New to the Cayman forum

Harold_89_911 · 05-13-2021, 04:25 PM

Have had my 89 Carrera Targa for a little over 20 years but just added to the stable. It is an Artic Silver 2008 Cayman base 5-spd with the S wheels. I'm the 4th owner. It has about 95k miles and is in perfect shape in and out. Clean CarFax, overrev report, and pretty complete maintenance records. The only real work done was last December when they replaced the clutch and water pump. Plus they inspected and removed the seal from the IMS. Paid 21k

My 21-year old daughter is into autocrossing so this will be a nice car for her to try. In between will make my commute fun too.

Not expecting to do a lot of work on the car (wishful thinking). Could not find a record of the spark plugs being changed so will do those first. Other than that, just need to drive it....

Got a lot of learning to do with this new car so will be doing some forum reading.

Thanks to all for sharing info. Harold

husker boxster · husker boxster's Garage

You'll find the 987 platform fairly easy to work on and in general is reliable.

tonythetarga · 05-14-2021, 05:46 AM

Welcome to the forum. I bought my 2006 Cayman with similar mileage and have run it up just over 110k at the moment. Trouble free! Preventative maintenance is the way to go. I do a few DE’s with it each year and enjoy the free running on track. Oil changes every year or 2-3k. Changed coil packs and cats as I was getting faults for O2 sensor. Otherwise no issues.

B85 · B85's Garage

Welcome.

I have been looking into doing some track time in my 2000 "S". Seems that their can be some oiling problems on long sweeping,1.5 G+ turns for my motor. Looking into the deep sump kit.

tonythetarga · 05-14-2021, 08:31 AM

Unless you’re using track R compound tires, you won’t see one and a half g’s. Nonetheless, the deep subject is always a good idea. You also need to be careful not to over fill your oil so that it sloshes and get sucked up into the AOS. I use a racing oil with less detergent then regular synthetic oil. That frothing will also get sucked into the intake system through the hard running and give you blue smoke start ups. The X50 baffle in the sump is also a benefit to mitigate sloshing and oil starvation.

Gianni at Pelican Parts · 05-14-2021, 03:45 PM

Hi Harold and welcome to the Pelican forums!

Here is a link to our "How to" Tech Articles for the 987 chassis.

The Cayman will definitely make a fun car for daily driving and is an extremely capable track car for your daughter.

That's awesome you want to get her into a proper driving experience, I owe my addiction to the track to my parents as well when they got me a taste of the track experience at 16, now at 24 I can't get enough!