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Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport (2015 – 2016)

It's a mid-engined Porsche racing car.

Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport (2015 - 2016)
Porsche Cayman (981) GT4 Clubsport Profile - Large
Model
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport (981)
Model Years
2015 - 2016
Production
421 units
Engine
3.8 L Nat Aspirated Flat-6
Power
385 bhp @ 7400 rpm
Torque
310 ft lbs @ 4750 rpm
0 - 60 mph
4.0 seconds
Top Speed
183 mph

(2015 – 2016) Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport – Ultimate Guide

Official photos: 2015 November 18 / Premiere: 2015 November 18, Los Angeles Auto Show

The Cayman GT4 racing car was confusingly named as GT4 Clubsport. Before that, club sport versions were always street legal, but not the GT4 CS. The difference between real racing cars and amateur club racing cars is that you can drive the latter to the track days and back home.It’s a mid-engined Porsche racing car. The 919 Hybrid was not made available for customer racing teams, so the RS Spyder had been the last mid-engined racing car that Porsche offered to its customers until the Cayman GT4 racing car.

The 981 GT4 racing version had the same 911 3.8-litre 283 kW engine as the street legal GT4. The GT4 racing version was available only with a unique 6-speed PDK gearbox (typical PDK of the time had 7 speeds and Porsche factory team uses sequential gearboxes for racing). The GT4 CS was solely destined for private racing drivers. The suspension was adapted from the 911 991 GT3 Cup car.

The size of the standard fuel tank was 90 litres. FIA-approved FT3 tanks were optionally available in 70- and 100-litre sizes. Although the 18″ wheels and tyres of the racing GT4 were much lighter than the 20″ units on the street version, at 1300 kg/2866 lb, the stripped out racing version was only 40 kg/88 lb lighter than the street legal version because of the full safety cage and heavier automatic gearbox.

Like all racing Porsches, the racing version of the GT4 was a Porsche Motorsport product that was ordered directly from Weissach and not from a Porsche dealer. The 981 GT4 racing car was a sales success for Porsche Motorsport with 421 cars sold!

Porsche Cayman 981 GT4 Clubsport
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Porsche Cayman 981 GT4 Clubsport
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Porsche Cayman 981 GT4 Clubsport
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Porsche Cayman 981 GT4 Clubsport front spoiler
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The forged wheels were fitted with 25/64-18 Michelin slicks at the front and 27/68-18 at the rear. The reliable and cost-effective steel brake discs measure 380 mm front and rear.© Porsche
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Porsche Cayman 981 GT4 Clubsport
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2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge, round 4, California 8 Hours, Laguna Seca, Porsche Cayman GT4, Spencer Pumpelly, Derek DeBoer, Sean Gibbons
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Intercontinental GT Challenge, round 4, California 8 Hours, Laguna Seca, Porsche Cayman GT4, Chris Bellomo, Tom Dyer, Rob Orcutt
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2019 Nürburgring, Porsche Cayman GT4 with wider body
2019 Nürburgring 24 hour race SP6 class winner (27th overall). The car has a non-stock widebody kit.© Porsche

 

Specification Comparison

Modification Cayman 981 GT4 Racing Cayman 981 GT4 Street
911 991 GT3 3.8
Engine 3.8B6 3.8B6 3.8B6
kW 283 283 350
lb-ft 309 309 324
Nm 420 420 440
Gearbox PDK 6-speed manual 6-speed PDK 7-speed
60 mph 4.2 sec. 3.3 sec.
100 km/h 4.4 sec. 3.5 sec.
160 km/h 9.3 sec. 7.5 sec.
200 km/h 14.5 sec. 11.4 sec.
mph 183 196
km/h 295 315
DIN kg 1300 1340 1430
DIN lb 2866 2954 3153
W/lb 98.7 95.8 111
W/kg 218 211 245
Nordschleife 7:40…45 7:30