Honestly, I HATE those 944's on the track. For some reason these way-to-slow, under powered 944 spec racers get to go out on the track with real, "race prepared " sports cars. They are so damn SLOW and create huge traffic obstacles for everyone else. This is the slowest popular race car, and I hope they all disappear.

Import a stripped out, race prepared Cayman or even a Boxster. Then you probably wont have to pay huge import fees cuz they are not street legal cars. The Boxsters and Caymans are fast and WONDERFUL cars!! And yes, you can get a used Cayman S for about $32,000 USD. And the Cayman racers will be HUGELY popular for many many many years to come!

 

944 is good if you want a momentum car. Otherwise, they're pretty slow. We prep two spec 944s at our shop and they've been pretty reliable, and can take a beating. But, there's no denying they're pretty slow.

With that said, I'd still take one over a Cayman or Boxster. Between the IMS, RMS, cyliner D-chunking and oil sump running dry on long sweeping corners (X51 oil pan with extra baffles helps out with this problem), I wouldn't get near a Boxster or Cayman "track car" unless I have $10K at the ready in case the motor blows up. And once that happens, I'd go over to Charles Navarro at LN Engineering and have him build me up a bulletproof motor with all the things he does to fix the inherent flaws in that motor.

 

Do you no any English?

 

Wow! This has turned into an interesting discussion! For the record, this is going to be a hobby and track day sort of race car. If I am holding up cars behind me at the track in a 300+ hp / 2200 lbs car, I am probably racing wayyyy out of my league as that is plenty quick for me.

And no, I do not want a Cayman, a Boxster or another 911. This entire idea revolves around the 944 and the poster I had of it in my room growing up.

 

Hey Jox, you should get a Cayman. I hear they're really cheap on another continent once the exchange rate discount is factored in.

 

Isn't that dude German as well?

Get a 944. You have wanted one forever. So don't be a *****, spend as much as you can afford and get a good one, already prepped. **** building it yourself.

Just dont by a knockoff Porsche 944 California.

 

Okay, so ...

1) Transfer of €30,000 to a US bank account
2) Convert €30,000 into $85,000 USD
3) Buy Cayman for $30,000
4) Additional shipping charges, reg, taxes etc - $5000
5) Transfer remaining $50,000 USD back into Europe
6) = 50 grand profit

So it seems I MAKE money on this thing even before I've sold anything!! I should have gone into currency speculation!

 

I have the accusump and oil sump extension used by the Italian and French Cayman Cup Racing series,.. they and I have no probs.

And yes,, these are ALL Cayman Cup race cars.

 

... nonsense you take it to Bahrain, sell it for $125k, buy a brand new CS in Svenska and pocket the rest.

 

Yeah, that's a must-have to keep the sump nice and juicy, but it doesn't do anything for IMS, D-chunk and RMS problems. The RMS isn't that big of a deal on a track car, but if the IMS fails, everything's wasted. I don't think the D chunk applies as much to the Cayman, moreso the earlier Boxster. They changed the formula on the later motors and took some silicon out of the formula.