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Recently; at a gas station where I was filling up the boost mobile with some 95; a woman and her friend had the brazen to tell me that people with fast car like mines are the cause of accidents on the road and that only we does kill peo-ple. Kids; when it comes down to something I feel passionate about; my immediate response is to let loose my cemented columns of fresh picked profanity. But, I really wasn’t in the mood; plus I realized that as a racer, constantly dealing with dotish people is something I have to live with. Rather than sin my soul and raise my blood pressure; I simply replied with, “Miss Lady, if it is that people with fast cars like mine causes accidents; then how is it that whenever you hear about an accident 98% of the time it involves jokey cars like YOURS!” The response had her quiet and I knew she had no reply but still wanted the last word; but by that time I done full up and leave behind two perfectly symmetrical lines – one for her and one for the friend, who I must admit was really attractive. The statement made by this woman played on my mind for some odd reason. Now, this wasn’t the first time I got this and usually I brush it off by loosening up the tongue a bit; but this time was different. Truth be told, I don’t care what anybody says but I LOVE to drive fast; I Love the thrill, I LOVE the adrenaline rush; I LOVE the sense of freedom – hell; give me a chance and plenty open road and I will pace until the car decides to say “Daiz it dey fella, I can’t make again!” But what is it that makes me and a lot of drivers I know different from every other pseudo driver out there; and then it dawned on me – Responsibility; amongst MANY other things. I may drive FAST but I don’t drive like a shelled coconut on.

One of the fundamental differences between real drivers and so called drivers is that intricate sense of respon-sibility that most people miss BAD. And truth be told again, the majority of responsibility in driving I learnt from getting into racing/ motorsports. People need to realize that with any kind of speed comes great responsibility; no matter if is 1kmh or 250kmh. And it’s this realization that separates REAL driv-ers from the pleh of burro stones jokers driving about and parading a piece of laminated permission slip called a drivers license. A car can kill somebody and I have see people write off vehicles because that inner sense of automotive respon-sibility just wasn’t there. Any village idiot can jump in a car, press it out and say they can drive; but how many of them have proper control over themselves as well as the vehicle they’re driving in the first place.

Which leads me to this; thanks to the mass media & those in authority whose dotishness knows no limits, there has been a grave misconception that once you “obey” the

speed limit you’re safe; and, once you exceed it you’ll auto-matically crash and burn in a ball of twisted metal and cheap upholstery. Kiddies, what all these people DON’T tell you is if your car isn’t up to snuff or the driver lacks competence no matter what speed you drive at there is a titanic chance you can crash; SLOWER doesn’t mean SAFER. In Trinidad, the legal speed limit since cock had teeth on the highway was 80 km/h (which I personally find to ridiculous). But what’s the proper speed limit on a rainy day with smooth tires; or the appropriate speed for a teenager who bought their license and daddy just got them a new car OR a person who had their license for 15 years but NEVER had ANY sort of seat time in a car. Speed doesn’t kill – jack and jill driving does.

I realized that a lot of people get all caught up in this drive the limit thing and seem to forget that there is a much bigger picture when it comes to driving; and that’s without a proper understanding of GOOD driving techniques, your car, yourself and the environment in which you transverse – all the speed limits and slow driving in the world won’t mean squat.

Lookie here, forget that speed is kill hype; if you want to drive in any capacity I personally want YOU to do (4) things before peppering up the streets. One is to make sure that the car you’re driving can inspire confidence and is kept in proper order ALL the TIME. Two is to be aware of EVERY-THING including YOUR driving ability and the things you can and cannot do – nothing is worse that a person who thinks that they are a best driver realizing to late that they’re not. Three is to know when and where to do your do, don’t play a hero since they are the ones who die first. Four is to learn your car, understand your environment and be conscientious about your fellow motorist – they may lack sense but they still do exist. If you can live up to these four thing then Godspeed; BUT, if you can’t, before you kill yourself; or worse yet some-body else, breeze out the wills and drive in an order accord-ingly.

Any village idiot can jump in a car, press it out and say they can drive; but how many of them have proper control over themselves as well as the vehicle they’re driving in the first place.

O2:GRINDINGGEARS a don’t business editorial by: Fiveforward

1. Somebody give me a bad drive – men is use this one like rotten mango falling from a tree in a hard breeze during rainy season. People, when last we checked driving doesn’t spoil, when you say bad drive it means that YOU can’t drive in the first place.

2. I don’t know what happened nah – this is an odd one, considering that you are the one who crashed in the first place. What; did you close your eyes, cover your ears and skin your moon-nah. You could only use this when the car pelt you about a mile and you wake up 7 days later in the hospital.

3. Ah driving and jus so ah crash – come on; this just as horrendously ridiculous as a woman saying she get pregnant but don’t know how.

4. The tire blowout – any time a person say this, they maybe be on the up. What’s better than having a blow out of epic proportions that causes your third wheel to go flat.

5. The tree/ lamppost or the wall walk out in front of me – Mother Nature have a ting for you pappi! Jus so she decides to run out to bless you with some agape that feel soooooooo good that you just had to wrap your car around she.

6. Ah pull to avoid ah pothole/ dog - Oh, we are sure you are pulling alright; pulling STONES.

7. I didn’t see the man nah! – What do you mean by that. You had to have a dread arc eye from when you were welding up this dotish by the mile excuse?

8. Ah loose control of the car – here’s a thought why don’t you try loosing your driver license cause you seemed to have lost your sense as well.

9. The road was wet – what does a wet road have to do with crashing; really. That come like a leg with more dark spots than a currants roll saying he smooth and clean – it doesn’t make any sense.

10. The man in front brakes light wasn’t working – you mean your curry massala wasn’t working. Why do you have to be all up in the man container; the answer is too simple follow the law and stay 3 car lengths behind.

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THESixthSpeed 10.most men lie though their teeth so as to not accept blame in an accident and who can blame them’; blame means guilt and guilt mean higher premiums. And in this time who on earth wants to have to pay more to drive a car.

Insurance Excuses EverCARNALLUST:these are the car s you will NEVER SEE in you life.

FORD COSWORTH RS ONLY 2500 MADE

We got (Trinidad): : 2000 CCs, Tan Leather interior, Alloy Rims, Seatbelts, and a set

of power this and that that NOBODY cares about. Kids this car only gave out 145HP @

6300rpm; now this may sound like plenty but the car was heavy and automatic which means that a rolling sweet drink can in a dry

season breeze will move faster than you.

They got (Worldwide): a naturally aspirated 2.2 litre 4-cylinder DOHC H22A VTEC motor which produced 220 bhp @ 7,200 rpm where it counts. Couple that with a stiffer suspension, limited-slip-differential, twin-piston brakes, dual exhaust system, Recaro seats and a leather trimmed Momo steering wheel and you have a rolling orgasmatron.

The BigQuestion?Is talking to you car NORMAL?

If you are anything but a first on race day guy you would never have heard of this car; what can we say, TOUGH. Because besides being a the outside woman to the Escort this is the car that wears leather and whips the bee-canal out of stagnated comers. Made for 4 years in good old England, this car is one of THE original hedonistic hot hatches of ALL TIME and was used by FORD to live deep inside WRC body.

Powered by a 2000cc engine that is capable of 1000HP in 2 litre form; no stroking here – man is swim channels and buss down door for this car; especially when you factor in that the initial 2500 of these high heel wearing penalty divers were ever made just to make sure that Ford can get the FIA accreditation for entry into the World Rally Championship. In stock form during the first initial run of homologation specials; the RS Cosworth pumped out 227bhp @ 6250 rpm and 220 lb.ft at 3500 rpm from the YBT engine. In infant form the YBT was glory holed with a Garrett T3/T04B turbocharger; low 8:1 compression, 11psi of boost and tuned engine management. Further mods included no sound dampening to save on weight; permanent four wheel drive with a 34/66% front/rear split, an uprated five speed Borg Warner MT-75 gearbox, Standard Recaro’s, independent suspension with telescopic gas shocks, 28mm front anti roll bar and 22mm rear.

All in all this car was crazy and on the Euro underground scene this car delivers level spank-ing on time and with a weight of 2900lbs it’s no wonder that this she devil yammed up 46 world class and world championship rallys, was driven by Tommi Mackinen, became the favourite car of Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear and decimated the 700+ HP Supra in Getaway in Stockholm.

Michael: Of course talking to you car is normal, after all car is people to. I for one is talk to my car all the time; when she behaving good I is tell she all kinda nice thing, but from the time she start acting up is eith plenty cussing or plenty begging.Warren: It’s not really normal but I guess once the car doesn’t talk back to literally then you’re sup-posed to be good. However, if the car say Yo; then find youself in a hospital.

O4:TheCARSHAFT because we simply like to talk about car ting

2Faced: 1998-2003 Honda Accord

Jacqueline: I dunno about talking too but I have names for all the cars I ever owned.

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C A R TA I L i t :All the Car News in a Short Short

(T&T) Sheldon Bissessar has been nominated in the top 10 for the First Citizens Bank Sports Awards. Kid’s this is the same man that ran a 5.77 @241mph and broke a world record in 2008 this mean that he owns the TOP DRAGSTER WORLD RECORD ¼ MILE PASS title; Yay Yay!

(T&T) In case you didn’t know Tobago is gonna be getting their very own race track pretty soon thanks to his royal Subaru –ness Christian Tam.

(WW) Subaru actually has the gall to bring out an automatic WRX STI into production. Dubbed as the A-Line the semi auto Scooby is geared towards to more everyday user and has a Porsche tranny with 300HP. What can we say, another water down sports car….Sigh

(TT) Southern Sales has the NEW Mazda 6 and 3. Once again the styling is sleek and futuristic as Mazda is known for but unfortunately they will not be bringing the high performance version of either model….bummer

(TT) Neal and Massy has the 2009 Impreza available in sedan along with the 5 door hatch.

(TT) The 09-10 Ford Mondeo in now in Trinidad and my, my does it look sexy. Though the new, streamline look is wel-comed, we can only hope that Mc Earneny Motors has the 6 speed manual, 217HP version

(WW) Honda has killed plans for its entire TYPE R line. So until further notice there will be no new Integra, Civic or NSX

Chances are you have no idea who is Jason Britton; don’t worry neither did a lot of people. However; ANYBODY, who has the seedlings to ask this ques-tion after the Easter weekend deserves a very hard slap! Jason Britton is not only the host of one of the most popular shows on the Speed Channel (Super Bikes) but he is one of the sickest stunt riders out there. And together with Eric Hoenshell; his team mate from No Limit Crew, Eric Prez and a host of

local sport bike celebs (Horsie and his son, Lyndon, Scraper, Mad Max Crew, 6-1-0 Crew and more) the pitch at the three venues where the shows were held was tore up right and burnt down wrong.

Thanks to Intense Motorsport Action in collab. with the Save the Children Foundation, Sixth Speed was on handlebar to check out the scene from the time the man touch trini soil and let’s just say that it was like the Ruff Riders Anthem Music Video for 5 days. Covering all the shows, especially the big finale on Monday 17th at Skinner Park we had bikes galore; people galore; family and friends galore; man who was tiefing a look because they were to cheap to pay the entrance fee galore; I even see a tantie with curlers in she hair, on hand to witness the insane riding skills that these guys put forth. With Jason on an electric blue Kawasaki ZX6R and Eric on the green, these guys tore that mother of a tarmac up with an endless array of array of stunts. People we talking about Wheelies, Endos, Skitching, Christ Air, Stoppies, Cross…..look, you should have been there for the experience, especially the jasmine rice fiesta car show handled by Barely Legal Customizing; and the INSANE after street party outside Atherly’s by the Park.

In he end, the event was F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S, with a great turnout of riders and world of street bikes to DROOL over. Suzuki GSXRs, Kawasaki ZXRs, Honda CBR-RR’s, Yamaha R1s, ‘Busas like chennette in season, chromed out cruisers, custom choppers; even the ex-mayor of San Fernando represented with his custom ZX-14 that has a back tyre broader than the waist of the editor. All in all men made hardcore sport bikes look like bicycles and that is what we talking about.

BTW ladies and gentlemen;Jelani want a bike, so please feel free to donate to the “Buy Jelani Williams A Street Bike Fund” care of Sixth Speed Magazine.

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JASONBRITTONDOES TRINIDADunderINTENSEArticle by:Jelani Williams

A H H E A R :Truth, Lies and Allout boogangaran

a pampered traction black-bird known only to Caroni had the upper hand in a battle with a 32 powered canary.

on sunny days a certain monster will now be leveling men with 3 rotors as op-posed to two

there is going to be 3 private drag race tracks soon in T’dad; Freeport, Arima and San Fernando. Appar-ently land for both Arima & Freeport has already been cquired.

With no limit in sight, there’s going to be a belly match at the 13th hour with a certain sour orange tree. All this because the three cell they take wasn’t getting any signal.

the venom from a certain scorpion only a teaser for a medical supplier and his 3 containers of full of boost.

a certain chipmunk is build-ing a 4 turn nut rotator to do make breakfast faster

a black custom importer going and have plenty more bite now that the box have more teeth with the addition of a bess breed of dog.

is 9 inches of 3 gears now going into the car that captain hook from never never land always wanted.

the infamous monster sunny sell and is now parked up in a garage in the southland

a white Subaru from Claxton bay that does sell bodi and catch fish BEAT OUT a fifth generation of dry season progression in 8 seconds.

a floor supervisor of a certain factory breaking round neck jersey like he special reserve assistant, even when the as-semble line is automated.

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Okay, let us put this in a bit of perspective here; take some 20+ cars together with drivers and navigators from Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados pelt them in the bush and tell the DRIVE! Kids what you have is level cane road action and this is to be known as Rally Trinidad 2009. Covering a pleh of stages over 2 days, it needless to say that action was heated like a bird pepper laced doubles in midday sun.

Saturday saw spill, thrills and plenty dirt and stone pelting on the Bronte stage with Jerome Lum Hung in the Josar GC8 Subaru do-ing some gymnastics but getting back up again and moving on and the old school Blue MK 2 Escort driven by Scott Sheppard loosing the complete rear suspension, effectively putting him out. With the Cedar hill stage cancelled, it was off to Preysal when in the night under heavy headlight man did their best to navigate and run hard

in the black. As per usual Ainsley Lochan/ Robert Dumas in the Stag/ NP/ Oakley Evo 9 killed it; but, like any rally stage there is bound to be incident with John Powell breaking his gearbox, the black lancer driven by Glen Pontifex heading in the bush and the infamous licks down Kamikazie B13 flipping over. There’s more but, Sunday was the real bomb day.

History was made when for the first time ever the streets of Chaguanas were blocked off for a super special stage, i.e the Mayor’s Cup. All we could say is that besides the amount of people and many burning tire like dry hops in an oven the event was insane. We had the NA bawler in the swift knifing the course with precision and absolutely killing the Stag plastered 360 chicane. Ainsley Lochan after bombing the same 360, eventually did justice but grounding them four tires into vapor on his 3rd run of the course; however, Jerome Lum Hung later ended up clearing it (Chicane) away, but, made up for it with a some eye watering donuts. The Castrol sponsored Toyota Starlet pushed by Michael Dinnoo was clean and sounded nice and Rizan Mohammed’s Evo/ Colt went in too hard on a 90 and totaled his rear end. However the real scorcher was the Evo 5 driven by female tarmac terrorist Natasha Chang. Besides being a bess, this woman can drive and put down THE best 360 power out of the day – it had every body bawling.

In the end everything ran smoothly with the winners being the Swift for the Mayoral’s Cup and Lochan/ Dumas for Rally Trinidad 09.

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cylinder and bigger booster.

In 1988, the GT-X got a facelift with a newer model front and revamped B6T with a small-er intake manifold for better flow. The turbo-charger was upgraded to the IHI-VJ13 which was set at 9psi stock supposedly pushing the output figures up to 165HP/ 160 lb-ft TORQUE. A limited edition Rally spec GT-X was released with a mere 300 made called the GT-AE edition. This rare car had the big-gest turbo on a stock B6T, i.e the IHI-VJ17, no power accessories and was said to have about 200HP together with 190lb-ft torque. The B6T also came in the BFMP 323 GT, a FWD version of the GT-X, Ford Laser TX-3, and Mercury Capri XR2, a girly American convertible, which we won’t talk about.

By 1990, the other rally manufacturers were all on board the 4WD train with Mitsubishi and their Galant VR-4 as well as the Evo-lution I now in the making; not to mention Subaru. Mazda had to step up the game; so with their new BG chassis, the B6T was replaced by an 1800cc DOHC turbocharged engine with vicious LSD all round, making it the first Mazda using a full All Wheel Drive system. This 1800cc or BPT as it was called had 190HP/ 185 lb-ft torque and carried the IHIVJ20 turbocharger set at 9psi stock, a small insignificant side mounted intercooler with a minute air duct. Still called the GT-X, it made big waves on the rally scene, but Mazda had something else up their sleeves.

Article by: Khaleel AliO6:jspecSportsCarHistory:MAZDA323 GT GTX GTR

In the late 80’s, the rally scene was trans-forming performance cars as we know it to-day. RWD had reached its limit and the need for 4WD mud gripping traction technology pushed rally manufacturers to the next level. Audi was already on the scene with its Audi 80 Quattro but little was it known that Maz-da had a small contender emerging from the sidelines called the 323/ Familia GT-X. Using a simple 4WD system, this small light 2 door hatch brought Mazda from the shadows onto the rally track.

First Developed in 1986, the first model BFMR GT-X came with the B6T; a 1600cc DOHC turbocharged/ intercooled engine, which outputted 147HP/137 lb-ft TORQUE on 7psi boost from an IHI VJ6 turbocharger, and was mated to a gearbox with an inter-nal transfercase. This gearbox had the abil-ity to lock the front wheels into an LSD type system; which when active provided traction that was similar to a true all wheel drive system. The early model B6T can be eas-ily recognized by the large intake manifold running over the top of the engine. Mazda gave these limited edition 323 sporty split headlights, raised bonnet, and an aggressive body kit with dual rear spoilers. This model GT-X came with adjustable ride height sus-pension using an air compressor controlling the struts. Mazda knew the stock braking system had to be upgraded to handle the new power, so 10.2” ventilated disc and rear discs was fitted together with a 7/8” master

5000 limited edition BG 323 dubbed the GT-R were made to really do some damage using the same BPT platform with some up-grades to increase overall performance and reliability.

This BPT; now deemed BPD, had a fully worked block with stronger pistons, connect-ing rods, sodium filled valves to cool and reduce detonation, larger intake manifold runners, revised exhaust manifold, a big-ger IHI-VJ23 turbocharger mapped at 12psi stock and a better front mounted intercool-er. Power from all these was a reasonable 210HP and 200 lb-ft torque. The BG chassis can be easily recognized by 3 air extraction scoops in the bonnet, rally type round fog lights in the sporty front bumper and dual rear wings. In addition to power modifica-tion, the GT-R had 5 lug hubs all round with larger disc brakes as well as a upgraded sus-pension. During the run a there was limited edition GT-AE model which was made with lightened bodyshell and had no power ac-cessories to save on weight.

Mazda had made a dent in the rally world, helping being a foundation pillar in the 4WD camp. It was once said in the UK, that the Mazda 323 GT-R was known as the afford-able rival to the Nissan Pulsar GTiR; however we are yet to be see what this little AWD tar-mac ripper can do on the streets of Trinidad and Tobago.

cally the low gears in an automatic car; think of it like first and second in a manual vehicle. First gear, 1 or the Low gear is basically your power/ torque gear; you’re really supposed to use this gear if you are going up a steep hill or towing somebody to avoid straining the tranny. You can even use 1 if you are in traffic or going down a deep in-cline, either way it’s for if you require POWER as opposed to SPEED. Second or 2 is a mid torque gear and operates on the same principle as one just not as power oriented.

BULGE ON CAR TIREThe other day I was washing my B13 and when put-ting silicone on the 17’s, I noticed a bulge on the side of the tire. I have NO IDEA what this is or where it came from but is it dangerous or can I drive on it as it?Preedep Persad (Monkey Town)

Aye Michael, the bulge you noticed is as a result of a damaged, weakened or cracked inner side wall of the tire. This usually happens when you are runnning too low of a profile tire e.g 205/ 40/ 17 and hit a pothole or some-thing. Remember the less tire you have the less cushion there is and the greater the chance of this happening - yes it sucks but you have to live with it. Now I know you are a Trini BUT driving on THAT TIRE isn’t safe AT ALL

since it dramatically increases the chance of a blow out, which I’m sure you don’t want.

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Nothing is worse than somebody who beats around the bush like a bac chac on a green mango leaf – life’s short and precious, and the days for titty vaying long gone. We at ‘the sixth’ are no different when it comes to stories and comess; we like it fast, short, simple and uncompromisingly bitter.

Leonard Riley is what you call a hands on individual. Blessed or cursed with a talent to see things through with meticulous attention to detail. Riley wanted to create his own ideal togue monster; i.e. build a 206 4WD car with the 206 rally body kit. But like most dreams of this nature, the candle would’ve cost WAY more than the funeral, so he did what smart people do; find an alternative. The come

again scenario had Riley deciding to build a car that was; 1-Naturally Aspirated, 2-Nimble, 3-Good Looking, 4-Fuel Efficient and Reliable and 5-Confortable

and FUN to DRIVE. According to him, when building a project, before you spend a penny, you need the vision. Do lots of research and be

well aware of what problems you may encounter (and their solu-tions). His main credo; being a true tuner, was start with the

cheapest platform possible, and that just happened to be a totaled 206 that he picked up for small.

In case you didn’t know, the 206, up until 2008 was one of the bestselling cars of all time in Europe. The 206 was also a very successful rally car winning both

the manufacturers’ and drivers’ championships in WRC’s Group B in 2000. In stock trim this par-ticular Peugeot came with a ‘Tantie May’ 1400cc engine that gave out a nauseating 80HP, which; as far as we go, is power good enough for a box cart. The first stop was by Fuzzy (straightener) who with a jig, straightened out the car as much as possible and swapped the damaged right side

front of the car with that from a 206 convertible. After the buzz work, Matthew Ramdeen took care

of chassis strengthening by first up totally gutting the car; mounting it on a rotisserie and welding 2” x 2” RHS

lengths front to back on the under carriage.

By this time Riley had gotten his hands on a Honda Prelude front cut with a twin cam, VTEC endowed 180HP, H22A and after some relocated brackets, the “pug” had an engine with 3/8 copper fuel lines replacing the stock ones. The choice of the H22 was somewhat of a strange one to us, seeing that most people would have opted for a B16A or even the God of War like SR; but like Riley reminded us the goal was to build something unusual. After 3 years of the car collect-ing dust with the engine installed and the chassis reinforced, it was time to get

DAMAGEDOING DETRIMENTAL

Tuning Technica:17:SEVENTEEN

Have you ever parked your car; come back to the space and see your car door wide open or window smashed; or worse see a Mazda where your Nissan/ Honda/ Toyota was supposed to be. If not, good for you; but, if you

have, then you would know the empty, out-ah body, heart breaking feeling of

personal infringement you get when; as you crack the corner, your car is either

vandalized or simply isn’t where you KNEW you parked it.

With this said, a lot of foundation folks say that HATE is a strong word that should never be used to talk about people. Well, if that is the case we at the Sixth HATE thieves and not just any kind of HATE; but the HATE that does burn rain water in the barrel and spoil electric-

ity. Listen, everybody have some great purpose in life but apart from pelting level distress on the

public, car thieves serve NONE as far as we go……hell, if left up to us we would round them all up together with those who

buy from them, drop them on a island and blow it up; then fry dry the ashes just to make sure. Now that you know how we feel, we at the Greatest Car Magazine ever will bestow upon you the proper tools that will make you car virtually theft and break into proof.

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AUTOTHEFTPT1preventing

the SIXTHSPEED way

Why man is tief for i.e theMotivation?:Why people steal cars is simple – too make money from either piping out the parts/ valuables OR selling the complete vehicle since nobody have time to cut up new ting anymore. Sometimes; and this isn’t really often but it happens, the case is revenge, such as if the outside woman buy the car for you and you don’t want to return it when things get sour but that’s something else. Like most forms of thievery and piper-fication; car theft is a crime of belly AND opportunity. If a thief sees your car and all the right factors are there for him to take it; consider it gone. Now, when it comes to moving with a vehicle; speed is of the utmost importance. The faster a guy can go with your car, the less of a chance he gets caught and the faster he can get paid – a professional thief can steal a car in under 45 seconds (this is proven). Even breaking into a car is simple; you would not believe.

So how do I really PROTECTmy BABY.The key into protecting your car is to make it unattractive to thieves as much as possible. By that we mean; is not that they don’t want it – it must just be a hassle to get. There are many ways to do this and for FREE too; all you need to do is use your brain, be creative for a minute and think like a thief (yes you can do THAT, where are you from). Remember once you remove the opportunity or make the opportunity harder then the less likely your car will suddenly get legs and walk away by itself. Now that you know this; we are going to give you the skinny on keeping your vehicle yours – since nothing is worse than the “original” owner coming back for “his property.”

……Oh before we go on remember this and remember it well:Most people get tied up with security devices and their purpose, so lewwe clear the air on something before we get into the grits. Auto theft devices no matter what they are cannot prevent your car from being stolen; if a man want your car – he want it. Anti theft devices really act as deterrents or assist in recovery. Like we said before; it’s take a professional thief less than 120 seconds to get into, bounce starter and buss out. When it comes to theft, time is of the primary essence. Knowing this, the key is to make the lives of thieves as STRESSFUL as possible from the start. You want when they trying to steal your car they’re cussing every-body in your family in their mind. Their fingers must ketch cramp, lock up and fall off; and they must sweat so much that you swim a 100m on the front seat. The longer it takes to steal a car; the more attention the bandit attracts and the more likely he will move on as jail or a level planasse is not a nice thing.

Now for what we consider to work:The great SIXTHSPEED 10 1.Common Sense | Damage to the pocket: NONE: People, people – God gave you a brain, feel free to use it at anytime when it comes to protecting your car. Whilst we all know common sense isn’t reality common; if used, it can make a BIG difference as to whether or not your ride gets jacked or not. A simple thing, don’t leave your car running and say you going in the shop right there to get a beer fass, fass – yes the shop might be right there but so to may be a menace. If your are in a parking lot and you are not comfortable with where the available spaces are, listen to that “feeling” and keep looking – trust us on that. Don’t roll through a parking lot with the music LOUD or leave stuff on the seat – that is just as good as hav-ing a break into me sign on the window. Listen, protecting your car is as simple as taking into account your environment and moving accordingly; take nothing for granted and don’t ever assume, as you never know.

2.Use the security devices your car came with | Damage to the pocket: Openly NONE since cost is worked in the car price: This may sound funny but a lot of manufacturers have gone through the mangrove by giving you a lot of security features with your car. Most of you may think that they are ineffective but that’s really not totally true, especially where technology has come of age and has gotten BETTER. From the change and design of door locks, to the way in which the doors are shaped, to OEM alarms and immobilizers; car makers have tried to make your life easier, the least you can do is to use what is already given to you. For example, a simple but ALWAYS overlooked feature is the steering lock (what’s that huh?). Take your key out from the ignition and start to turn the steering wheel either left or right until you hear click – that’s it – now no one can turn the steering wheel until it’s unlocked with the key. Some vehicles even have integrated factory installed alarms as well as immobilizers that work pretty good, so make sure to read the manual to see what you have and remember to USE IT, it’s free!

3. Kill Switches: Damage to the pocket: small money. It’s cheap, easy to install, can be hidden ANYWHERE and you can have as much as you want. Basically a kill switch works just like your light

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If you are any kind of Caribbean person, you’re supposed to know that not everything is what it seems. Even the foun-dation members of the old school would tell you that all that glitters isn’t gold or rather fresh rain water on a Sunday morning in a TEXACO barrel. When it comes to cars the EXACT same principle applies; very often you may see a car at rest and it looks fast enough to out pep a piper with a stolen bag of zabocah (avocado for you proper English people); but, when the time comes for it to blaze the trail, it’s really like watching ice water melt in a freezer.

However; thankfully, not all cars are like this and Clifford Tardieu’s 1974 Ford Capri MK3 is one such prime example. Kiddies, just to put things in perspective here; we want you to focus HARD on the picture. Imagine a car that at rest could have man breaking neck like tamarind whip just to take in everything about the bess shape. On start-up and idle; glass plate and teacup is look to jump off shelf. At a touch of the accelerator the WHOLE car shakes like a zan-dolie in a mango tree. And in gear; when the eight of them wake up, you hear the sound of tortured tires on white & polish lip 17’s staggered, pounding down the door for Mrs.Traction who doesn’t seem to be at home.

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DOMINICDATEDude we have seen you ride and quite frankly you are sick on two wheels for someone with mammy milk in their face still, where did

you get that riding skill and all that belly from?I started riding from young; since I was 4 and I guess it was always in my blood since down to my grandfather and father used to ride

and I used to ride with them.

As a young rider what are some of the problems that a lot of young riders face when it comes to two wheeling?

First off there’s NO TRACK. Second; a lot of the young guys like to ride fast and drink rum and that can’t work. Right about now every-body could buy speed; but, honestly not everybody could handle it

and we both know that speed and alcohol don’t mix.

And what do young guys get wrong when they are now getting into sport bikes?

A lot of guys just want to go fast without consideration for anybody and anything.

For real; so seeing that this is the reality, what advice you would give for a young guy trying to jump on the scene all fresh, green

with no experience?Take your time, don’t drink and start of slow; get yourself accus-tomed to the road. Go get yourself a small bike like a 125 or 400 and just practice; a lot of guys are starting off with 600, 750,

1000 and not really lasting to long.

That makes plenty sense, I dunno why people don’t take their time and come up……..must be a trini thing yes. Anyway bikes are

generally considered dangerous by the public….…..that’s by people who don’t understand what it is all about and

how it works.

So true; which kinda brings me to my next question? A lot of young guys and gals never get that support; like how you had it with you dad and granddad, to go out there and start riding which I find real

stupid. What is your go on that?Yeah, I have heard parents say that if so and so don’t buy no bike; is best they buy a coffin and done. In the earlies my mother actu-ally told me to sell my car and buy a bike since it will cost less and

burn less gas.

Wait, wait, wait your MOM actually encouraged you in the bike thing as well; that is unheard of, as far as I know mothers don’t tell their sons to sell car and buy bike. So, if you had A choice; don’t give me no shopping list here; what would be your REAL weapon

of mass destruction Hmph, I dunno nah, that kinda hard. T-Rex or Yamaha R1

Nice; well, give me the final words for the youngsters nah!Take your time and take it slow; where you speeding to go. Better

to reach than never reach at all

Oh and who you want to big up or rather give thanks to for helping you touch the road the right way.

Tune Tech Performance, Wayne Persad from Krazy Kustoms for the bike; Moms for REALLY encouraging me and my grand dad & dad

who still riding up to now.

Dude we have seen you ride and quite frankly you are sick on two wheels for someone with mammy milk in their face still, where did

you get that riding skill and all that belly from?I started riding from young; since I was 4 and I guess it was always in my blood since down to my grandfather and father used to ride

and I used to ride with them.

As a young rider what are some of the problems that a lot of young riders face when it comes to two wheeling?

First off there’s NO TRACK. Second; a lot of the young guys like to ride fast and drink rum and that can’t work. Right about now every-body could buy speed; but, honestly not everybody could handle it

and we both know that speed and alcohol don’t mix.

And what do young guys get wrong when they are now getting into sport bikes?

A lot of guys just want to go fast without consideration for anybody and anything.

For real; so seeing that this is the reality, what advice you would give for a young guy trying to jump on the scene all fresh, green

with no experience?Take your time, don’t drink and start of slow; get yourself accus-tomed to the road. Go get yourself a small bike like a 125 or 400 and just practice; a lot of guys are starting off with 600, 750,

1000 and not really lasting to long.

That makes plenty sense, I dunno why people don’t take their time and come up……..must be a trini thing yes. Anyway bikes are

generally considered dangerous by the public….…..that’s by people who don’t understand what it is all about and

how it works.

So true; which kinda brings me to my next question? A lot of young guys and gals never get that support; like how you had it with you dad and granddad, to go out there and start riding which I find real

stupid. What is your go on that?Yeah, I have heard parents say that if so and so don’t buy no bike; is best they buy a coffin and done. In the earlies my mother actu-ally told me to sell my car and buy a bike since it will cost less and

burn less gas.

Wait, wait, wait your MOM actually encouraged you in the bike thing as well; that is unheard of, as far as I know mothers don’t tell their sons to sell car and buy bike. So, if you had A choice; don’t give me no shopping list here; what would be your REAL weapon

of mass destruction Hmph, I dunno nah, that kinda hard. T-Rex or Yamaha R1

Nice; well, give me the final words for the youngsters nah!Take your time and take it slow; where you speeding to go. Better

to reach than never reach at all

Oh and who you want to big up or rather give thanks to for helping you touch the road the right way.

Tune Tech Performance, Wayne Persad from Krazy Kustoms for the bike; Moms for REALLY encouraging me and my grand dad & dad

who still riding up to now.

Darling; tell me, has anyone ever mentioned that your eyes look like twin HKS turbos – sweet?

LOL

You laughing; serious (steups)! Most people may not know but we have been holding out for you a while now, why is it that when we asked you to do this; oh,

6 MONTHS ago, you said that you were not ready? Honestly I didn’t think I was worthy enough, besides

I hardly even race.

Woman lookie here; when Sixth Speed says you’re THE ONE that means that means you’re MORE than ready, understand. How is it that you managed to

get into the speed thing in the first place?Hmmmmm, my boyfriend started racing 11 years ago and ever since then I have been attending drags. I began by sitting with him to race and eventually I just got hooked; as the saying goes, ‘I got bitten by

the speed jumbie’

Since the jumbie was in you, where did the encour-agement come from. After all it’s not easy being a

female in a sport dominated by quarry residents.LOL! Everybody actually! I got even more encouraged when I first heard a Subaru rumble; when I heard

that sound – that was it, instant love.

Where and when do you find time to practice chick?

I never really got chance to practice with my WRX-STI as I bought it after we lost wallerfield. But I did get a couple of runs with it at Camden…..not enough

though.

STI aye; that’s GREAT, ‘cause had it been a TS with a STI bodykit and chrome rims we woulda blank you heartless. When you were learning to drive did the manual thing overwhelm you like it does most wom-

en out there?HELL NO!!! Never!!! If anything at all, I was driven to learn it as I didn’t want to be just like anybody out

there. Besides I wanted to race BADLY!

Nice, so when you have kids will you rather take them to school in a Toyota Hilux on 22’s, Mazda 6

on 20’s, a Toyota Corolla or a Nissan R34?What kinda question is that, of course a R34. And it

must have the cool Recaro baby seats in the back.

For a lot of people; speed is a phase thing for them, they jump in and jump back out just as fast. Are you in it for the love or is it just a fashion thing for you?

Speed is in my blood, veins and arteries!

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Subaru WRX STI

ALLISONSTUDENT

Darling; tell me, has anyone ever mentioned that your eyes look like twin HKS turbos – sweet?

LOL

You laughing; serious (steups)! Most people may not know but we have been holding out for you a while now, why is it that when we asked you to do this; oh,

6 MONTHS ago, you said that you were not ready? Honestly I didn’t think I was worthy enough, besides

I hardly even race.

Woman lookie here; when Sixth Speed says you’re THE ONE that means that means you’re MORE than ready, understand. How is it that you managed to

get into the speed thing in the first place?Hmmmmm, my boyfriend started racing 11 years ago and ever since then I have been attending drags. I began by sitting with him to race and eventually I just got hooked; as the saying goes, ‘I got bitten by

the speed jumbie’

Since the jumbie was in you, where did the encour-agement come from. After all it’s not easy being a

female in a sport dominated by quarry residents.LOL! Everybody actually! I got even more encouraged when I first heard a Subaru rumble; when I heard

that sound – that was it, instant love.

Where and when do you find time to practice chick?

I never really got chance to practice with my WRX-STI as I bought it after we lost wallerfield. But I did get a couple of runs with it at Camden…..not enough

though.

STI aye; that’s GREAT, ‘cause had it been a TS with a STI bodykit and chrome rims we woulda blank you heartless. When you were learning to drive did the manual thing overwhelm you like it does most wom-

en out there?HELL NO!!! Never!!! If anything at all, I was driven to learn it as I didn’t want to be just like anybody out

there. Besides I wanted to race BADLY!

Nice, so when you have kids will you rather take them to school in a Toyota Hilux on 22’s, Mazda 6

on 20’s, a Toyota Corolla or a Nissan R34?What kinda question is that, of course a R34. And it

must have the cool Recaro baby seats in the back.

For a lot of people; speed is a phase thing for them, they jump in and jump back out just as fast. Are you in it for the love or is it just a fashion thing for you?

Speed is in my blood, veins and arteries!

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PUREPULSATIONLife has a funny way about teaching you stuff and usually when learning these valued lessons the element of pain equates to how well the lesson is learnt. The more it hurts the better you learn. In Trinidad we have pot hounds; you proper speaking people may know them as strays, but we in Trinidad so try your best. As a youth, I always wondered how is it that pot hounds could ketch a man flying fast on a BMX with a 52 by 12 setup in no time. Now, a 52 by 12 stationary if you know BMX’s have REAL top end; so, for a dog to be on you from the get; he hadda be doing numbers greater than you.

In watching a live replay of my glory days with a piper, a cocoa benz (old time bike that your grandfather used to ride. I realized that whilst most people move fine on two legs/ wheels, nature has designed it that predators have four resulting in dig up dirt action and go forth in a quickness motion.

Just like animal predators roam the land, there are predators the roam the streets just looking for innocent victims to snack on. One such predator is Ryan James’ Nissan FB13 and unlike most B13’s out there this one this one really doesn’t like to play with his food. Known as the Tsuru in Mexico, this B13 originally came 4WD with an engine that nobody cares to hear about. Being a mechanic by trade and a project man by night Ryan scrapped out the engine bay naked to put forth a powerplant that in some circles is know as Baby Godzilla. Kiddies we speaketh of the transverse mounted Redtop SR20DET from the infamous Nissan Pulsar GTiR; and, with a foundation in WRC, a baseline output of 227HP in 4 wheel drive trim and what’s considered to be the strongest of all blocks it’s no wonder that this engine is king.

Not one to take ANY shortcuts as the cruel intentions for this car was to be radically different and lay waste to all comers; especially, Evo’s and Subaru’s. Ryan realized that for where he wanted to go a complete rebuild with careful modifications was necessary. Starting with the head; Ryan swapped out the sodium filled valves; which are great in helping cool the valve head, for a set of oversized Ferrerar valves that went under the knife for a 5 angle valve job. In case you didn’t know, valve jobs allow air to flow past the valve more efficiently; and

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together with the port and polish by Baldwin’s Engineering air is supposed to

the flying in them chambers faster than a co-beaux in a maxi stand. Knowing that swinging RPM

maybe in the cards; Ryan slapped on a set of GReddy springs and retainers to keep the valve closed properly at

high engine notes as well as brass valve guides, which stand up much better to heat. Shipped from Japan, tunable Tomei 272 degree

cam and cam gears with recommended Tomei solid lifters were installed on top of the already had; GReddy rocker stoppers. Sealing up the head; which

was skimmed by Pappy’s Machine Shop so as to keep the surface completely flat since we wants no seepage when the power come in; is an Apex’i head gasket and ARP

head studs and bolts. Downstairs, standard block work done by Fat’s Machine Shop came by way of 20 thou oversized forged JE pistons and Eagle Billet rods on the stock crank with

new OEM bearings.

The tower was done and the time came to expand the borders horizontally. On the turbine side of things; mounted aloft a modified Turbo XS manifold with a V band mounted bracket system

for easy and quick release, was a GT35R dual ball bearing turbo. Good to about 600HP, this turbo seem to be the choice among the masses, especially with a backend that sees full boost coming in

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SleeplessDays

In the midst of Saturday night, this raaatt raaaaat sound coming from far away streets resonated loudly off the buildings. The sound was high revving mixed up with that crazy tall boost ripping jingle. The origin of the sound soon emerged; 2 round headlights flipped up for viewing pleasure, it was a dark blue SA22C first gen Rx-7, running a full 3” bore exhaust playing the sweet note of the rotor swooshing in an aluminum housing. The Rx-7 ran past the crowd, leaving a deafening echo that waved though the dead of the night making a full run around the block. It was the first time I ever heard a loud rotary and immediately wanted one. The owner of this famous Rx-7 was Rana Ramlakhan.

Rana always wanted a rotary; it was his dream mobile from childhood, but he could never afford an Rx. Back in his St. Benedict’s college days, he always walked past two immaculate Rx-7s in a guy’s garage everyday he went to school. At age 17, he got his first car; which just happened to be a Mazda 616 from his grandfather but this wasn’t to be; for his parents warned him about the high maintenance and fuel consumption. After a few years he bought his first RX which was a dark blue first gen; however, when he saw the famous JC Mazda Cosmo in the Bamboo, he sold the first fast and bought it without even blinking an eye. Although the cosmos didn’t come equipped with the dreaded 3 rotor, it was still a car to own. It wasn’t long before a front clip packing 3 wankel goodness came up and in no time the stock engine was swapped out for the real deal – a 20B REW – 3 rotor ting nah. It was the only 3rotor Mazda Cosmo in the country and whilst he enjoyed the car; the passion of a

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Article by: Khaleel Ali

Usually, jumper cables come marked under two colors; Red and Black. The red is for posi-tive (+) and black is for negative (-). Properly clamp one end of the red jumper cable to the positive (+) battery terminal of the “dead” car and the other end to the positive of the jumper car.

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06:DIY:Jumpstarting a car properlyNow before you do this; and you WILL have to at some point in your lifetime, remember two things. One; if you attempt to jump start a car and don’t do it properly you can literally FRY all the electronics in your ride –including the ECU; cars today are not the cars of the 70’s and Two; there is a slight chance that the battery can blow up if you are not careful

The Tools required: Good jumper cables, a lil prayers, some patience, a jumper car, a spanner (maybe), a bottle of battery water (maybe)

Don’t panic, relax yourself and know that you can do this, since the Sixth is here for you. Just make a check to see if the battery is really drained by simply beeping the horn or flashing your lights. If it’s the battery; besides the car tumbling lazy or not at all, the lights will look dim and the horn will sound weak.

This Important soREAD:People will tell you different but this is the best way to fire up a car without the risk of frying everything else. It might sound a bit tedious BUT we have seen people roast the ECU, besides other things and when they go looking for a replacement there is none to be had & if they DO get it the price is MONSTROUS. Kiddies take your time here as modern cars are a lot more technical than cars in days gone by. Rushing this process can cost you. Nothing is wrong in a jump; the problem lies in how the jump is done.

Unless you have a battery that’s 100 years old; sparkers don’t JUST go dead. Before you do anything you have to make a couple of checks. One; make sure that the terminals are connected tight to the battery pole; which should be clean. Two; check to make sure that the battery has enough water in it; if it doesn’t you can top it back up with battery water or soda water. Oh, don’t turn on the headlights, AC or radio in any car since these thing SUCK current.

Get the other car and park as close as possible to yours so you can access have easy access to both batteries. Start by taking out a good, thick, strong, quality set of jumper cables which you ARE supposed to have in your trunk in case of an EMERGENCY. Remember you are playing with cur-rent and thin cheap crap doesn’t conduct current very well.

Connect one end of the black cable to the nega-tive battery terminal on the jumper car AND the other to an unpainted metal surface on the engine of the dead car; usually the top engine bracket; NOT on the dead battery itself. Unless you want to see some sparks and increase the chance of blowing stuff up. Yes, it happens!

Start the jumper car first and let it idle for a few minutes; depending on how dead the battery is you may have to wait a few minutes for the battery to charge. AT NO TIME should you rev the jumper car and start the dead car one time since you can blow your ECU as a result of an electrical spike. Yes, it happens!

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Start the dead car and let it idle for a minute; read an gone by sixth speed issue or old talk to pass the time. If it doesn’t start don’t force it, as you run the risk of damaging the starter. Yes it happens!

7:Once started and running disconnect the jumper cables in the EXACT order you con-nected them and be careful NOT to let the ends touch one another or any metal part of the engine else you’ll be in for some fireworks.

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Do the moonwalk, buy the assis-tance a beverage and go your way. But be sure to get everything properly checked out by your neighbourhood technician as

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So you like exhibitionism huh? Then send us your NAKED car pics and be part of print media history, afterall it’s your car and you should be proud of it; it repre-sents YOU!: there’s picture texting, sixthspeedtuner@hotmail.com or facebook.

2005 VW GTI-R : Mitra “Sket” Gangadeen | Operation TechnicianModifications: PW11 SR20DET (Avenir GT4), 9lbs boost, stock T28 BB Garett Turbo, ACT 6 puk copper disc (no spring), ACT HD pressure plate, Walbro 255 fuel pump, Aeromotive FPR, HKS SSQV blow off valve, VIP Cooling intercooler kit, GTI big brakes, GTI suspension, Original Recaro (interior), painted GTI rims, imported custom axles, LSD gearbox, dual ECU, P11 gearbox, 3” stainless steel exhaust.

1988 Mazda 626: Irvin Sampath | Self EmployedModifications: Mazda 2.2 turbo en-gine, ACT Extreme pressure plate, ACT 4 puk disc (no spring), 38mm external wastegate, t3/t4 turbo, custom exhaust manifold, 32x12x3 intercooler, 3in ex-haust, Turbo XS blowoff valve, Apex’1 exhaust barrel, VOLK 17’s, custom coilovers, mx6 GT brake conversion, Walbro fuel pump, 9psi boost

Why we like it: as far as we know it’s one of two MX6 sedans in TRINIDAD & TOBAGO and you have to admit that the car looks BEAUTIFUL; especially when you factor in that it’s 21 years old.

2001 Mitsubishi Evolution 7 GTA: Linton Lawerence | MarketingModifications: Evo VI TME Turbo, Blitz Boost Controller, Greddy Blow Off Valve, Greddy Turbo Timer, Autotechnic Gauges (Boost & Air / Fuel), Full 3” Piping, Tein S-Tech lowering springs, Sumitomo 235/45R17

Why we like it: it’s red and it’s an EVO; what is there not to like. Nor-mally automatic cars are a no no in our

books; but, this car moves and there is PLENTY room to make this already fast car FASTER!

Built out of old school metal, one of the main guises of this car was to touch the track with nines during the glory days of Wallerfield in 1989. Started by Vijay Ramkissoon (Big Daddy) and completed by Patrick Balgobin, Bakery Boyz of Cof-fee Street San Fernando was set to do 9’s with a 454 Big Block, Holley 1050 Carbs, Pro Shot Nitrous System, a nine inch rear end and a 400 TCI revers shift tranny with transbrake; a first for that time.

The first an only run was against Sheriff Lobo where as hand drop Sheriff was off and gone. Everybody thought Sheriff it would have been a blowout until mid track where Bakery Boyz caught up to the Lobo. Who won, we dunno BUT we do know that tradegy later struck when the car rolled off a trailer due to an im-properly adjusten harness. In the mis-hap the complete rear end got damaged and whilst the Bakers made a vaild at-tempt to bring back the Kingswood, de-spite plenty fustration in the beginning; things were never the same and the car never ran well. So it was later on sold to Vijay and the car was scrapped; mean-ing it is NO MORE!

We am sure you all are wondering whatever happened to the race legends of the past. Where are they now?? Are they in a junk yard; Cyant over on the side ah the road?? We go out and dig up to find out about:

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Reason for build: “Honestly I just wanted to do something different and to prove to a few mechanics that the conversion could be done!” and “I have to thank Mako Graphixs, Outlaw Engineering, Qwkwhip for helping out

on the build and Denny’s burgers on the cross (498-4451) for keeping man alive under starvation.”

Why we like it: the damn car is just look mean!

Reason for build: ”this car was all about total enjoyment. The main thing was to building something for me cause I love racing and driving on the whole.” and “special thanks to Navin from ASN Tuning (335-3449), Pink Noise Audio & Alarms 688-8679

Reason for build: “I had always liked cars especially the WRX and after seeing the Fast and Furious, that movie just opened my eyes to excitement. I love the idea of controlling all that power, the adrenaline rush and you can’t beat the fact that ladies love the car.”

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STATUS: SCRAPPED

Special Thanks to: Shameel Mohammed and South Side Fab Shop Limited

Members of The Mazda Club on 3rd Mazda Drive