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Originally Posted by drburton

I still recommend that you save your a bit more money and jump to a Cayman S, which is a much better track car with the fixed roof. Some minor upgrades to the exhaust/headers and suspension will have you in very good shape. 300+ HP with lots of balance.

I was at a DE event last month and it was obvious the Caymans were performing very well at the track, even with novice drivers.

You can get a low mileage Cayman S around $50K, would think they will start dropping into the 40's soon.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=213229822&dealer_id=58999983&car_year=2006&num_records=25&search_type=both&make=POR&keywordsfyc=&distance=0&transmission=&model=CAYMAN&make2=&address=55337&default_sort=priceDESC&certified=&advanced=&max_mileage=&max_price=&sort_type=priceDESC&min_price=&first_record=226&body_code=0&end_year=2008&color=&keywordsrep=&start_year=1981&drive=&pager.offset=225&engine=&style_flag=1&doors=&fuel=&cardist=1021

As stated previously, I know a guy who is working on his race license with us and he recently switched from Cayman to an Exige. I sent him an email asking why. His response is below:

"The Cayman is a great car, but Porsche handicapped it a lot so it will not beat up the carerras. I had a lot of pwr steering issues, so are many other track driven caymans. the pulley runs too fast (driven by crankshaft) making the pwr str pump work too hard at high rpm, so pump and other pwr str parts die. i had three pumps and 2 str racks replaced in 13 months, 5000 track miles. to get to the parts, the roll bar has to come out. to get the bar out, i have to drop the rear suspension. it was too time consuming or i am just lazy. i think eventually porsche will get it right. plus i got a very good offer to buy my car so, that was my chance. exige drives just like the cayman except less torque and less weight. it's a more fun car on track, but Cayman was better on street."


I have personally heard a lot about Boxsters with power steering issues on the track. However, reading this forum has taught me that there is an under drive pulley fix.