Project 718 Cayman T: Part 15 – Water Injection
Ever since I had my 2005 Evo, I’ve wanted to try water injection. Kojima tested it out on his Evo IX back in the day. For the turbocharged 718 Cayman,…
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Project 718 Cayman T: Part 14 – E-Motion Engineering Strut Tower Reinforcement Brace
Strut tower failures are a known issue on the 991 generations GT3s and the same-era GT4s. They typically occur from a sharp impact such as curbing at the track. I’m…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 13- How to Install a Numeric Shifter
As I mentioned in Part 1, the factory shifter in the 718 Cayman T is not as good as the factory Honda S2000 shifter; I rated the GT4 shifter, which…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 12 – E-Motion Suspension Components and Track Update
The stock suspension of the 718 Cayman does not have enough adjustment range for serious road course track work. You can’t get enough negative camber in order to prevent destroying…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 11 – DSC Sport V3 Controller
The Porsche SPASM suspension comes with electronically adjustable dampers. From the factory, you get Normal and Sport modes with Sport mode being much stiffer, of course. But why settle for…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 10 – RaggDoll Motorsport RENNEN Turbo Upgrade and Compressor Inlet
The 4-banger turbo 718s haven’t gotten much love from the aftermarket because they are just the lowly 4-cylinder engines instead of the all-mighty 6-cylinders in the Porsche lineup. Those of…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 9 – GT4 Undertray Vanes and Water Pump Mod
It was time to dig into the low-cost OEM+ upgrade goody bag again. Aerodynamics has become increasingly prevalent on cars straight off the showroom floor. Everyone can see the front…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 8 – BMC Air Filter
I only have a bit over 3000 miles on the car, but I had some free time, so I figured I would go ahead and install the BMC air filter…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 7 – COBB Accessport
The awesome thing about turbo cars is the ability to easily adjust the engine calibration for more power. Importantly for California, COBB provides off-the-shelf maps that have CARB EO numbers.…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 6 – Third Radiator, Center Grill, and GT3 Vent Installation
I did say I was going to tackle the suspension next in order to optimize tire usage, but life threw me a bit of a curveball. So, I decided to…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 5 – AP Racing by Essex Big Brake Kits
The stock 718 Cayman T brakes with Brembo calipers are the best stock brakes I’ve felt on any stock car that I have driven. However, they are not sized big…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 4 – Track Day Baselines
With 1400 miles on the car, the engine exercised through its full load and rpm ranges, and two oil changes in, I thought it was time to do some track…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 3 – Custom X-Pipe and Liftbars
The 4-cylinder turbo engines in the 718 Cayman and Boxster are not that high strung, only pushing out between 300hp-365hp. So, Porsche did not have to optimize the exhaust tip…
CSF Releases Porsche 911/930 Performance Retromod OEM Oil Cooler Replacement
If you have a classic air-cooled Porsche 911/930 made from 1965 to 1989, CSF Cooling has THE oil cooler for you! With the current popularity of restoring and modifying these…
Project 718 Cayman T: Part 2 – Oil Change Mod, GT4 Scoop Install, and Increased Octane
The 718 Cayman T is not the easiest car to do an oil change on. I did one modification to make doing an oil change quicker at least. The first…
Project Cayman T: Part 1 – Intro and Must-Do Mods
For all of those wondering why I sold Project S2000 shortly after I FINALLY got the turbo installed and running well, this is it: a 2023 718 Cayman T. The…
Porsche 992 GT3 Undercar Overview
Porsche is a very conservative company, much of the Porsche development on legacy models like the 911 is incremental. Even the latest models have cues dating back to the original. …
The CFD Development of Ken Block’s Hoonipigasus Porsche
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a story about the aerodynamics of Ken Blocks Hoonipigasus Porsche 911. I was wondering how close I was to being right so I…
The CSF Porsche 911, a Retromodern Rocket
When you have been in the industry as long as we have, frankly it’s pretty hard to impress us. However Ravi Dolwani the head honcho at CSF Radiators has done…
The Best of 2021, #2: Project 987.2 Cayman S, Aero Install With Verus Engineering
In our last edition of Project 987.2 Porsche Cayman S, we discussed the components from Verus Engineering that we would be using to get an honest 1000 lbs of downforce at…
Tune your OEM Active Suspension with DSC Sport’s Suspension Controller
Many of today’s higher-end sports cars and sports sedans have active damper control. The factories engineers use this active control to tune the suspension in the same way that we…
Project 987.2 Porsche Cayman S, Getting 1000 lbs of Downforce with Verus Engineering!
If you have been following our Porsche Cayman project, you know we have meticulously built the car with some of the best parts to make a great track machine. The…
Project 987.2 Porsche Cayman S, More Butt Kicking Power than the GT4!
If you have been following Project Porsche 987 Cayman S, you have been seeing the engine power parts we have installed as well as the mods to improve cooling and…
Project 987.2 Cayman S: Cooling for the Track Part 2 with Bilt Racing Service
In our last segment of Project 987.2 Cayman, to prevent the dreaded on track overheating engine and transmission limp mode, we greatly increased our engine’s cooling capability by switching over…
Project 987.2 Cayman S: Cooling for the Track Part I with CSF Radiators
The 987 Porsche is known to have heating problems when driven on the track hard, especially ones that have the PDK transmission. PDK equipped cars can go into limp mode…
Project 987.2 Cayman S: Getting More Out of the Engine to Chase the GT4 Part 3
In our last article we focused on freeing up the exhaust side of our 9A1 engine. Now we are working on freeing up the intake side of the engine for…
Project 987.2 Cayman S: Getting More Out of the Engine to Chase the GT4 Part 2
In previous segments of Project 987.2 Cayman we worked on our suspension and brakes to prepare our chassis for more power. Now it’s time to attack our 9A1 engine to…
BEST OF 2019: Project 987.2 Cayman S: Getting More Out of the Engine to Chase the GT4 Part 1
Previously we have been working on Project 987.2 Caymans Suspension and Brakes to get them up to Cup Car standards. With that work being completed we are now going to…
WATCH: Make Your Porsche Cayman Handle and Brake Like a Racecar!
A friend and customer of MotoIQ recently asked us if we could turn her once beloved daily driver Porsche Cayman into a racecar she could drive to and…
MotoIQ’s Project 987.2 Cayman S Featured in Automobile Magazine!
Jeany Zhao, the owner of our Project 987.2 Cayman S was featured in Automobile magazine along with Project Cayman and a plug for MotoIQ! Click on the link below to…
Project Porsche 987.2 Cayman S: Making Awesome Brakes More Awesome with Stoptech!
The 987.2 Cayman S has pretty decent brakes in stock condition. It comes from the factory with Brembo 4 piston calipers with 318x28mm front rotors and 299x24mm rear rotors. However,…
Project Porsche 987.2 Cayman S: Getting the Suspension Together! Part 2
In our last article, we got most of of the suspension for Project 987.2 Porsche Cayman in place. Now we have to finish the job installing the parts from KW…