{"id":111348,"date":"2009-12-29T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/29\/quick-spin-tpcracing-porsche-cayman-s-turbo\/"},"modified":"2009-12-29T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T16:57:00","slug":"quick-spin-tpcracing-cayman-s-turbo-picks-up-where-porsche-left-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/111348","title":{"rendered":"Quick Spin: TPCRacing Cayman S Turbo picks up where Porsche left off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Aftermarket<\/a>, Motorsports<\/a>, Coupe<\/a>, Performance<\/a>, Porsche<\/a>, Quick Spin<\/a><\/p>\n

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TPCRacing Porsche Cayman S Turbo – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nWhen Porsche<\/a> introduced the Cayman<\/a> in 2006, one thing was abundantly clear: Porsche had muzzled its midship coupe to prevent cannibalizing 911<\/a> sales. Despite a more favorable weight distribution and an unflappable chassis, the Cayman lacked the power to exploit its excellent underpinnings, even in “S” guise. So like its Boxster sibling, the Cayman was destined to play second fiddle to Porsche’s iconic rear-engine flagship. From a business perspective, Porsche’s decision made sense. For enthusiasts, it was yet another bitter pill from Zuffenhausen. <\/p>\n

When the Cayman underwent a refresh, there was always hope that a turbocharged variant would be included in the line-up. Predictably, that never happened. So the Cayman continued to stand on the lower\/middle rung of the Porsche ladder, offering less power and a lower price than the 911. The Cayman could dance. It just needed an extra bit of oomph.<\/p>\n

That’s where Mike Levitas comes in. Mike is the brains behind TPCRacing of Jessup, MD. Born of a family of automotive tinkerers, Mike spent most of his formative years learning about turbos and turning that knowledge to race cars – fast, reliable race cars that won championships. Like most other Porsche enthusiasts, Mike thought the Cayman could use more power. Turbocharged power. But unlike most of the marque’s devotees, Mike made it happen.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Quick Spin: 2009 TPCRacing Cayman S Turbo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nPhotos by <\/small><\/strong><\/em>Frank Filipponio<\/a> \/ <\/small><\/strong><\/em>Copyright (C)2009 Weblogs, Inc.<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Porsche, Quick Spin TPCRacing Porsche Cayman S Turbo – Click above for high-res image gallery When Porsche introduced the Cayman in 2006, one thing was abundantly clear: Porsche had muzzled its midship coupe to prevent cannibalizing 911 sales. Despite a more favorable weight distribution and an unflappable chassis, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}