John Gaydos’ 2012 Cayman R
EXHAUST, ENGINE, POWER
- Soul Performance Products Valved Exhaust System
- Soul Performance Products Competition Headers
- PCS Innovations High Flow Intake
- Softronic ECU Tune
BRAKES / SUSPENSION
- RSS Suspension Stage 1 Package
- 361 RSS Front Control Arms
- 312 Rear Adjustable Toe Steer Kit
- 333 Rear Toe Alignment Locking Plates
- Goodrich Stainless Steel Brake Lines
- Porsche GT3 Brake Master Cylinder – “The GT3 brake master cylinder paired with stainless steel brake lines is a very underrated mod as it firms up the pedal remarkably with less travel, providing a lot more consistency, confidence, and control into the braking zones under hard braking.“
- GiroDisc Slotted Rotors – “I hated the brakes from factory, those were one of the first to get improved. Slotted rotors and proper track pads got the initial bite and sustained braking performance where they needed to be for a street/track car, and without the quickly forming stress fractures of the factory drilled rotors.”
- Ferodo DS1.11 / Pagid RSL1 Pads
- GT3 Front / Modified 997 Turbo Rear Brake Ducts
- Castrol SRF Brake Fluid
WHEELS / TIRES
- Factory Cayman R 19” Wheels 19×10 and 19×8.5 with 10mm spacers front and 15mm spacers rear – “As the factory Cayman R wheels are the lightest 19’s Porsche ever made I kept them on the car for track use.”
- Bridgestone RE71R 285/35 rear 255/35 front – “Performance was okay with Michelin street tires, then I switched to a 255/285 RE71R setup…WOW, grip for days and wonderful rotation. I shaved seconds off laps immediately, then continued playing with front and rear track width to hone in a bit on balance and grip front and rear. The next step would be a set of Titan 7 TS5‘s in 18s with Nitto NT01s in a 245/275 setup for less rotational mass and a bit more sidewall, while of course reducing tire costs.”
INTERIOR / SAFETY
- Numeric Racing Short Throw Shifter + Cables Bundle – “My factory shifter cables broke at 34k mikes, and in went the Numeric Cables. Driving my car back to back with another Numeric modified Cayman on track it was very very apparent that the Numeric Shifter was outperforming my factory shifter. I drive smooth and hard and I shift the same way. After driving with the Numeric Shifter I could feel a very noticeable amount of slop in my shifter. The Numeric shifter was confidence inspiring into every gear, consistent and solid with no worry no matter how hard or quick you are on upshifts and downshifts.
- RSS Harness Bar
- Sparco Evo/Evo 2 Seats with Planted Brackets
- Racetech 6pt Harnesses
- Garmin Catalyst Driving Performance Optimizer
Have any questions about your build?
John is an experienced Performance Specialist at SOUL and he’s always available to help
Johng@soulpp.com | 267-818-3208
