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Old 11-05-2017, 08:01 AM   #113
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Agree with alignment. I would like to see pyro data on those tires. If you are just on the outside edge of the tire with dynamic camber loss and no additional static negative camber ... then no kidding.

Still, Cayman is a A/BS car (same as a c5z06) with more adjustability, stock for stock, vs a DS 86-platform.

As in general, the limitation stock is camber.

To get some more useful data, why don't we look at the Nationals results from Stock and STX classes? These cars are prepped to a ruleset with good drivers.

Nationals Results: https://dk1xgl0d43mu1.cloudfront.net...pdf?1506006338

BS Cayman - 117.293
DS 86 - 119.566
STX 86 - 116.616


The only take away I have from that is a properly prepared 86 can pick up a lot of lateral grip. Apples and Oranges? Maybe. But STX trim isn't crazy, either.
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A Cayman S '14 model is more than 300 pounds heavier comparing to a 86/BRZ '14 model. This is based on curb weight according to EC standards. Not the 150 pounds you mentioned. The only way to achieve a smaller weight difference is by cheating like measuring the car without fluids etc. Additionally, the tests I provided seem to be pretty much consistent. Similar figures were reported in other cases. Do your homework better next time.

We already know the 86 ranges from ~2760 to ~2810 depending on options.


http://press.porsche.com/vehicles/20...ifications.pdf

2910lb for manual, 2976 for PDK, straight from the horse's mouth. The standard Cayman is even lower, at 2888. There's your ~150 pounds. Or are you now saying Porsche is cheating, and Toyota isn't?
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I'm not very familiar with skidpad testing but I am surprised that the tire upgrades didn't yield more significant improvements. Probably needed alignment and suspension changes to take advantage of the bigger, stickier tires.


Now as far as lap times go, I am certain that huge improvements can be made relatively inexpensively. I bought my car used from a friend of mine just as an experiment to see what could be done on a budget. Went to Roebling Road repeatedly to evaluate the progressive changes. This track is 2 miles comprised of primarily fast sweepers.


Completely stock with 10,000 mile Primacy's and upgraded brake fluid the car ran 1:30 and tires were the overwhelming limiting factor. Slow but it was fun.


Cheap coils, with moderate camber changes and 225 RS's yielded 1:26


Using 245 R7's, much more camber and zero rear toe along with header and E85 tune and the results were amazing. 1:20:4 which is really damn fast for a car spec'ed this way.


I think the cost of mods at that point was around $5K but the car could now more than hold it's own against Caymans and many others.


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Tyres and suspension are often too under-rated, but also shows (in this case) how capable the chassis is. 10s a lap is really big improvement!
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I'm not very familiar with skidpad testing but I am surprised that the tire upgrades didn't yield more significant improvements. Probably needed alignment and suspension changes to take advantage of the bigger, stickier tires.


Now as far as lap times go, I am certain that huge improvements can be made relatively inexpensively. I bought my car used from a friend of mine just as an experiment to see what could be done on a budget. Went to Roebling Road repeatedly to evaluate the progressive changes. This track is 2 miles comprised of primarily fast sweepers.


Completely stock with 10,000 mile Primacy's and upgraded brake fluid the car ran 1:30 and tires were the overwhelming limiting factor. Slow but it was fun.


Cheap coils, with moderate camber changes and 225 RS's yielded 1:26


Using 245 R7's, much more camber and zero rear toe along with header and E85 tune and the results were amazing. 1:20:4 which is really damn fast for a car spec'ed this way.


I think the cost of mods at that point was around $5K but the car could now more than hold it's own against Caymans and many others.
i think people often overestimate the power of tires. yeah its a very important aspect but it isnt going to erase some of the other problems. there was a video years ago how tires did more for a mustang than the frs despite the improvement to the mustangs tire being significantly less vast.
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:43 PM   #117
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We already know the 86 ranges from ~2760 to ~2810 depending on options.


http://press.porsche.com/vehicles/20...ifications.pdf

2910lb for manual, 2976 for PDK, straight from the horse's mouth. The standard Cayman is even lower, at 2888. There's your ~150 pounds. Or are you now saying Porsche is cheating, and Toyota isn't?
Porsche IS cheating. If you go on a Porsche forum and look for threads where owners post weights for their cars, you'll notice not a single person's car comes much under 3000lbs wet when they put it on scales. I imagine the 2.7 car might have a chance at 2910lbs with a gallon or two missing from the fuel tank, manual transmission, 18" wheels, PCCBs, no PDCC, no PASM, no PSE, no parking sensors, basic seats, no heated seats.

However, as if they felt guilty about that, the engines seem to put out way more power than claimed, so at the end of the day it works out.

http://www.planet-9.com/981-cayman-a...981-weigh.html

First guy has basically no options on a Boxster S, and is only barely under 3000lbs without a full tank of fuel. Definitely over 3000 with full fuel. Cayman might come a tiny bit under 3000 with full fuel.

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Everyone is cheating and we don't live in a perfect world. Toyota seems that cheated too with the overrated 200ps catalog spec number. It is easy to certify an engine that has plenty of time on a test bed, using the thinnest and hottest possible oil, the least quantity of oil, the best available fuel and so on. Such an engine will output a number that will never see again in the real world. In my view this is more serious than hiding some weight from a car. Unfortunately, no one from Toyota can speak out officially and the revised car although much stronger had to get the 205ps catalog spec. Because they had to correct the original mistake. It is not yet what many people wanted (turbo), but overall a much better car doomed by the mistakes of the past.

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Everyone is cheating and we don't live in a perfect world. Toyota seems that cheated too with the overrated 200ps catalog spec number. It is easy to certify an engine that has plenty of time on a test bed, using the thinnest and hottest possible oil, the least quantity of oil, the best available fuel and so on. Such an engine will output a number that will never see again in the real world. In my view this is more serious than hiding some weight from a car. Unfortunately, no one from Toyota can speak out officially and the revised car although much stronger had to get the 205ps catalog spec. Because they had to correct the original mistake. It is not yet what many people wanted (turbo), but overall a much better car doomed by the mistakes of the past.
There are standards that must be met when determining the rated HP of an engine. They can not just do whatever they want. They are not downgrading the new HP to try to hide or "correct" anything on the pervious model. They gave it that 205 rating because that is what it is as per the required testing methods. Don't matter what some guy in a back water dyno shop says it is since they do not have to follow the same testing standard.
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There are standards that must be met when determining the rated HP of an engine. They can not just do whatever they want. They are not downgrading the new HP to try to hide or "correct" anything on the pervious model. They gave it that 205 rating because that is what it is as per the required testing methods. Don't matter what some guy in a back water dyno shop says it is since they do not have to follow the same testing standard.
I am not saying that they downgraded the new engine. The 205 PS rating is OK. The problem is that they overrated the first years engines. These engines were not capable of more than 190 PS which is a bit far from the advertised 200 PS number. This is based on measurements according to the ISO1585 standard and not some random guy in a back water dyno as you said. Which testing standard was used by Toyota?
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I am not saying that they downgraded the new engine. The 205 PS rating is OK. The problem is that they overrated the first years engines. These engines were not capable of more than 190 PS which is a bit far from the advertised 200 PS number. This is based on measurements according to the ISO1585 standard and not some random guy in a back water dyno as you said. Which testing standard was used by Toyota?
Until you have both engines in a lab on an engine brake dyno, you have no way to quantify that statement.
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I am not saying that they downgraded the new engine. The 205 PS rating is OK. The problem is that they overrated the first years engines. These engines were not capable of more than 190 PS which is a bit far from the advertised 200 PS number. This is based on measurements according to the ISO1585 standard and not some random guy in a back water dyno as you said. Which testing standard was used by Toyota?
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I don't know enough to make one claim either way, but I don't think I've ever seen a stock Zenki 86 put more than 170hp to the wheels on a dyno. And 170 is the high range, most seem to be around 165-168hp. Taking drivetrain loss into consideration, that's roughly 195hp at perfect conditions. The average car probably puts down closer to 190hp, which is pretty much what @nikitopo claimed.
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I don't know enough to make one claim either way, but I don't think I've ever seen a stock Zenki 86 put more than 170hp to the wheels on a dyno. And 170 is the high range, most seem to be around 165-168hp. Taking drivetrain loss into consideration, that's roughly 195hp at perfect conditions. The average car probably puts down closer to 190hp, which is pretty much what @nikitopo claimed.

195 is also pretty close to the 200 that it is rated at.
Can't just take all the low numbers and do the math and leave all the high ones out. There are also plenty of stock dynos in the 170 to 178 range.
Dynos are notoriously inaccurate in the first place and then everybody likes to play with the numbers that make their theory work so the low ones get put out more often.


Everybody can dispute the numbers all they want but the fact remains that they are the official results from following the required standards. Just because some don't believe them does not make them false or "cheating".
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195 is also pretty close to the 200 that it is rated at.
Can't just take all the low numbers and do the math and leave all the high ones out. There are also plenty of stock dynos in the 170 to 178 range.
Dynos are notoriously inaccurate in the first place and then everybody likes to play with the numbers that make their theory work so the low ones get put out more often.


Everybody can dispute the numbers all they want but the fact remains that they are the official results from following the required standards. Just because some don't believe them does not make them false or "cheating".
I have never seen a stock Zenki 86 dyno showing 178hp or anywhere near there. Personally, from everything I have seen this car on average puts down closer to 190hp at the wheels than it does 200. Of course that's assuming a 15% drivetrain loss, and that's only what I've seen personally which doesn't mean much.


Just because there are official standards doesn't mean that's how the engines perform in real world driving. There are some cars that are notoriously overrated just like there are cars that are underrated. For example, the 2004 SRT-4 was rated at 230hp at the crank by Dodge. In the real world, data consistently showed that the true crank HP was actually 255-265hp. I get that dynos are highly variable, but after years of data are obtained isn't it possible to make certain claims even if it conflicts with what the manufacture originally stated?

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Cayman and Boxster weights are all over the place because of options and differences between the generations 986, 987, 981, 982 (718). However, despite Porsche's claims to the contrary, they have DEFINITELY gained weight over the years.

The Cayman S used in Car and Driver's 2017 Lightning Lap event weighed 3162. That's for a car equipped with the PDK and PASM. Porsche's website says the Cayman S weighs 2954 lb, so that's a pretty big difference.

My model 987 Cayman S, when tested by R&T in 2006, weighed 2955 lb. Differences from my car were PASM (added weight), power seats (added weight) and PCCBs (reduced weight). Mine is stripped, other than Sport Chrono I basically have no options. I've never had the car weighed, but I'm pretty confident it's under 3000 lb. Skidpad figure they came up with, btw, was 0.96 using Michelin Pilot Sports.
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