Sixth Speed Issue 11

March:April 2010 + June:July 2010

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THE RUM before DRIVING ARTICLE.

NEW SECTION featuring PETE CARRINGTON’S

GRINDING GEARS:

See how modern cars can be a factor in car crashes.

THE MEMORIAL is back and we never forget: Unkle Ralphie, SPOW,

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The Editorials: We always encourage contibutions to the magazine, BUT as much as we endorse individual expression, we can’t publish everything; so we reserve the right to use submitted material and editorials as we see fit. All credit will be given where applicable to respective content contributors. Also the views expressed are those of the writers and NOT the magazine.

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rect as can be, we cannot and will not be held responsible if you decide to try anything and things go wrong.Any damages to persons and property is not our fault; that burden of responsibility rest upon you shoulders. Don’t say we didn’t tell you pappy.

GRINDING+GEARS.

this is NOT the kinda editorial you’re usually accustomed to:

....Second on my ingredient list is Cars. Frankly speaking; most of the cars;especially the brand new ones, people buy and hence forth drive in Trinbago are ginormous vestibules of bullocks. Strip away all the layers of fancy marketing, pretty girls with white smiles, cocktail parties, grand opening smoke festivals, full page ads claiming best this and that; you would

cars are certainly NOT performance cars.

4. All cars are NOT created equal meaning some are just naturally better in terms of design and equipment. By my high standards, if the car you have isn’t a sports car, a high performance car, a luxury car or an upper end derivative of any of the above then it’s normal; and hence forth monumental a waste of time. Hard Luck and tough is your case to prove otherwise to me!

It seems as if nobody realizes that the cars on Trinbago roads are not suited for here or even designed with us in mind. Most of the cars that normal people buy and parade around as if is gold are such terrible attemps at foreign one size fits all, that you can see why there’re so much “average” cars stacked up outside police station beating dew - which reminds me. Statistically, there are fewer performance/ fast car write offs as compared to average passenger cars; so that age ole thinking of sports cars are more prone to crash is utter rubbish. Anyway, as a “3rd world” market we get mass GARBAGE just so that you feel me, do a small compare between what we recieve as cars and those from the country of orgin OR “1st world markets”.

most of the cars; especially the brand new ones, people buy and hence forth drive in Trinbago are ginormous vestibules of bullocks. realize that what is usually perceived to be a good car is nothing short of an overpriced metal box with fancy paint, four wheels, power windows and AC.

Now; I don’t want you to get the wrong idea of what I am about to say here. So in the spirit of me proving how right I always am, there are (4) things you need to get straight like a guava whip across the back of a primary school khaki pants:

1. A car is only as good as the person driving it and at the end of the day; whilst cars DO play a role in accidents, blame ultimately falls upon you the driver. If you crash, it’s ALWAYS your fault….live with it!

2. A “SAFE CAR” does not exist, never has and never will. I don’t give a rats mass what the sales rep or manufacturer says; as long as a car could move it could kill people. Cars are built with the aim of reducing the risk of serious injury to the driver and passengers in the event of anything, but that still doe mean you can’t dead inside one OR kill somebody outside.

3. All cars are more or less “good” when taken in context. the problem is that people drive cars that are not suited to them or their particular driving style and whilst all cars DO perform, all

First boil egg gripe I have is that cars; especially the modern ones, give feeble minded people the wrong idea when it comes to driving and lemme explain. On paper, the cars today are “safer”; and therein lies the problem. All the ramblings about active onboard safety this and that have cemented into minds of people a terrible mindset and that’s that they think they can DRIVE; what these wind chimes don’t realize is that it’s more and less person really driving. Many folks believe that with all the Airbags, ABS, EBD, AWD, TCS (read issue 7 to understand these) and so on, they are FREE like a bird to do elliptical dotishness and nothing will ever happen to them. Known as The Risk Compensation Theory; it’s proven that in modern cars people engage in riskier behavior all under the notion that in the event of an incident the car can save their life. Just to show you how bad it is, I asked a guy what he have against seatbelt and his reply was “My car have airbags and anti lock brakes, so he don’t need that, since the car will save him!”.......I went to town on that like a common fowl in a fish market. (Go back and read 1, then 2, then 4.)

Next is power and if you think power means speed you is (not are, IS) a baptized palm branch. Power is the thing gives ANY car the ability to move and most of the cars out there lacking BAD! It’s not going to be obvious to you but a car that lacks the goodness is dangerous to me; simply because you people push and force the car way beyond the limits of what it’s safely capable of. Besides attempts to impress; you ever see how people is mash that accelerator just to get the simplest of tasks done. I have seen people attempt to overtake; road clear, oncoming cars miles ahead. Gas mash and the car take “for” to get up to speed; and “ever” to begin passing. By the time the car reaches alongside the other vehicle, oncoming traffic done up close and ready to get personal. Don’t even get me started on highway merging. Once again I see people almost DEAD because the car just doesn’t have what it takes to get ahead of what’s coming up behind fast. And what’s sad is that power is needed more now than ever with the amount of vehicles on the road and they way Trinbagonians is load up car. Americans don’t romp and skin with power – The A-spec Toyota Corolla has a sport version It have PLENTY more but space dun! Look out for part 2 in the next issue of Sixth Speed

TheCAR+SHAFT.

CarnalLUST:

plain and simple, we just like to talk about car.

Renaultsport 230Renault F1 Team R26.R The Production Run: 450

Trinidad got Renault and it bombed like a flambeau in a cane field – not because it wasn’t a good car; it was because Trinidadians were too cheap to maintain it. Based on the Mégane F1 Team R26 the aim of the R26.R was to burn souls on the tarmac and give people what is necessary for life to go on – unmatched performance at a good price.

Harder to get than a brown, gun mouth, codroy jeans in a ben-down market; this car shreds the runway with 230 of the best thoroughbreds at 5500rpm; and 228 lb*tq on any given Sunday at 3000rpm. Kiddies just so that you get it; with 90% of the power available from 2000rpm from the boosted 2.0 liter engine, this car is 3 seconds faster than an Evolution 9 in a 0 -100.

In order to make this car as memorable as possible Renault did a pleh of things to make this Jagabat deliver the goods in full frontal glory . We talking the limited slip differential from the Mégane Renaultsport 230 F1 Team R26 to improve traction; independent front suspension which was designed to minimize torque steer and enable power to be applied earlier during corner exiting; upgraded springs with calibrated, damper specific shock absorbers designed around the chassis. Brakes are some massive, vented & grooved 12 rotors with 4 piston Brembos and tires were the standard, ultra sticky Michelin Pilot Sport 2 (235/40 R18) OR the mega stickier TOYO PROXES R888. Coming in under 2700lbs this car has a wicked power/ weight ratio thru the use of carbon fiber bonnet, polycarbonate quarterlights and rear screen, Sabelt seats with carbon fiber shell and aluminum base, titanium exhaust, lightweight body, no back seat and more. Sealing the deal on how special this car represents; it is the first touring car to have aviation-style six-point harness belts as standard.

1999-2005

Toyota Yaris

We got : a 1.3L, 86HP box cart with good paint. Oh can’t forget the air conditioning and cupholders......Wait you actually thought that there was more. C’mon, better than that.

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signs to know that you are really a car person:

Wake up in the middle of the night to “Just go for a drive!”

You always get the urge modify anything with an engine.

THEY GOT: the TRD modified Vitz RS with the boosted 1.5 L 1NZ-FE I4.

Seamlessly inserting 150HP into crevices unknown, the RS did the 0-100 in 7 sec. This little hatch that could came with body kit, upgraded front and rear disc brakes, tuned suspension, 5 speed Vitz RS gearbox and level aftermarket support such as TRD organic clutch, pressure plate and lightened flywheel. Oh did we forget to mention that there was a limited edition model with 160HP

Think car parts are sexy especially performance parts.

Riding shotgun in the front passenger seat is a strange experience. So much so that you mash the imaginary gas & brake pedal every now and then.

Every time you hear a car grumble or blow of valve your head instantly turns and you ignore the company you’re with, especially the better half

Refer to other people not by name but by what they drive. “Aye; you remember that fella; the one who does drive the white turbo lancer nah; PAW 8760.”

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You aimlessly drive the highway with the hope of finding victims to do it to

You shudder at the thought of getting rid of your car. You cry when time comes to sell her. You call the new owner every now and then to find out how she’s going.

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You refer to your car on either a gender or personal basis.

He/ She. The Blue R32/ the Red Evo/ Suzy/ Betsy/ Jane/

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Think that automatic is crap and should be destroyed.

RALLYTrinidad2010: Photos courtesy: Kevin Khan, www.trinturbo.com

There is nothing really to say other than if you missed this one your excuse had better be you were in a coma. Billed as the BIGGEST international to touch Triniad; RT10 delivered the goods. Seeing 37 teams, across 6 Groups representing Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and the UK. There were old faces, local new comers and the presence of Brits; Mark Higgins & Nicky Grist doing the dirty in 2 days of Congo sun and Sahara dust. In case you did know Higgins was the stunt driver for James Bond “Quantum of Solace” and a 3-time British Rally Champion. Grist is a legendary rally co-driver and provided the speech for the co-driver’s pacenotes in most of the Colin McRae Rally videogames. Pumping a Grp N Mitsubishi Evo IX; which was John Powell’s old car, there was no doubt that action was supposed to be grimy like a KFC toilet seat, especially when you factor in the calibre of competition involved in RT10.

SATURDAY:With 4 WRC cars on point, there was incident

from the word go when the self owned, unsponsored Subaru S9 owned by Dean Serrao completely bun down towards the end of stage 1. Even though the driver & navigator were okay; with 2 milllion plus up in smoke it goes without saying that the fire burnt a hole deep in somebody’s packet. Not to be let alone on the side, many others succumbed in fine style and a break of glory; the CRISM Evo rolled tassa style; while the WRC Focus driven by Paul Bourne had gearbox gremlins. Robert Cadiz/Jason Costelloe in the (Tropical Power / TOTAL / BFGoodrich / Coors Light) Evo VIII crashed after taking a tight right to hard – consolation is that they posted one of the faster time on the opening stage of Bronte. 2009 Rookie of the Year Donald Gopaul/Michael Dinnoo in the Castrol Toyota Starlet bombed as well. Barry Mckenzie/Barry Samaroo in the Rallymac / Sunoco Mitsubishi Evo VI were also forced to cop out despite setting the 3rd fastest time on Stage 3 – during the landing after a MONSTER jump, the left side suspension was badly damaged; although he went on to finish the stage, the car couldn’t continue. Newcomer to the game Gobin Mahadeo in the 555 Parts & Service Sponsored Subaru also saw a bit of stress when the accelerator pedal stuck after a jump. The only hope to finish was for navigator J. Gitten to work the fuel switch on/off with Gobin doing the driving. Despite the havoc forerunners in the 4WD wind, were Powell / Nick Telfer in the WRC Subaru S12B. Higgins/ Grist who tried to catch the 20 second ahead S12, had to settle for 2nd with the original team Lo-Cho; Ainsley Lochan and Robert Dumas in the Stag/ NP Evo in 3rd.

In the 2WD class Darrel Ramessar/Adam Archer (Redline / Cargo Consolidators Mitsubishi Mivec) put down the fastest time; with Mazda underdogs; Ansel Ali/Kender Nicholas in the B6T 323 sponsored by (Amsoil / Sherwin Williams / Xtreme Fireworks / Chief Curry) finishing and come in 3rd in 2wd class, despite a bar-b-que turbo.

SUNDAY:Back down south the teams had to do 6 shorter stages that yielded casualties once again. The Subway sponsored EVO flipped; James Harris - Nissan B13 aka the Kamakazie flipped; Ian Warren in the Swift ran off course after going in too hot at the turntables.....

You know what: Powell 1st, Higgins a very close 2nd and Lochan 3rd. This was the running order for the rally and finals for the standings.

THE MAYORAL CUP: nothing is better than the sweet, sweet smell of C16 in the air as

it engulfs your person. Getting off to a late start, the streets of Chaguanas were once again blocked off to facilitate was can only be described as a crucifixion of tires and a blatant showoff of REAL driver skill.

Before a bigger crocus bag full of harden Trinidadians and bellyful Bajans; those who survived the bush came out and did things street style. Ansel Ali in the Amsoil 323, coming out of the turn pissed on his hand in a power slide but more than made up for it, by chooking the gear into R and doing sick reverse gear donuts. Mr. Excitement himself; whom we suspect was petting it during the rally as there were no scratches or dents on the car; threw caution to the wind and killed that course with more tire smoke than a dry season bush fire. The Breeze Evolution had a time and really represented in doing some smooth like eggs 4WD drifts round the turnpike multiple times. The JOSAR Renault Clio driven by Jerome Lum Hung; who was coming off a virus, sounded atrociously sweet spewed oil from below signifying a broken gearbox. However; the replacement course assassins, were the (2) PRO PAC Dog sponsored RWD starlets from B’dos. Proving that you don’t need much space to pull off miracle whip donuts; the Starlets drifted into, out of and donuted corners tighter than size 0 metro pants in the sun, they gave the crowd a SHOW. But overall the king of the streets had to be Higgins/ Grist – after suffering gearbox problems the Team were handed the key to Powell’s S12B Subaru by Powell himself. Out on the course the two guys had driving lines cleaner than a canal path; doing two runs back to back we have never seen anybody copy the same exact lines twice with flawless execution. It was sick, you missed out; Hard Luck!

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KARTING If

y ou think karting is all bouge and boring then you haven’t touched an ARC lately have you. Rolling on the high of a big season, karting action is stiff like a STAG and with nonstop tenacity from 32 competitors in all 5 quarters of the bedroom; this is one of those sports where if you snooze; you’d definitely be last.

Car Facts

Interesting car stuff you didn’t know

F1 Drivers loose approx.

2-3 litres of water during a race. Consider that the average recommended daily fluid intake is four litres and loosing just 4% of their body weight can cause up to a 40% loss in psycho-physical capacity.

Some pure sports cars (NASCAR, Formula 1 and so on) produce so much downforce that theoretically they can drive upside down at the speeds of 150 km an hour.

The North Yungas Road aka Road of Death in Bolivia is considered to be the Most Dangerous Road in the world.

Estimates are 200+ travellers were killed yearly along the after falling off the edge more than 2,000 ft down The colors used on Type R Hondas; “Championship White” , are from the days of Honda’s winning F1 car from the 60’s. The Red in the Honda emblem & interior is used to give the R a special sporting distinction & separate it from other models.

Mazdaspeed is Mazda’s in-house race and street car tuning arm; it began in 1968 as “Mazda Sports Corner”

Cadets: Entry level for the kids, the Cadet class have 7 younglings vying for the best

driver title. Coming off a huge championship win in 2009, Nicholas Modan; in a Ricardo Legree cart and falling under Team Club Towers has things in check; but his domination isn’t a sure thing this year with the refocused and retrained Aamir Mohammed coming out the HN Racing camp. Backed by AM Hardware and AM Auto Supplies; Aamir qualified pole and took 1st in all 3/3 races, even when the grid was reversed the youth showed a great level of skill and technique.

100CC: The battle in this class is brutal and it’s anyone’s game – anytime things are this tight YOU have to drive and drive you life out. Full sweeping all 3/3 races is Bridgette Singh for Team RaceTech; the 2009 champion, she is back out and driving like a hungry diva. But right on her gown is young Johnathan McKenzie from the Rallymac house, who hit a barrier on race 3 and DNF. With belly of gold and marbles of stone Saleem Deen from the LEEding-edge Race Team is also right there pan de edge. Shane Pinhero; son of two seasoned racers, is like a rocket up in the launchpad of the rivals and Hayman Singh who is constantly improving may just surprise the pack with his ability. Running in just off a year hiatus due to exams is Che Carrington but due to mechanicals bug he DNF race 1 and a bent axle after hitting a barrier saw him drop out race 3 SHIFTER: with only 3 entrants; this class is domo-origato by Nicholas Narinesingh in the big ten-oh. Fresh off a 2009 podium takeover where he placed 2nd overall 2010 has Nicholas barking sparks. After a major spin out in the 1 round and first place finish in the 2nd, Nicholas came and wrecked it in the third to take the win.

Rotax international: saw the wholesale importation for foreign skill in the name

of 24 year old Victor Pedrosa. Brought in by SAS Racing & Club Towers in order to tune the kart for Shameel Mohammed; Pedrosa raced a 2009 Zanardi chassis powered by a Legree Motorsports 125cc and decimated Brazilian wax style. Even on a bent axle that happened during qualifiers, Pedrosa started from the back in race 1 and came out 1st. The other two races saw him doing it nasty but by no means were the locals to be shown up with Craig Sumair finishing 2nd on the podium and Marcus Skinner taking a win to lead the championship.

Rotax Masters:

The champ for 3 year running and leading in 2010 the heel clicker came back again to bring in the realness; however, Gerard Carrington couldn’t maintain a winning form due to mechanical issues and sadly didn’t make the grade.

Despite coming 1st in race 1, 3rd in race 2 under reverse grid the, champ got nudge out in race 3n DNF and left the gate wide open for Raj Baboolal to the step in and step up.

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open to the elements Trinidad & Tobago Model Power Boat Club had races in Port of Spain on the forshoer.

Despite a late start due to the low tide there was ample time for the guys to settle scores and bring the heat. With (3) classes and a lot

of newcomers, racing was hot oand heavy with these miniature boats that can keep up the Tobago boat.

WACKER CLASS: toting an air cooled

wacker engine more or less, the 8 entrants in this field sounded like an overhyped CEPEP team. Loud and burning eardrums; Rebel driven by Adion Gittens lead all the way in the best of 3. michael Douglas’ “Dis Boat” came in 2nd with Bruce Riley “Bruce on the Loose” in 3rd as a result of a breakdown in the first 2 races. Gittens currently leads the championship on points but competition from Christian Bartlett is right around the bend.

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AskSharon:

you’ve got questions and Sharon talks; not to mention the answers.

+AN ENGINE WASH: Aye Sharon my engine room is FILTHY. I want to do an engine wash really bad but

I’ve heard some of the horror stories from friends about people who have damaged this and that, not to mention those that couldn’t even get the car started. Tell me, is there any truth to this and is there any way around it ‘cause inside there is really getting on my nerves.

Josephine Mendez (St. Joseph) First lemme say, a grimy engine that runs right is better than a clean engine that doesn’t. In old cars you could get away with a wash once you covered the carburettor and distributor; but today, things are a bit different. Modern engines are complicated with all kind of sensors and electrical components; so trust me when I say that it’s no place for water; much less a high pressure water. I would say leave it alone unless you drive in your engine; BUT if you must; cover the electricals (which just might be everything), spray on an environmentally friendly degreaser and let it soak. Use a normal hose to rinse it off. If possible park the car out in the sun for a while to let the water dry out for itself. Under no circumstances should you start it to speed up the drying process, else you run the risk of shorting out something.

+SUSPENSION UPGRADE: Sharon the roads where I live are TERRIBLE. I have had to change mounts and bushings on a regular basis and I’m getting fed up. The parts place where I go to get the replacement stuff keeps selling me things that don’t last and I think that my mechanic is getting tired of seeing my face every three month to do the same thing over and over. Is there anything I can do to make the mounts & cradle bushings hold out longer?

Jillian Franco (San Fernando)

Actually yes there is. You can replace all the rubber mounts and bushings with polyurethane. In fact; depending on the model vehicle there may already be a complete kit that will substitute all your existing stock bushings. Polyurethane is much stronger than the normal rubber and will be able to take the pressure, as well as its better resistant to deterioration due to environmental factors e.g. heat. Now as there is an increase in stiffness the ride you get will be a bit firmer, BUT it’s nothing to talk about. Even stronger than polyurethane is Teflon but you don’t want to go there unless you are in heavy racing. Oh you have to be careful where you’re getting your parts as there is a lot of cheap, fake nonsense on the market posing as original.

+PREVENTING CAR THEFT: I was reading the auto security article in issue 10 and I must say it was

a VERY enlightening article especially the backhoe part. I was wondering if those new alarms; the one where you can track and operate the car from any cellphone really works. The reason I ask is, I want to upgrade the security on my

choosing a TuningTechnica:18

TURBOpt.1

Love it & live in it like a jackspania nest; but, boost is the ONLY way to go if you’re into performance. NA is nice, but forced induction is the she-aight right now. Trinidad and Tobago has been in boost territory for more than 10 years now. So for the life of us; at the Greatest Magazine ever, we can get WHY people still getting turbocharging wrong!

Choosing a turbo may seem daunting but it’s not that hard. There’s more info out there than ever before; man in other countries having the boost to bring the heat decades now; so how is it we getting this thing backward - STILL. Watching a Trinbagonian choose a turbo is just like watching a student race through a multiple choice exam knowing he didn’t study the night before. Everything is done out of pure guess and seasoned with level hope for the best. Without thought or process; the main rational for getting a “particular” turbo is based either on; A) Price, B) Size or C) What’s in style. Doesn’t matter the application; if it cheap BUY IT! If it’s big like a macajuel, BUY IT! If after heavy macoing, a GT35R40R is what everybody is using i.e. it’s in style OR it works in someone else’s car, BUY IT! If after the acquisition things don’t work out as planned; man doh worry, just buy another one and go again. Brilliant isn’t it.

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Kiddies; we have seen man needlessly go through turbos like market ripe mango skin, just in hopes on getting THE ONE, and sometimes it’s to no avail. Seeing that we don’t want you saying the reason for not buying the next Sixth Speed is due to being “broken”, we’re going to give you the info. so that you can make an informed choice and get what you REALLY want out of your chariot of vestibular incoherency.

Right, LEWWE GO:

As we said in issue 6/ 2.2 (open it up nah, page 21; go ahead). When it comes to getting a turbo, there’s no such thing as one size fits all. Most everything revolves around rationally defining what you want; matching it up to what you have and in the end getting the conch that closely matches your application and achieves the desired objectives. Just so that you know, good turbos can be customized to suit and mosquito pocket turbos like the popular china dolls makes no sense (kinda); in fact, based on our experience we’d avoid them like goat channa on a gravel road. They come with incorrect or NO information at all; a lot of them cannot be repaired; they usually don’t have any warranty and the workmanship is EXTREMELY questionable. Kids, this turbo may work, but crank up the pressure and boom.

Now; based on issue 2.2 (don’t have it – oh ohhhhhhh!) the last thing we got into was understanding boost basics. In order to choose a vessel of angelic deliverance, you have to know what exactly it is and what it can do. In this case we will use a:

T3T4 GT35R with a .82 backend:

because we all know; GT35 is the go right now.

Remember good turbos come with information; so the specs on this particular GT reads like this: Dual Ball Bearing, T3 style inlet flange with default GT 4 bolt style exit, flow capacity 600HP, Turbine Wheel: 68mm w/ 84 trim, .82 A/R | Compressor -Wheel: 82mm w/ 56 trim, .70 A/R All turbos have two sides – a compressor side & a turbine side. The turbine side, aka the HOT side/ Backend attaches to the exhaust manifold and is driven off exhaust gas. The compressor, aka the COLD side/ Front is the side that responsible for pumping heavy air into your intake tract so as to cram those cylinders with as much molecules as possible to blaze the trail.

In turbocharging EVERYTHING is about volume and flow. How much air this turbo can move and how fast it does so, depends on how efficiently the turbine wheel can turn the compressor wheel.

Turbos are load sensitive creatures; the more you rev the more the engine breathes and the more exhaust gas is produced to turn the shell. At low to mid engine speeds; depending on the engine, there may not be enough energy in the exhaust to turn the turbine wheel effectively. This energy deficiency prevents the compressor from moving any significant amount of air in the intake system.

As a result, when you mash gas from low, there’s a measurable time lag before your heart beats out your chest with excitement. This dead engine feeling arises because the energy in the exhaust gas needs time to build up sufficiently enough to properly turn the compressor wheel and thus provide the required level of boost to mal-joe them 205/ 45’s. See; now you know what is Turbo Lag, tah daaahhh!

Nice, Back to T3T4 GT35R with a .82 backend & 56trim:

T3/T4: refers to the housing code or rather the style and design of the turbine & compressor.

It is NOT the name of a turbo as most people think. Walking up to somebody and just saying “Aye, lemme get ah T3/T4 turbo dey nah” is just a dotish as saying “Aye, lemme get ah piece ah pipe”.

Design characteristics have a direct effect on flow, volume and therein boost response. Generally the T3 turbine has a light weight and the TO4 compressor (T4 for short) has great flow. So as a hybrid turbo – back from one family and front from another, it’s a great choice for some applications, hence the popularity.

GT35: calls out the series the turbo belongs to. GT turbos are an upgrade over the older T

series and can either be ball bearing OR journal bearing. Typically on this series, the turbine and compressor wheels are improved aerodynamically so as to flow more air. Just to clarify; you have GT e.g. GT20, GT22, GT25, GT30, GT35, GT40, GT45 and so on and you can have T e.g. T22, T25,

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At the Sixth we have told you people before that ever since taking that see’er woman assistant wuk upstairs the roti shop some of us can read minds like a blind gambler is read a Monday night play whe chart. Right now; as you look at the car below, you’re saying WTF – ent? Don’t look all surprised and act all innocent; in your mind you want to know what the hell this is? Has Sixth Speed finally gone off the shallow end and where in heavens name they going with a car like this?

Ordinarily we would agree; and deep down at the top of our head we honestly understand your sentiments.

But; odds are, if you don’t know about the days of clock face pioneers, CHANDELIER with Ronnie McIntosh, Travel Fox, Dr Hyde Power structure, Papa Rocky, Chuck Wagon, Renee B naming Port of Spain – Chocolate City and San/Do Strawberry City; Mix Tape cassettes wars, 2 Black 2 Strong jackets, White Magic Light or when short bottle STAG (the recession fighter) was in competition with $1.99 Carib then this car won’t mean a dickens to you. When we saw this car for the first time it was a classic, Trinbagonian nah moment that really took us back to the days of sense, true creativity and patriotism. However, when that bonnet cracked open and bestowed upon our wide open retinas the phallic symbol that represents nauseating, unrestrained quantities of tantric touch accelerator power we were like Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!

Bought in ‘83 from Cecil Boodoosingh, the Mach 3 Cortina that burns your corneas was originally in a hot mess; the only saving grace was that it came with a 350 Chevy small block V8. As one of the cars responsible for the speed bumps outside Gulf City, Smalls saw the potential hidden under the rust and with a mind set on achieving the possible he began the grind. The first step in bringing the heat was chassis work. With the age of the metal and abuse of the V8, the Cortina’s frame couldn’t take much more. So the rear was torched, realigned and revamped with 12 gauge sheet metal replacing the thin like Klim pan 16. Second step was to reinforce as well as increase rigidity, so Smalls installed ladder bars and the wheel wells were widened to accommodate bigger tires. To make it rotten proof from below; more or less, the entire underbody coated with fibreglass.

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DRIVING ARTICLE Since the dawn of time, people have been using alcohol across the board. Down home in the tropics we broad brush it as gah-zool, a drink, rum, booze, licka (liquor for the English) alcho, spirits and the ever popular jackass juice (not necessarily puncheon); beer is in there too - relax.

Anyway; no matter what we call the bird, it has long been proven that Trinbagonians can process rum like they can process the fifty cent short change. Give a Trinbago person any kind of chance and he/she will consume rum like a seven course meal outside Royal Castle. Man getting marrid (not married; we talk about this) – is Rum. The better half giving stress – is RUM. Wifey put down chile – is RUM for the conception, birth and christening. Padna dead from drinking rum – is RUM. Buss your big toe – use rum to disinfect the wound and then drink it after to forget the pain.

Now lewwe make something clear from the go, we at the sixth decided to do this article based on the fact that you could DEAD while driving under the influence of alcho simply because alcho in any quantity reduces your ability to effectively operate a car/ bike/ truck across the board. Alcohol

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affects EVERYBODY differently, so we not about breathalyzer; or here to tell you NOT to drink; or determine whether or not drinking is “wrong”/ “bad” – this ain’t that kinda article. We here to give you the realness so that you people can become Personally Responsibly and make the right choice.

Before anything; alcohol abuse is a really serious thing in Trinidad & Tobago and going overboard is very easy especially with the kind of company we tend to keep. Social drinking is cool; sexy even, but if you’ve lost control over your drinking, don’t know when to say when OR the thirst for the bottle interferes in your life in a big way – then you need help. Relax; it’s nothing to be ashamed of, we all fall down sometime. But being down doesn’t meant staying down and getting the right support is a must. Plus the amount of money you’ll probably save in the long run will tantamount to you getting that upgrade to bring about the performance pain to the masses. So, for assistance to stop drinking, get in touch with Alcoholics Anonymous/ NAADAP/ T&T National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Addictions (check the phone book). Come on - don’t make us come check up on you!

Is rum you like:

Ask any person if they’ve ever taken a drink in their lifetime and chances are they’ll say Yes. But, ask them if they know how it affects them and they will more than likely say “I dunno nah!”

When you drink rum especially that of the strong kind; the first thing that happens is the “aaaaaaaahhhhhh” or scratchy throat effect. See; rum, as it hits the mouth and throat irritates the mucous lining & esophagus causing you to run for chaser. After bun-ning out your throat, it then goes into your stomach which sips about 20% of the drink. Then it’s onto your small intestine and finally the liver.

The small intestine is where the majority absorption of anything takes place and the liver is the organ that breaks things down. Since rum is like water and your body is made up primarily of water the remaining 80% gets distributed and sucked in everywhere very, very quickly.

Once in your body, the same thing that

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HOW to GET into

RIDING the right way

TuningTechnica:20:

In recent time, there has been a titanic resurgence of bike riding akin to the 70’s in Trinbago. Right about now there are a lot of people owning bikes across the board; sport bikes, cruisers, trails, scooters, atvs (even though they have 4 wheels), custom choppers, street fighters, stunters, touring and more. Fact is; besides a sports car, a bike IS THE mover and shaker to have. They’re a tons of fun; they look slick like a lizard’s back; they give one of the best adrenaline rushes ever; they are FANTASTIC on gas, traffic isn’t an issue; the sense of liberty felt on open road with a crew is a beyond compare experience…….look; bottom-line is that bikes are it, just like performance cars are it.

Now, we at the sixth have realized that while riding is the thing and people are getting into it in droves, most people don’t have a clear clue on how to get started in riding PROPERLY in the first place. There’s a lot of opinionated information and misinformation out there that has arisen out of ignorance, old talk, “he say” and age old thinking that have caused some riders a lot of pain and others detrimental peril. Sixth Speed will always want your money, so keeping you in good frame and standing is of vital importance to us at all turns of the corner.

Before, we get into the cheese, erase from you mind the following thoughts; I know that already/ I hear that…../ my partner tell

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Kids, if you haven’t noticed it; then you’re not paying attention. There are just some things out there could harden water and spoil vomit; yes we said it; SPOIL VOMIT. Usually it happens to be people who just run up in your business with their out of timing selves and completely throw off what would have otherwise been a so-so day. Alongside these human manifestations of burden, there are special elements that not only spoil your happenings BUT aggressively accelerate the pace of spoilage.

Known as catalysts these “things” immediately tarnish friendships; break up families today for today, turn good girls REALLY bad overnight and make rational people do things so ridiculous that gran gran would turn in her grave.

As witnesses to such things, we can safely say this 1995 Mitsubishi Evolution 3; built by Dexter Mitchell aka Pampy, is one of the referred to elements of notorious-ness. Looking all sweet and innocent on the outside, this car is what you call the “snake in the bush” element. It comes into your life out of nowhere, ramps up 7000rpm quick quick and launches sideways so hard that the pores of the road is raise.

Bought in Japan with a busted engine as a result of timing belt going awry, Pampy knew from the onset what he wanted to do with the car. But just like anything regarding performance it was going to cost; so whilst under a scrape up; he dropped in a stock 4G63 to keep mobile and laid low. Taking just over 9 months to save up; the first rounds of performance modifications included head work to increase the flow of air into the engine. In went a set of HKS 272° cams and adjustable cam gears followed by HKS Titanium retainers and springs which are stronger, lighter and better able to resist high temperatures. While the head was on

PHOTOGRAPHY: Kevin Khan

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recommend somebody or somewhere you can go in order to learn PROPER riding. Now, if a person’s idea of teaching you to begin riding involves popping a 100 foot stoppie with one hand from the word go; or, a free for all tire roasting session; then you need to move on.

At the end of the day if you did the reading and in the hands of a good tutor you should have a solid foundation on which to build your riding skills on; plus, you will be able to discern sense from nonsense when it come to somebody teaching you THE basics as opposed to THEIR basics. At the end of the day the goal should be to help you develop good habits as opposed to bad. That will assist in getting you up and running on the RIGHT TRACK.

+What should I learn on?

How can we stress this…..hmmmmm. Learning to ride is not about style, flam or impressing anyone. If you are a first timer, learning to thrill on anything other than a scooter or a small trail bike is utter insanity. Just to make it clearer; if your dream bike is a 09 ‘busa and you have NEVER ridden before; then buying that bike to learn on is inviting trouble with an usher and *Space dun, so is next issue for you!

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brakes means nothing to you and the sound of screeching tires is just that….another sound.

2. You will forget everything and get Emotional:

Driving requires you to recall everything around you in a heartbeat, especially if you racing a man. Booze messes that up by playing footsie with your limbic system, which just happens to control emotions and memory. So as you consume pass your limit, your sense of space and spatial awareness will be shot and what you think is 5 miles ahead may acutally be right in front of you. Also happy emotions can turn into exaggerated states of anger and undue aggression, to which you may react inappropriately to during the given situation resulting in a bad decision being made.

3. You can’t control your body the right way:

Besides losing the ability to think clearly rum diminishes your ability to control the good ole body. See, alcho taints the cerebellum which is the part of your la cabeza that literally coordinates muscle movement. On a good day, you can tell your *Space dun again, so is until issue 12

DIY: CHANGING the WIPER BLADES

It took the editor 15 minutes to figure out how to do it and we couldn’t believe it. We asked 10 people to do the same thing and it was the same result; minus the ones you just simply gave up. Until now it never really dawned on us how many people cannot change or have never changed the windshield wiper blades on their car simply because they don’t know how.

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RELAX.

Don’t EVER pray to get caught in a downpour with a wiper that shot; water acts as a magnifying glass as well as it bends light. So in the night, a wet windscreen under oncoming car lights WILL hurt your eyes. Look when it comes to safety DON”T ROMP and SKIN, if you blades need changing THEN CHANGE IT. Don’t play cheap and dotish, cause it’s your life as well as the lives of others you are playing with. BTW every now and then be sure to clean and lubricate the NEW blades to preserve the pliability of the rubber.