Respect to Porsche / Porsche Solihull. Many manufacturers wouldn’t entertain this, but i honestly believe Matt is bringing positive promotion to Porsche through his work recently - can only be a good thing!
not at all, a company that don't tell you how to fix your car is not a good company. why not tell people how to fix there own car as they own it not the company but i guess if you think thats a good thing your part of a problem a long with them.
This entire car rebuild - Porche's attitude to it - and both parties commitment to get it back as good as the car could be are just brilliant. I love it.
@@lucasbim You could say Porsche as a company has a culture of loving cars. Not many companies would be this on-board with getting a wreck back on the road.
Fair play to that Porsche garage for letting you guys in to film. Most of these places will still be close minded but this garage seems to know the exposure they get from your channel can only be a good thing!
@@Carlos.Rivera I'd rather spend my money someplace that'll level with me than try to nickel and dime on EVERYTHING and won't actually let me get involved with MY car. Kudos to this Porsche dealership for dropping trou and showing the world the goods (as much as Porsche will let them).
while i don't trust any major car brand, prosche often goes a long way to honour real brand enthusiasm. they also still service ancient porsche tractors with the same customer service as a recently bought car. they made an ad about that but ppl confirmed they actually do still keep the service specs for these
@@thecursed01I may be mistaken but aren’t they one of the only manufacturers that refuse to stop making manual transmissions and are attempting to develop a carbon neutral fuel to replace gasoline or something like that? I don’t know the whole deal all to well because i haven’t really looked into it but I thought I heard something about that at some point
@@hugoandreslozano5489 bmw also tried to push for carbon neutral fuel..aka fuel from plants (the parts of food plants that get discarded otherwise) but our leftist green doctrine says that's heresy, so no permission to go further on it. maybe they do it in the usa, but not here
@@MagicAyrtonforever Leeds for me. Porsche customer service at head office are horrendous. I'll never have a Porsche again, nowhere near as reliable as people think and overly expensive parts.
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I've had 8 porsches since 1997 and the latest two TurboS have been a disgrace. They are not up to the job whatsoever and are nothing but a quarter mile gadget now. I should have known to leave them when they went with the electric steering. Proper porsche guys left the brand at that point as they knew something was up. Ohh how I should have listened to them over all the quarter mile monkeys on youtube etc. Ohh and by the way my oldest R1 a 5vy model from 2004-2006 could catch and pass my own TurboS's at Crail raceway quarter mile no joke, even on the unprepped surface in sub 10deg track temp 15 ambient mugged me in my TurboS with my cousin riding my R1, i then jumped on the R1 and my mate took my TurboS as he was as fast as me in it and re-ran it another bunch and i managed to beat my own TurboS on my oldest sportsbike I own that is approximately £5k to buy now. Kind of spoils it when the hype behind the TurboS was that it was a legitimate reliable 10sec car. It isn't, it definitely isn't, it's barely on the 10 second page in the big bible of what is what does. I also got whooped at Knockhill by anything resembling a 400hp track ready car and an early Lotus Evora beat me around knockhill for fun it danced around me at the bend before the pit straight like I was in a yaught.
Fabulous work Mat. Fair play to Porsche for supporting you. They could have thrown you out of the garage but could see the benefit of collaboration as you would have done it anyway. Your rebuilds are epic and great entertainment 😊👍
Massive credit to Porsche Solihull for being part of the video, that says a lot about this dealership and service department - professionals and enthusiasts! Nice work Matt the car looks amazing! I was a bit worried about this one. 😂
You know I wasn't actually a massive Porsche fan before this car came along on your channel, but it has turned out so beautiful! Props to you - this was one heck of a project.
you shouldnt be. This is the dealership showing their absolute best to a 1 mil+ sub youtuber, not an average joe without any influence on the internet. You would be treated like garbage, as the vast majority of normal buyers are, and probably wouldnt have been able to even film in the facility. The cars are over priced, last very little compared to other sports cars, and the parts cost insane amounts.
The marks up the door could have come from the recovery straps to flip the car back over. If the buckles from the ratchet straps were at door level, that would cause that damage.
@@Tony_3d_ Yes there is extra price attached to the GT stuff but you’re not paying for the fastest track speed when you buy a manual car. Any sensible person would know that a manual is slower. If you only care about speed then PDK is the way to go.
I love how he's shocked that a part from Porsche is 115. Here I am replacing parts on a 2003 hyundai santa fe and its $170 for a rear control arm haha.
i was thinking that too. 300 dollars isnt cheap but practically 150 for each of the lower arms? on a porsche!?!?! i wouldnt even think twice about it seems cheap to me for a porsche lol
I'm not a car guy but even to me that looked very impressive. The amount of time your team put in to this car was definitely outstanding I've tried panelbeating and it takes alot out of a person and y'all made it look like child's play.
I fixed up a front end on a car when I was 19 the panel gaps never did fit back perfectly even with countless hours put into it. looked great but nowhere close to what they have. Couldn’t imagine the amount of work and effort to get that car to look like it does after that wreck and it was all sides 😂😂 wild
I don't understand why he would make the cosmetics perfect before having the mechanical inspection by Porsche. Take off all the panels, mark what you know needs replacing, then tow it there on a trailer for them to inspect the mechanical while everything is easily visible. You would have seen these damaged parts and then known if it's worth continuing and maybe decided to save some money somewhere lese on the build. What if they found critical damage that was not so simple to fix?!
I'm not a fan of sports cars, but sir Mat, you really impressed me by restoring and even enhancing the vehicles. I truly salute you. I'm from the Philippines. I've subscribed to your channel, and I always watch it to unwind after work. I hope you create more videos like this.
Mostly body some cooling and body damage . Is a fancy car so well had the fancy car tax. Then we add the insurance not wanting to payout rebuilding. And we have a super cheap 'wreaked' car. But I like how Porsche is super helpful in this.
Love seeing the lengths Porsche goes to keep their name/integrity upheld. Worked in a shop that was shared JLR/Porsche that had these very nice walkway carpets at the entrance with the brand logos on them. Porsche Corporate paid a visit to the dealer one day, stopped dead in their tracks when they saw those carpets and said something along the line of "those are not approved, no one steps on the Porsche name, get them out of here"...management had someone roll them up immediately, little something I'll never forget.
Matt, you’ve inspired me to rebuild my first car on my channel… a flooded BMW 135i with only 11k miles that I got for $2k! The series is going great so far. I’ve learned a lot from you, not just mechanics, but video styling too. Cheers 🍻
I know it's sacrilege but I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, I prefer the looks of the Cayman to the 911. It's sleeker and more modern and you've done an absolutely astounding job with this example.
Great to see you finally have the Cayman S all dialed in, was fantastic to see it beat the GT4. One thing I really love about your rebuilds Mat is that you always go through and fix all the small issues and clear all your codes, I see too many re-builders who pretend these do not exist.
Man it always makes me happy seeing one of your videos come up on my subscriptions. When I’m having tough times it always cheers me up seeing you so happy doing what you love. You have great energy love the content!
@@pcsullog Yes, that's part of what I meant by quicker. I have a manual Cayman and the gearing is painfully painfully long on public roads. Top of second is breaking all the speed limits so you don't get to bang gears 😭
They have always been the coolest magnus walker and also the guys in Australia who rebore Porsche engines to get more performance out of them a lot of other companies "we dont want you doing that" porsche "let us help you".
@@lewisb85 I've always loved their dedication to their older models as well. You can buy replacement head units for Porsches made in the '70s and '80s that bring modern technology into the car. That is so freaking awesome!
@@Ozhull My dad's project car is a 1970s 911 that someone modified badly (he's currently trying to get it back to factory condition). Porsche are so cool if they don't have a part they will give you contacts for trusted people in their owners club community.
@@Chakidaki you didn't see the end of the video... Basically showed you shouldn't buy the 90k gt4 because you can modify a cheaper Porsche. Not really the best advertising for Porsche tbh.
@@RJA The average new Porsche buyer isn't about modding their car. Now if he showed you can do financials crimes and coke just was well in the cheapest Porsche, they would have aporblem with that.
I really love watching you work Mat.. seriously, from the really hard work you put in racing BMX to buying and flipping houses to building supercars.. really, what a life mate, great great job!! I'm super happy for you, and to watch when you give back.. that's a real treat!! I hope that if you see this it makes your day..
Great stuff Matt. The GT4 with the manual is going to struggle with the automatic Cayman in the drag race now that they have similar power, and it’s probably heavier as it has the 6 cylinder, but you’ve built another great car. 👏
The Cayman S also had 505nm of torque after the tune, vs 400nm of the GT4. That will pull it out of the corners significantly faster across a broader range of gear ratio's. Now if we let the tuning guy at the GT4 and it's 6cyl motor, things might flip back the other way 😂
Yeah for the value of 70,000 lb difference, the cayman is better and was also customized better if you did it your self, manual can beat automatic because it can grab corners better and has better response time the torque makes a difference too
@@Jay-jayy-n9u 70k than the gt4 you could even put in a custom specialized sequential transmission with billet 2.7 sleeved block for 500hp and still have left over change.
Great work Mat, think the lighter 4 cylinder also helped. Love Porsche for their support too. The Cayman is underrated as is the boxster but the engines are mid mounted. They 4 wheel drift when pushed to the limit, perfectly balanced and great fun to drive and own
I love watching Mat's videos so much. Content, cars, editing, but must of all, Mat's natural love and passion for cars and car culture. Good on you mate.
I always find it really good how the guys at Porsche( Sheffield)help with the older cars. The service is so helpful and getting me parts even if it's something for a few pound
I am not even that invested in cars but Matt's videos are ones I will always click on because he proves that raw enthusiasm conquers all! I love following his and his cars (plural!!) journey :)
I think he is, and I think it's why his channel is so popular. He's just like a regular bloke and when things work out, he's like a kid in a sweet shop...
I really love how porshe let you inside, and how cooperate they were. I never cared to get a high end car. But this is the car i would get. So seeing this enthusiasm is awesome amd tempting lol
THE VIEWERS need a new built ASAP ..I cancelled my TV licence & they called me to ask why ? I said Mat Armstrong & they said not another one ... your content is on another level as always we need more
@@elliottchard Look at it this way. For example apple with their iphones there's no 1st party parts or schematics available to the public ( til recently, only because they got told to do so). Just because they want to sell you a new phone. Instead of fixing your old one because it makes them more money. And have the opportunity to sell you more crap. By having it anti repair friendly.
@@elliottchardSame way iPhones are so unfriendly to repairs. Apple wants you to buy a new one and gets pissed at you considering a hundred dollar repair over yet another 1,500 dollar phone.
So this was actually the first car of yours that I followed from start to finish, 100% of it. And I have to say, it was an absolutely joy Mat. I have been watching every single video of yours since then, and I'm always thrilled to see that a new one has released. Please never stop doing what you do Mat!
The Cayman additional torque makes the difference, torque provides “backbone” to the bhp. Amazed that they managed to tune a 4 cylinder to have higher torque than the 6 cylinder. Great work Matt
The torque gives him consistent pulling energy in the lower rev ranges, which is all you need on a small drag strip or on a small tight track 👍👍 beautiful car
Well it sort of makes sense if you think about. Given equal capacity the four would have a longer stroke - hence more torque potential. I used to run 3l 944S2 4 pot and that thing used third gear like a train pulling up Kesselchen on the 'ring
I am a big fan Mat, your enthusiasm is contagious. May I respectfully suggest wearing crash helmets for speed testing? There are a lot of us that really don’t want anything bad to happen to you.
Well done mate, those are some fantastic results to achieve with a Cayman S! I’m sure GT4 owners are going to get their cars re-mapped soon after watching this 😂
The 6cyl will take much more abuse, and last a lot longer. Cars today are generally too heavy for 4 bangers (especially H.O. 4cyls) to have any real longevity if you abuse them. I wouldn't want a 4cyl in anything over 2500lbs. Then you'll have a reliable little rocket.
@@boydsterling3193 Kinda partial to the sound and performance of an inline 6 myself. V6's rarely do anything for me sound wise. I guess that's mainly because I grew up when there where lots of cars with straight 6's in them. A resto-modded 1976 280Z would make me do unspeakable things for.
Fair play! Loving the dedication and passion shown on every upload. The positivity is inspirational and a breath of fresh air compared to so much negative and intentionally contentious content online. Keep up the outstanding content and thanks for your consistency and graft ❤
Congratulations for this build! It looked as though the GT4 had a manual shifter and the Cayman S a PDK. If that’s so, it would not be such a fair comparison… Cheers!
Really respect your enthusiasm and patience with this stellar build! I recently got a Macan S and there’s all kinds of big & little things to get right on the car and seeing you race yours at the end inspired me to press on, thanks 🤘
The passion that goes into each build is inspiring. You build each car way better than it was. The color on the Porche is top-notch.... YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN MATT.... Greetings from Mureed South Africa.
Matt you are what I always aspired to be but couldn’t quite get there. The fact your cracking at such a young age shows what’s in your future. I get to live out what I missed out on through you and your channel. Thank you mate.
I loved following your journey with this car and was fascinated by this entire series and your ability to dream big is inspiring - keep up the good work!
Ben is a good guy and a great driver, met him a Thruxton once. You can see him getting his Rover sideways on track in Camber and Combustion videos - well worth a watch!
Respect to Porsche for helping you out and allowing this car to have a second life. That's what a car company should work like. Much adoration and respect to you for this build.
I found this channel just a few months ago and I must say I absolutely love it. Matt your genuineness and passion for cars is so intoxication and refreshing. I’m sending all the positive vibes your way and I hope you use them to achieve even higher levels than you imagine. 💯
Lovely lovely car. My 2017 S3 Quattro is 310 bhp stock and can be stage 1'd to 360 on stock parts, so that porche is quick. 0 - 60 stock for mine is already 4.4 seconds. Even stock, mine is not far off the RS3's 3.9 0-60, so when remapped it'll be on par/beat stock RS3's.
"Classified" or not it's your vehicle therefore by law you legally have the right to be present in the room while these repairs are taking place. If they refuse to let you be present in the room while repairs are taking place there are actually legal procedures you could take that would force them to allow you to remain present within the room during the repair process. I've gone down that rabbit hole with other major luxury car companies primarily Lamborghini. It's now to the point where the rare time I do need repairs done on my vehicle that I'm unable to do they allow me to remain present in the room during the entire repair process. I think Porsche was just scared of us telling them that they are doing the repairs wrong :)
Big respect to Porsche Solihull and to Porsche Corporate for allowing you to film and fix the vehicle. This is an enthusiasts brand...I'll forever be loyal to the brand when they let a university student push it down the back roads... I'll never forget that experience. Will own a 911 one day..
3.7 million views for this video wow! I remember starting to watch your channel during lockdown amazing how much your audience has grown. Wishing you every success
@@PandaCheeks he just said it was plant based. I just added which plant it was made out of. As a mechanic for many years i repaired or replaced many wiring harness with the wiring insulation was made from soy products that where eaten by rats or squirrels. It's actually a pretty common issue now unlike before where the wire insulation was oil based.
Very interesting but that GT4 was a manual, maybe that could have led to the difference in speed considering the bhp difference. Would be interesting to see a PDK GT4 against the Cayman S. Loved the video and the car. Keep up the good work Mat
So cool to see Ben in your video. He is an awesome guy and a brilliant driver. It would be fun to see a video of how much faster he could make the S by putting a proper track alignment on it :D
Well done Matt and team. Car looks great and it’s clearly better than the 90k model. What a great result for us viewers to experience this. Just wish we all got to drive it. Been watching you for 6 months now and I love every minute. Thanks so much, I hope you never stop
@@Rayaan_22 to what purpose? Yeah, the work and channel is great, but what do you gain from being first, other than the possibility of getting some worthless and arbitrary 'likes'?
Although the cost was still high for most, you were able to restore a Cayman S for less than the price of some of the other higher end Porches. The series on the build gives an idea that a Cayman S can be resurrected even though it is badly damaged. Great series and take care of it. Most importantly, have fun.
11/10 to Porsche on two points for letting him film in their facility fair enough about the Classified bit, their assistance is positive and I leave it to others to confirmation my perception that those parts weren't that expensive!
Respect to Porsche / Porsche Solihull. Many manufacturers wouldn’t entertain this, but i honestly believe Matt is bringing positive promotion to Porsche through his work recently - can only be a good thing!
I will go to solihul for any repairs or services
He's built that relationship
First time seeing someone working well with the dealership. What a genius level.
Respect to Porsche and their team to entertain and guide Mat.
not at all, a company that don't tell you how to fix your car is not a good company. why not tell people how to fix there own car as they own it not the company but i guess if you think thats a good thing your part of a problem a long with them.
This entire car rebuild - Porche's attitude to it - and both parties commitment to get it back as good as the car could be are just brilliant. I love it.
Totally! Cudos to them, a lot better than mclaren dealing with Tavarish rebuild.
@@lucasbim You could say Porsche as a company has a culture of loving cars. Not many companies would be this on-board with getting a wreck back on the road.
@notfiveo He's from the UK. Their steering wheel is on the right.
@Ricardo Al Klateni nah they just wrong
He can use that thing to deliver my mails in the U.S… lol
Fair play to that Porsche garage for letting you guys in to film. Most of these places will still be close minded but this garage seems to know the exposure they get from your channel can only be a good thing!
They asked the subscribers count
Well... thats free advertising. Bring it on
@@Carlos.Rivera I'd rather spend my money someplace that'll level with me than try to nickel and dime on EVERYTHING and won't actually let me get involved with MY car.
Kudos to this Porsche dealership for dropping trou and showing the world the goods (as much as Porsche will let them).
@@PhotonHerald porsche is the chillest car company they have the best customer service
@@TacticalNudo16 sure
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Are you alright?
Porsche approach to this rebuild is really impressive. Nice people at the dealership.
while i don't trust any major car brand, prosche often goes a long way to honour real brand enthusiasm. they also still service ancient porsche tractors with the same customer service as a recently bought car. they made an ad about that but ppl confirmed they actually do still keep the service specs for these
@@thecursed01I may be mistaken but aren’t they one of the only manufacturers that refuse to stop making manual transmissions and are attempting to develop a carbon neutral fuel to replace gasoline or something like that?
I don’t know the whole deal all to well because i haven’t really looked into it but I thought I heard something about that at some point
@@hugoandreslozano5489 bmw also tried to push for carbon neutral fuel..aka fuel from plants (the parts of food plants that get discarded otherwise) but our leftist green doctrine says that's heresy, so no permission to go further on it. maybe they do it in the usa, but not here
@hugoandreslozano5489 if I remember correctly they are doing a algy based bio fuel
Shoutout to the guys at Porsche, true professionals.
At that dealers. Can't say the same for some of them.
Yes truely pro's.
Given how nice they are to him I feel he should rib them a little less 😅
@@Man_v_Cars Absolutley agree - Portsmouth made me sell my car I was so fed up with the service, rude, arrogant and useless.
@@MagicAyrtonforever Leeds for me. Porsche customer service at head office are horrendous. I'll never have a Porsche again, nowhere near as reliable as people think and overly expensive parts.
from that small clip, we can already tell Phil is absolutely goated on the tune sticks
Congrats On 1M!
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i following you from yemen and you have part of the Credite teaching my how to speak i love you and i love all your video cos you are creative and amazing pearson i dont mess any video of yours since bentley rebuild i hope you reply my comment
I wasn't expecting to see u here, I loved the small details of spidermiles new trailer, keep up the good work 😉
I cringe every time someone shoehorns “Goated” into a sentence lol
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Epic. Now lets see that GT3 RS.
GT3* but yes we need more episodes
Now he needs to make this a series “Cayman VS All”
Wow Zollotech is a car fan😍
Hey Aaron, didn’t know you’re a car fan too!
Loool
I think it's great that Porsche was so hands on and allowed you to work with them multiple times. Porsche looks like they have great customer service!
While using a TH-camr for PR. They'd tell any other person to kick rocks.
@@manyogurt4645this is what i fear
If this were Ferrari they would have insulted Matt from the beginning..... by far the most arrogant car company of all time.
I’m amazed how helpful your Porsche dealership really is. Hats of to them
As opposed to the US dealers on the other project… amazing result. Love the content!
I’m sorry but……ONLY if your face fits!
I've had 8 porsches since 1997 and the latest two TurboS have been a disgrace. They are not up to the job whatsoever and are nothing but a quarter mile gadget now. I should have known to leave them when they went with the electric steering. Proper porsche guys left the brand at that point as they knew something was up. Ohh how I should have listened to them over all the quarter mile monkeys on youtube etc. Ohh and by the way my oldest R1 a 5vy model from 2004-2006 could catch and pass my own TurboS's at Crail raceway quarter mile no joke, even on the unprepped surface in sub 10deg track temp 15 ambient mugged me in my TurboS with my cousin riding my R1, i then jumped on the R1 and my mate took my TurboS as he was as fast as me in it and re-ran it another bunch and i managed to beat my own TurboS on my oldest sportsbike I own that is approximately £5k to buy now. Kind of spoils it when the hype behind the TurboS was that it was a legitimate reliable 10sec car. It isn't, it definitely isn't, it's barely on the 10 second page in the big bible of what is what does. I also got whooped at Knockhill by anything resembling a 400hp track ready car and an early Lotus Evora beat me around knockhill for fun it danced around me at the bend before the pit straight like I was in a yaught.
and it sounded sooo cheap LOL .. Porche dealer in Denmark HUH I dont even wanna talk about that price
that's bc he's spending a lot of money at the stealership
That tuner extracting an extra 40+ hp and nearly 100 more N•m torque is goated.
Goated?
@@philipkay8116 goat - Greatest Of All Time
Dom: But I’m 500 extra horsepower to any kind of vehicles that I enters. ~ Vin Diesel
@@schlafentzug743 greatest of all time… “ed”. You only answered half.
@@dc5131 its a derivative of the word goat ;)
Fabulous work Mat. Fair play to Porsche for supporting you. They could have thrown you out of the garage but could see the benefit of collaboration as you would have done it anyway. Your rebuilds are epic and great entertainment 😊👍
Also, Porsche got quite a few 💷💷💷💷💷 for the work they did. 👍
Ferrari could never
Oh gosh 😂
Lol someone at Ferrari threw up watching this video 😂
You spelled wood wrong.
Massive credit to Porsche Solihull for being part of the video, that says a lot about this dealership and service department - professionals and enthusiasts! Nice work Matt the car looks amazing! I was a bit worried about this one. 😂
same! was worried but having the orignal compan help makes this car so much more worth imo
That Cayman S is such a gorgeous vehicle, you seriously knocked it out of the park, Mat.
Twice! Once before the repair!
You know I wasn't actually a massive Porsche fan before this car came along on your channel, but it has turned out so beautiful! Props to you - this was one heck of a project.
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you shouldnt be. This is the dealership showing their absolute best to a 1 mil+ sub youtuber, not an average joe without any influence on the internet. You would be treated like garbage, as the vast majority of normal buyers are, and probably wouldnt have been able to even film in the facility. The cars are over priced, last very little compared to other sports cars, and the parts cost insane amounts.
@@nom6758 you are sobbing
@@nom6758 ‘average Joe’ you mean the average Joe with a Porsche???? Bru🗿💀
@@nom6758 Why the need for all the hate? If you don’t like Porsche, then hop out of the video and the comment section. No one needs you here.
The marks up the door could have come from the recovery straps to flip the car back over. If the buckles from the ratchet straps were at door level, that would cause that damage.
Great work there matt - but a big part of your performance advantage is having the PDK instead of the manual that's in the GT4.
Yeah but it doesn’t change the price difference in the cars, just shows that sometimes you literally paying for a brand on a brand
The GT 4 wasn’t turned to death but good work Matt
I have the PDK in mine and is quicker than i can manually shift.
@@Tony_3d_ Yes there is extra price attached to the GT stuff but you’re not paying for the fastest track speed when you buy a manual car. Any sensible person would know that a manual is slower. If you only care about speed then PDK is the way to go.
Also didn’t Matt replace all the tires?
New tires make a big difference
Plus if the Gt4 has PS2 they need to be properly warmed up 😅
I love how he's shocked that a part from Porsche is 115. Here I am replacing parts on a 2003 hyundai santa fe and its $170 for a rear control arm haha.
i was thinking that too. 300 dollars isnt cheap but practically 150 for each of the lower arms? on a porsche!?!?! i wouldnt even think twice about it seems cheap to me for a porsche lol
Facts I was like damn only 115?
Because you guys forget Porche is in Volkswagen Group, sharing parts with others in group (Audi, Bugatti, Lambo, Bentley, etc.)is good for customer.
Yeah I did a near nut-and-bolt on a 986, and everything basic was over £100 each, and that was for a car that was over 15 years old.
I was expecting 700-1k
I'm not a car guy but even to me that looked very impressive. The amount of time your team put in to this car was definitely outstanding I've tried panelbeating and it takes alot out of a person and y'all made it look like child's play.
I fixed up a front end on a car when I was 19 the panel gaps never did fit back perfectly even with countless hours put into it. looked great but nowhere close to what they have. Couldn’t imagine the amount of work and effort to get that car to look like it does after that wreck and it was all sides 😂😂 wild
@@jacobmitchell9227 tesla have way worse panel gaps than that porche from factory 😂
@@marinesole2 and never let people forget about it!!
@@jacobmitchell9227 for panel gaps use paint stick stirs 😁
I don't understand why he would make the cosmetics perfect before having the mechanical inspection by Porsche. Take off all the panels, mark what you know needs replacing, then tow it there on a trailer for them to inspect the mechanical while everything is easily visible. You would have seen these damaged parts and then known if it's worth continuing and maybe decided to save some money somewhere lese on the build. What if they found critical damage that was not so simple to fix?!
I'm not a fan of sports cars, but sir Mat, you really impressed me by restoring and even enhancing the vehicles. I truly salute you. I'm from the Philippines. I've subscribed to your channel, and I always watch it to unwind after work. I hope you create more videos like this.
You can never eliminate risk. You did a great job of fixing a wreak.
Yep, that car was a total WRECK. He did well.
Mostly body some cooling and body damage . Is a fancy car so well had the fancy car tax. Then we add the insurance not wanting to payout rebuilding. And we have a super cheap 'wreaked' car. But I like how Porsche is super helpful in this.
Love seeing the lengths Porsche goes to keep their name/integrity upheld. Worked in a shop that was shared JLR/Porsche that had these very nice walkway carpets at the entrance with the brand logos on them. Porsche Corporate paid a visit to the dealer one day, stopped dead in their tracks when they saw those carpets and said something along the line of "those are not approved, no one steps on the Porsche name, get them out of here"...management had someone roll them up immediately, little something I'll never forget.
Honestly makes sense
Matt, you’ve inspired me to rebuild my first car on my channel… a flooded BMW 135i with only 11k miles that I got for $2k! The series is going great so far. I’ve learned a lot from you, not just mechanics, but video styling too. Cheers 🍻
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i watched several videos previously on your channel and they're amazing, i hope i have the chance to rebuild my car one day
I’ve been following it. 👍🏽
I know it's sacrilege but I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, I prefer the looks of the Cayman to the 911. It's sleeker and more modern and you've done an absolutely astounding job with this example.
And supposedly a better drive given the mid engine as opposed to rear.
a cayman gt4 RS with weissach package an carbon hood is gorgeous
Especially with a Cayman S only costing 18.5k £. I am now thinking about getting one too.
@@Kevin-bl6lg A wrecked Cayman S costing 18.5k
“Porsche want to see it again because there could be something potentially dangerous”. “But in the meantime I’m going to make it faster”. Classic.
Surely tie rods would have been one of the first things to replace after a crash 😅
fr replaces "all arms and suspension components" but not tie rods😭bro
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@@RunningFromTwelve he said on the one in florida
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Great to see you finally have the Cayman S all dialed in, was fantastic to see it beat the GT4. One thing I really love about your rebuilds Mat is that you always go through and fix all the small issues and clear all your codes, I see too many re-builders who pretend these do not exist.
Man it always makes me happy seeing one of your videos come up on my subscriptions. When I’m having tough times it always cheers me up seeing you so happy doing what you love. You have great energy love the content!
I think the extra torque really was the MVP of the track test
Don't forget the PDK
It was all in the gearbox! PDK is magnitudes quicker than the manual both in a straight line and around the track.
@@pcsullog Yes, that's part of what I meant by quicker.
I have a manual Cayman and the gearing is painfully painfully long on public roads. Top of second is breaking all the speed limits so you don't get to bang gears 😭
@@JamesClimbs As a corvette owner I share your pain, top speed in 1st gear is 90km/h
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You are getting there Mat, with ups and downs, new problems to be solved and with new content we can enjoy. Keep it up, brother!
Matt did it his way, that's what we like
much respect to you for the work done, and respect to Porsche for not hiding behind their name, as a tech I find that quite refreshing.
They have always been the coolest magnus walker and also the guys in Australia who rebore Porsche engines to get more performance out of them a lot of other companies "we dont want you doing that" porsche "let us help you".
@@lewisb85 I've always loved their dedication to their older models as well. You can buy replacement head units for Porsches made in the '70s and '80s that bring modern technology into the car. That is so freaking awesome!
@@Ozhull My dad's project car is a 1970s 911 that someone modified badly (he's currently trying to get it back to factory condition). Porsche are so cool if they don't have a part they will give you contacts for trusted people in their owners club community.
Great work on that Porsche! Glad to see some one not being afraid of doing extensive work on this type of cars! Folowing all your builds.
Amazing how Porsche let you in and film the story. They show you respect. Well done. Love your Cayman S btw
Of course they did for marketing...
Camry ;)
Ferrari would have NEVER done that.
@@Chakidaki you didn't see the end of the video... Basically showed you shouldn't buy the 90k gt4 because you can modify a cheaper Porsche.
Not really the best advertising for Porsche tbh.
@@RJA The average new Porsche buyer isn't about modding their car. Now if he showed you can do financials crimes and coke just was well in the cheapest Porsche, they would have aporblem with that.
I really love watching you work Mat.. seriously, from the really hard work you put in racing BMX to buying and flipping houses to building supercars.. really, what a life mate, great great job!! I'm super happy for you, and to watch when you give back.. that's a real treat!! I hope that if you see this it makes your day..
Great stuff Matt. The GT4 with the manual is going to struggle with the automatic Cayman in the drag race now that they have similar power, and it’s probably heavier as it has the 6 cylinder, but you’ve built another great car. 👏
The Cayman S also had 505nm of torque after the tune, vs 400nm of the GT4. That will pull it out of the corners significantly faster across a broader range of gear ratio's.
Now if we let the tuning guy at the GT4 and it's 6cyl motor, things might flip back the other way 😂
@tosgem this guy gets it
@@tosgem well and still the gt4 would cost so much more then the rebuild s version :)
Yeah for the value of 70,000 lb difference, the cayman is better and was also customized better if you did it your self, manual can beat automatic because it can grab corners better and has better response time the torque makes a difference too
@@Jay-jayy-n9u 70k than the gt4 you could even put in a custom specialized sequential transmission with billet 2.7 sleeved block for 500hp and still have left over change.
Great work Mat, think the lighter 4 cylinder also helped. Love Porsche for their support too. The Cayman is underrated as is the boxster but the engines are mid mounted. They 4 wheel drift when pushed to the limit, perfectly balanced and great fun to drive and own
I love watching Mat's videos so much. Content, cars, editing, but must of all, Mat's natural love and passion for cars and car culture. Good on you mate.
it's contagious and so positive and he giggles like he's some school girl, I just crack up. I am hooked.
I always find it really good how the guys at Porsche( Sheffield)help with the older cars. The service is so helpful and getting me parts even if it's something for a few pound
Mat came through🔥 The GT4 did well considering it is a manual. It is the car I would have 😊
I agree with most everyone here. Nice content, nice work and you don't make those of us who can't do what you do feel bad. Bravo!
For some reason, im always smiling from beginning to end whenever i watch Mat's videos. Thanks from SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 broer!
Yap! Enthusiasm is contagious
I am not even that invested in cars but Matt's videos are ones I will always click on because he proves that raw enthusiasm conquers all! I love following his and his cars (plural!!) journey :)
I love this content. Guy seems like a genuinely decent dude and his passion absolutely shines through well done sir.
I think he is, and I think it's why his channel is so popular. He's just like a regular bloke and when things work out, he's like a kid in a sweet shop...
His dad is top notch also
I really love how porshe let you inside, and how cooperate they were.
I never cared to get a high end car. But this is the car i would get. So seeing this enthusiasm is awesome amd tempting lol
THE VIEWERS need a new built ASAP ..I cancelled my TV licence & they called me to ask why ? I said Mat Armstrong & they said not another one ... your content is on another level as always we need more
I have followed this project since day 1 and still I can say: What a transformation !
Some might be led to think what you do is “easy”! The time you put in, tenacity overcoming problems is on a level unknown to most!
Porsche you are a great company for supporting their content and not being oligarchs! I hope others take your approach!
This was a good build. Proves how great of a company Porsche is, most manufacturers wouldn’t sell you the parts.
why is that? seems crazy
@@elliottchard Look at it this way. For example apple with their iphones there's no 1st party parts or schematics available to the public ( til recently, only because they got told to do so). Just because they want to sell you a new phone. Instead of fixing your old one because it makes them more money. And have the opportunity to sell you more crap. By having it anti repair friendly.
@@elliottchardSame way iPhones are so unfriendly to repairs. Apple wants you to buy a new one and gets pissed at you considering a hundred dollar repair over yet another 1,500 dollar phone.
So this was actually the first car of yours that I followed from start to finish, 100% of it. And I have to say, it was an absolutely joy Mat. I have been watching every single video of yours since then, and I'm always thrilled to see that a new one has released. Please never stop doing what you do Mat!
The Cayman additional torque makes the difference, torque provides “backbone” to the bhp. Amazed that they managed to tune a 4 cylinder to have higher torque than the 6 cylinder. Great work Matt
The torque gives him consistent pulling energy in the lower rev ranges, which is all you need on a small drag strip or on a small tight track 👍👍 beautiful car
Now it makes me wonder how a tuned GT4 would perform against the various trims of 911
Well it sort of makes sense if you think about. Given equal capacity the four would have a longer stroke - hence more torque potential. I used to run 3l 944S2 4 pot and that thing used third gear like a train pulling up Kesselchen on the 'ring
I am a big fan Mat, your enthusiasm is contagious. May I respectfully suggest wearing crash helmets for speed testing? There are a lot of us that really don’t want anything bad to happen to you.
Well done mate, those are some fantastic results to achieve with a Cayman S! I’m sure GT4 owners are going to get their cars re-mapped soon after watching this 😂
I would take the manual 6 cylinder any day of the week but can’t deny the S is quick and looks absolutely awesome
The 6cyl will take much more abuse, and last a lot longer. Cars today are generally too heavy for 4 bangers (especially H.O. 4cyls) to have any real longevity if you abuse them. I wouldn't want a 4cyl in anything over 2500lbs. Then you'll have a reliable little rocket.
@@shane8915 Absolutely agree, lot more fun to drive and sounds better too
@@boydsterling3193 Kinda partial to the sound and performance of an inline 6 myself. V6's rarely do anything for me sound wise. I guess that's mainly because I grew up when there where lots of cars with straight 6's in them. A resto-modded 1976 280Z would make me do unspeakable things for.
Fair play! Loving the dedication and passion shown on every upload. The positivity is inspirational and a breath of fresh air compared to so much negative and intentionally contentious content online. Keep up the outstanding content and thanks for your consistency and graft ❤
Wrecks with defects on the Road dangerous thing.
Dude, ur such a good influence on TH-cam n I believe u deserve all ur success. Good luck with ur future Matt n excited to see more of ur content
It really makes my day when I see Matt uploaded 🎉
Respect Matt !! Well done ! This brought a tear to my eyes , what a proud proud moment !
Beautiful make over too !
Nice one Matt .... incredible!
Congrats, Mat. You did a great job. Thank you for letting us witness your journey.
Congratulations for this build! It looked as though the GT4 had a manual shifter and the Cayman S a PDK. If that’s so, it would not be such a fair comparison… Cheers!
Especially in the drag race.
agree.... but the manual seemed to be launching beautifully
Really respect your enthusiasm and patience with this stellar build! I recently got a Macan S and there’s all kinds of big & little things to get right on the car and seeing you race yours at the end inspired me to press on, thanks 🤘
The passion that goes into each build is inspiring. You build each car way better than it was. The color on the Porche is top-notch.... YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN MATT....
Greetings from Mureed South Africa.
Matt you are what I always aspired to be but couldn’t quite get there. The fact your cracking at such a young age shows what’s in your future. I get to live out what I missed out on through you and your channel. Thank you mate.
I loved following your journey with this car and was fascinated by this entire series and your ability to dream big is inspiring - keep up the good work!
Matt, your the type guy people like Porsche like working with. Great resto. Great race. Great video 👍
Ben is a good guy and a great driver, met him a Thruxton once. You can see him getting his Rover sideways on track in Camber and Combustion videos - well worth a watch!
The racing part of this video had me smiling the whole time! Congratulations Mat , 👏🏽
Respect to Porsche for helping you out and allowing this car to have a second life. That's what a car company should work like. Much adoration and respect to you for this build.
Matts videos, are perfect and not full of rubbish, just the bits you want to see. Matt, You deserve and I hope you do well.
I found this channel just a few months ago and I must say I absolutely love it. Matt your genuineness and passion for cars is so intoxication and refreshing. I’m sending all the positive vibes your way and I hope you use them to achieve even higher levels than you imagine. 💯
Lovely lovely car. My 2017 S3 Quattro is 310 bhp stock and can be stage 1'd to 360 on stock parts, so that porche is quick. 0 - 60 stock for mine is already 4.4 seconds. Even stock, mine is not far off the RS3's 3.9 0-60, so when remapped it'll be on par/beat stock RS3's.
Brilliant to see you enjoy the fruits of your labour and to see how much passion you have for your builds
Fair play Mat, you've certainly built one of a kind there and with such a story as well. An absolute triumph I'd say 👌
"Classified" or not it's your vehicle therefore by law you legally have the right to be present in the room while these repairs are taking place. If they refuse to let you be present in the room while repairs are taking place there are actually legal procedures you could take that would force them to allow you to remain present within the room during the repair process. I've gone down that rabbit hole with other major luxury car companies primarily Lamborghini. It's now to the point where the rare time I do need repairs done on my vehicle that I'm unable to do they allow me to remain present in the room during the entire repair process. I think Porsche was just scared of us telling them that they are doing the repairs wrong :)
Absolute legend. Well done Matt. Just shows you that building your own can be better 🎉😂
I treat this channel as the NEW Top Gear. great job Mat.
Yes! (Much better) 👍
Big respect to Porsche Solihull and to Porsche Corporate for allowing you to film and fix the vehicle. This is an enthusiasts brand...I'll forever be loyal to the brand when they let a university student push it down the back roads... I'll never forget that experience. Will own a 911 one day..
3.7 million views for this video wow! I remember starting to watch your channel during lockdown amazing how much your audience has grown. Wishing you every success
The wrapping on the harnesses is designed to be "sustainable" and I believe it's made out of plant based plastic which attracts the mice.
Yep it is plant based it's made from soy beans.
@@21stcenturyjacktheripper He just said that...
@@PandaCheeks he just said it was plant based. I just added which plant it was made out of. As a mechanic for many years i repaired or replaced many wiring harness with the wiring insulation was made from soy products that where eaten by rats or squirrels. It's actually a pretty common issue now unlike before where the wire insulation was oil based.
Yes, exactly. Mice completely ate through a majority of electrical cable on my motorcycle!!!
Thanks captain obvious
Very interesting but that GT4 was a manual, maybe that could have led to the difference in speed considering the bhp difference. Would be interesting to see a PDK GT4 against the Cayman S.
Loved the video and the car. Keep up the good work Mat
So cool to see Ben in your video. He is an awesome guy and a brilliant driver. It would be fun to see a video of how much faster he could make the S by putting a proper track alignment on it :D
Running e40 fuel now with 30hp bump. Runs perfect in stock fuel pump and lines.
Well done Matt and team. Car looks great and it’s clearly better than the 90k model. What a great result for us viewers to experience this. Just wish we all got to drive it.
Been watching you for 6 months now and I love every minute. Thanks so much, I hope you never stop
I just know the Cayman is gonna be jealous when the gt3 finally rolls up to the garage
Amazing work and an inspiration for so many people. making cars look even better than they did before 😀
Posted 18 mins ago, and you wrote that 16 mins ago…. How the fu*k can you say that? Lol
He can say what he likes its all positive. Why are you being negative?
@@tomB-A maybe the thumbnail?
just love the work and wanted to be the first comment. did watch the video as well so don't worry
@@Rayaan_22 to what purpose? Yeah, the work and channel is great, but what do you gain from being first, other than the possibility of getting some worthless and arbitrary 'likes'?
The ad insert was perfect for this video, didn’t seem pushy and was on topic!
Although the cost was still high for most, you were able to restore a Cayman S for less than the price of some of the other higher end Porches. The series on the build gives an idea that a Cayman S can be resurrected even though it is badly damaged. Great series and take care of it. Most importantly, have fun.
Well done Matt and your team, really pleased for you.
I choose your car Matt. Diligently repaired and meticulously tuned. Nothing beats passion...
the Repair guys did a wonderful job getting your Car to max performance. The GT4 seems to have slightly higher acceleration, but a lower top speed.
Dude Matt I'm so happy for you mate ... excellent content. Just love what you do. Can't wait for the GT3 mate.🎉
Absolutely love the build Mat! The color and all the extras you’ve put in it!!
I love the color too. To bad he can’t get the license plate in the same yellow.
That’s amazing what you’ve done with that car Mat. You have a talent. Looks really good.
I have a 2016 porsche cayman with a GT4 kit and I saved $45,000 because this car is an absolute beast .
You should do these races with every car that you re-build.
Love your videos Matt! Inspire me to do work to my car and do a career in engineering👌
Work hard bro, you can achieve anything.
Stellar content man, as always!! We are all cheering for you!!
11/10 to Porsche on two points for letting him film in their facility fair enough about the Classified bit, their assistance is positive and I leave it to others to confirmation my perception that those parts weren't that expensive!
Building a car and feeling it is always better than just buying. Great job
Doesnt always feel good when you look at your bank ballance afterwards
@@andyburgess5753 very true 😉 bad investment but lots of fun
You got extra HP from all the love and money you put into the car ❤️