky7:
Hi, only just came across this. That Porsche looks so nice! I am definitely going to own a Porsche one day!
I love the fact you said at the beginning of the thread it’s not going to be track car, then it’s now a track car :signLOL: Anyway keep at it, like to see more what you do with it.
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