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CARLOS LAGO: On this episode of-- let's just
call it "Zero to 60 101," we have a Porsche Cayman.
This is not the S, it's just the standard Cayman.
It's got roughly 300 horsepower from a flat four,
which is right there.
We've got a seven speed, dual clutch gearbox,
and we're going to see how fast we can go in a straight line.
First thing we do before we get into the launch control lot
is just mash the gas and see how fast it goes in the key
up settings, which is stability control on basically
the settings you get had you just turned the car on.
That's what we call "Key up."
All right.
I've talked enough.
Let's just nail the gas and go.
So clutch engagement is a little long
initially to get out of the hole.
You know, despite this four cylinder, this flat four,
having a solid mid-range, it does rev nicely up to,
let's say, it looks like about 7,500 RPM, which feels good.
Gearing feels a little tall.
Initial key up acceleration is pretty
quick for a 300 horsepower.
This is a pretty low weight vehicle, too.
Considering how kind of gradual that launch
was, that's not a bad performance,
all things considered.
Next we'll get into some of the more fun settings.
For run number two, I've got this little dial here
I'm going to turn to Sport Plus or S Plus.
It's going to put the dampers in Firm.
Let's put that in Soft so we get a little bit more weight
transfer.
I'm going to turn stability control off.
I'm not exactly sure how we get launch control,
but made this is it.
We'll find out.
That's what we do.
Left foot hard on the brake, right foot
is going to nail the gas.
Revs are going to shoot up-- hopefully--
and then I'm going to release the brake.
Let's do it.
Wow, that's a high [INAUDIBLE] launch, 6,000 RPM or so.
And way faster already.
Way faster.
That cut significant time off the acceleration.
Wow.
So the initial launch, the first launch, the key up launch,
mashing the gas there was a little bit of clutch
engagement I want to say at about 3,000 RPM or so.
When I did it in Sport Plus with stability control off,
the tach shot up to like 6,100, 6,200 RPM.
Release the brake and it's not a quick clutch engagement.
There's still a little bit of time
as the car figures out how to do that as smoothly but also as
quickly as possible.
But the acceleration improvements are massive.
As I'm seeing the raw data right here and
you might see right there.
We'll do one or two more runs just to see if that changes.
I don't think it will.
Consistency is the name of the game with a car like this,
because there's not much to change.
It's an automatic.
I can't change the clutch.
Shifting manually is just going to be slower.
I've tried it.
The car is going up shift better than I can.
All right.
Let's look the dampers in Firm and see
if that affects anything.
I suspect it won't, but let's find out.
Hold the brake, right foot mash the gas, release the brake
and that's it.
Wow, it actually goes up to 6,500,
but it cuts down quickly.
300 forward to 60.
And no change in the quarter?
Or I just missed it the first time.
So what I'm going to try to do on the last run, which
will probably be the last run, revs flare up to 6,500
but then kind of get controlled back down to 6,200.
I wonder if I get off the brake quick enough,
if I can catch it right as the flare up to 6,500 RPM.
I suspect that it controls it because there might be a better
launch happening at 6,100, the transmission and clutches
may be able to figure out that launch better.
But hey more engine speed gets you out of the hole faster
provided you have the traction.
All right, last run.
OK, here we go.
Three, two, one.
Yeah, I didn't get it.
Oh, well.
And effectively no change to acceleration.
That's been a handful of acceleration runs
in the Porsche Cayman, "Zero to 60 101."
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