Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
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MillerIanF
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Here is what the US Mags are saying about the GT4 and Spyder. http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1501-porsche-cayman-gt4-spied-again-without-camouflage/ORIGINAL: MrDemon It's on the Porsche sheets as a Spyder and details are in April. Every thing else is made up hear say
Great find Ian - I guess the line a lot of spydermen will want to read is:- With all of these updates and performance goodies, expect the price to come in around a rumored $125,000. In other words, the GT4 reportedly comes in at nearly $50,000 more than the base Cayman GTS and within $6,000 of a Porsche 911 GT3. The Cayman's drop-top twin, the Porsche Boxster, is rumored to have a higher-performance variant on its way as well, mechanically similar to the GT4 but likely called Boxster RS Spyder.ORIGINAL: MillerIanFHere is what the US Mags are saying about the GT4 and Spyder. http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1501-porsche-cayman-gt4-spied-again-without-camouflage/ORIGINAL: MrDemon It's on the Porsche sheets as a Spyder and details are in April. Every thing else is made up hear say
Thanks for the insight Andy. I'm going to look into getting it done in Spring. Steve
MrDemon
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Are you sure it's not your other mods and a new bleed which has reduced the squidgyness. Left foot brake in my R and it puts you though the window but still no firm end point. A brake booster is listed on all porsche blow up charts. Moving more fluid which is all a MC does cannot reduce squidgyness, if any thing give you less travel to modulate and fine tune cadence braking. The brake booster on the other hand is a device that uses vacuum pressure from the engine to decrease the amount of effort needed to push down the brake pedal. The squidgyness imo is this device loosing pressure and so you don't get that firm end point. The issues with feel are not MC related, although you will have to press harder and have less travel which masks the underlining issue. Your pedal once pressed when the engine is on will slowly sink and not hit a firm end point, this is the issue no ? Andy pedal hit the floor, he could have had a faulty oem MC to cause that, my pedal does not hit the floor and is way off it even when hot, so again a underlining issue for Andys car and he lossed brakes and ran out of travel. In his case less travel with a larger MC worked for that part of the issue, does his pedal slowly sink more when his engine is on with his new MC I put money on it doing so yes, problem NOT cured just masked.... This is all imo as no one is really happy with the brake feel vs a GT3 pedal for the firm end point. If the MC does not give me a firm end point and reduced my travel to me it's not ŵorth the fitting, my pedal travel on my car is perfect for hard braking and heal and toe. My Spyder which has a smaller brake booster and larger MC is firmer and has less travel Firmer imo due to the brake booster less help, less travel due to the larger MC moving more fluid my issue on that car is hard to heal and toe because the brake pedal is now to high vs the throttle pedal, but still no firm end point like a 996GT3. If you have a crazy long pedal and you don't like that yes a MC will reduce travel, if you want more bite (oem pads are lacking bite and over heat) fit better aggressive pads, but if you want brakes more like my Spyder PCCB then you need to be looking at the brake booster. Also bleed often, my inner nipple on the front calipers alwys bleeds a few air bubbles and feels nicer after a bleed. I ran all 3 systems side by saide so have a goos idea what is what Steels on my R. bad bite with oem pads, fited RS29's and gave the system a good bleed with motul 660 and then drive and rebleed. PCCB on the spyder, car is over braked which sounds daft , but the cars weighs 1250kg and it has 6 pots and 350mm disks all round, stops quicker than a P1 ;-) and my 996 GT3 now gone, I did an over haul on this car on the brakes, the Spyder with PCCB as it happens uses 996 GT3 front calipes as the PCCB caliper ;-), I also has RS29's fitted all round to my GT3.
Have you actually put your Spyder on a weigh bridge? I am certainly impressed that with minimal modifications it is down to 1250kg. I am sure this would be a great inspiration to other Spyder owners. Is this in a driveable spec, as in enough fuel to drive around and clutter in the glovebox etc? Having weighed a few of my own cars and seen supposed Porsche lightweights to 1400kg 996 GT3's, sometimes the theory doesn't seem to work so well on the scales! I have driven a few Spyders now and although they drive well, I am never actually struck with how light they are, maybe it's a point of reference as I haven't owned a car that heavy in the last 10 years! Most tracks that actually host races have a weigh bridge in one of their garages or a local council should have one.
and are weights quoted EC or DIN, 75kg right there... or a lot more for most drivers
Rocket Man
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lookin good
stuart tanner
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I noticed the red one on Pistonheads last nite it was reduced to just under 40K, remember thinking it was quite but cheaper than the 911virgin one although the spec of that one I think was better - obviously depending on what you want.
It's been a while (again!) since I posted, plus Daro911 said I had to make an impact so here it is! Have spent the last year driving the wheels off my Spyder. Numerous trips to Wales (some new Michelins and a full geo later) and also an epic Alps trip during the summer. I was fortunate to drive through the Fluelapass (back & forth a few times), Bormio to Stelvio Pass, Livignio and also the Bernina Pass. I real trip of a lifetime and I recommend it to all. The feel of the car was elevated to another level on these roads. The irony of this was that the following months on UK roads seemed a real anti-climax. The car almost felt a bit flat as I couldn't reach those hyper-levels of euphoria! I knew full well this was temporary, but while this was going on I had a chance to make some investments, while at the same time receiving a generous offer from a v good friend from HK. As of last week, the car arrived in HK and was signed off to it's new and very happy owner. I'm now missing the car more than EVER!!! Hence my post! Just wanted to share some of my Alps pics with you and also to thank all the Spydermen for your top advice, banter and enthusiasm. What does the future hold in terms of cars for me? Well I had a GT4 LOI at my local OPC since April last year, but looks as though I might not make the 'top client' list. However, I'll likely take a break until all the GT4/new Spyder balances out the market. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy your special cars .... please drive them!!! don't just wash them!! mileage is good!! driving = smiles!!
Welcome back Jason and what a great splash of Spydering especially as the weather has stopped play for most of us currently Interesting to hear your views in a day or two when the big GT4 reveal may have come to pass In the meantime you could always join me and be on Spyder No.2 for summer 2015 [] Out of interest do Spyders fetch better prices in HK than they do in UK today
] Out of interest do Spyders fetch better prices in HK than they do in UK today 
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