1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Welcome back to another episode of Car Stories 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: with Son. 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 2: King and Amelia Hartford. 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 3: Today we have a very special guest. 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: He happens to be I would say, a childhood prodigy. 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: Incredibly smart wise beyond his years. He also paid his 7 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: way through college by street racing. 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 3: He did. 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: He is in a way like the real life Dominic 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: Toretto and always thinks out of the box. It was 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: like the wackiest cars. He has this thousand horsepower minivan. 12 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: He does yes, so he gives street cred to all 13 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: the mini van owners out there. 14 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 2: I love it. And he's really pushing the boundaries lately 15 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 2: with his performance ev. 16 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 1: Conversions and the most positive person that I probably ever 17 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: met in my life. 18 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 2: He I don't believe has a bad bone in his body. 19 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:52,959 Speaker 2: He wants to see everyone succeed. 20 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 3: We're lucky to have him in our life. 21 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, and on this podcast. So without further ado, there 22 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 2: we go, bc A zarioh. 23 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: Okay, So let's let's go back to the origin of 24 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,919 Speaker 1: you coming to California. So you were in Long Beach 25 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: at yes age of like. 26 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 4: Okay, So I left Nigeria when I was sixteen. After 27 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 4: a year, you know, I got to University of Asia fifteen. 28 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 4: He did a year there, came here. My father typically 29 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 4: would have scored me here in the United States because 30 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 4: he's always here often, but he had to take care 31 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 4: of some he had vice some machinery and finish it 32 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 4: up in Italy, and my mom had to take her 33 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 4: to factory so she couldn't leave. 34 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 2: So this was for you to go to school, to 35 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: go to school. 36 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 4: So they kind of sent me by myself two suitcases 37 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 4: on a plane. My dad when he went to school 38 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 4: here to study geology, he had a scholarship from Golf 39 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 4: Oil Company, and in that whole oil company he met 40 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 4: this you know, this family, and Bob Lancaster was a 41 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 4: very good friend of my father's and my father. He 42 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 4: was a founder of Torco Oil Company. And my dad 43 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 4: had him meet me at Lax and that was really 44 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 4: interesting because I never met them before. So imagine going 45 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 4: to a foreign country, not really knowing anyone, and you 46 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 4: meet this older couple who's taking home to their place 47 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 4: in Wadier and that's it. 48 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 2: He'sill in touch with them today. 49 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 4: I do keep in touch with them from time to time. Unfortunately, 50 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 4: Bob and Connie passed away a few years ago. So 51 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 4: that's sad. But their sons are still around. They're really 52 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 4: good to me. They're they're like family to me. But 53 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 4: it was interesting coming here from Africa with a lot 54 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 4: of African outfits on and going to church with them. 55 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 4: People ask me questions like, hey, how does it feel 56 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 4: wearing shoes for. 57 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 5: The first time? I mean, I used to have Italian. 58 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 2: My pary. 59 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 4: I mean, come on, we were my parents were comfortable. 60 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 4: So it's kind of funny. But hearing those questions about how. 61 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 2: This assumption, Yeah, did that make you feel like an 62 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: outlier in a way. 63 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 4: No, So what's weird is that I actually embrace those questions. 64 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 4: I thought genuinely they want people want to know. So 65 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,119 Speaker 4: I was the first one. Oh no, well my father 66 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 4: used to travel to Italy and buy a shoes, so 67 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 4: you know. And oh no, we live right next to 68 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 4: you know, so I would my parents are because my 69 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 4: factory and we have factories everywhere, and we have Cocla 70 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 4: and and Sprite and Phanta, and so I was very 71 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 4: eager to educate and share share that. I never thought 72 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 4: it was, you know, ignorance or a way to put 73 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 4: me down. I really welcomed those questions and answer them aptly. 74 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 2: So how did how did the cars start forming for you? 75 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: Was it during college? Is that how you got in trouble? 76 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 5: Was it? You can say that? 77 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 4: So, as I mentioned earlier, my first word was called 78 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 4: I've always loved automobiles, just had this this great affinity 79 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 4: for them, even from having hot wheels. Yes there are 80 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 4: hot wheys in Africa, but even from then playing with 81 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 4: the hot we and so on and so forth, we 82 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 4: just didn't have the environment for modifications. So even though 83 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 4: I had access to magazines like auction magazines back then, 84 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 4: and I'm talking this is like eight late eighties. 85 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 3: And the nineties for the listeners that don't know what 86 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 3: option mazing? 87 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 5: What is that? 88 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 3: What does that mean? 89 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 4: So oction magazine is this is this Japanese high performance 90 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 4: magazine that not only covers, builds, think of an Amazon 91 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 4: catalog in. 92 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 5: Paper, but just all parts. 93 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 4: It was just this this high end catalog at least 94 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 4: for us, that allowed us to really look at things 95 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 4: and see what we can purchased that was hot in 96 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 4: Japanese call culture at the time. And so I saw 97 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 4: those and I'd always dream and I had three dream 98 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 4: cars when I was back home, even though I never 99 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 4: saw those cars myself, the Pontiac Fierron. 100 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: I couldn't help when people say, and it's time it 101 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: was a beautiful car. 102 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 2: A green car when they didn't have oiling issues and 103 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 2: catch on fire. 104 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 4: The latter I knew about, which was scary afterwards. I 105 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 4: didn't know at the time. 106 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: Did that happen while you were on the car. 107 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 4: That's a good that's part of my story is pretty good. 108 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 4: And then second was the m R two to m 109 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 4: R two so earlier on a W eleven, and then 110 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 4: the CRX. 111 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 5: So those are my three cars are like this is 112 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 5: it for me? 113 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 4: Anyway? I digress. So back to when I came here. 114 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 4: Now I'm in a country where cal culture is pretty cool. 115 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 4: People modifying cars. There was a lot of how should 116 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 4: I say, domestic vehicles out there that were modified hot rods, 117 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 4: but the sport compact scene was really in its infancy. 118 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 5: You couldn't call a BC model and order parts. 119 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 4: You couldn't go to eBay, you couldn't go to Amazon, 120 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 4: you couldn't buy. 121 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 2: You just couldn't buy at that time. 122 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 4: So fresh there was nothing available. Yeah, I mean it. 123 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 4: I mean we could read about what some tuners did 124 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 4: in Japan. Maybe mugan what they had done with Hondas. 125 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 4: Maybe Oscar Jackson with Jackson Racing did some things back 126 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 4: in the day. But if I want to buy a 127 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 4: camshaft nowhere, I want to valve springs, you wanted pistons. 128 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 4: Companies existed, yeah, companies of Vanolia areas, but they didn't 129 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 4: make Honda pistons. I mean, I'm talking this far back 130 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 4: as ninety two ninety three. There was nothing available when 131 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 4: you went to any kind of race, whord spalled compact cars, 132 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 4: lots of rodaries, lots of ARE one hundreds, RX two's 133 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 4: ORX thre's. You didn't see. Hondas weren't really the hot 134 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 4: thing at the time. And it's so strange how you 135 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 4: can have this ability to figure things out and apply 136 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 4: to your vehicles and then go faster, and then in 137 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 4: turn people get attracted to what you're doing and come 138 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 4: to you. That's pretty much in essence what I experienced. 139 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 4: So I come here in the United States. There's great call 140 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 4: culture already. I don't know how to get into it. 141 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 4: I don't know anything about it. I'm just an engineering 142 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 4: student and want to experience certain things. I could go 143 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 4: to school and see some cause drive up. Maybe an 144 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 4: old Corolla effects come up and this lord would exhaust. 145 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 5: I don't know. 146 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 4: Anyway, back to the firero thing, I decide it's time 147 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 4: for me to buy a car. I had a couple 148 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 4: of bucks. Well, my dad would send money every two weeks, 149 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 4: Thank you, dad, So I want to buy if I 150 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 4: love the car. It's beautiful, it's sexy, it's a two door, 151 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 4: wet shape. It's just absolutely amazing. I have to have 152 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 4: this vehicle. I decided, in normal busy fashion to go 153 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 4: to a local bookstore and buy a book from Consumer 154 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 4: Reports to read about how reliable this could be. Because 155 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 4: even though I'm excited about that, as a student, I 156 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 4: had to be frugal. 157 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 5: Why frugal? 158 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 4: Because I had this bright idea that since my parents 159 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 4: took care of me growing up that now i'm in America, 160 00:06:58,279 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 4: i don't want their help anymore. 161 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 5: I'm going to make my own way. 162 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 4: Because I used to get teased at school that the 163 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 4: only reason why BC you are who you are is 164 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 4: because your parents take care of you, and you're still spoilt. 165 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 4: So I'm in America now by myself, with this family, 166 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 4: and I want to prove to people inclue myself that 167 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 4: I can do things on my own, yeah. 168 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 2: And ideally take care of them in the future. 169 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 5: Amen. 170 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 4: So I called my dad and told him that, and 171 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 4: you know he did cry, laughed, just like that, just 172 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 4: like that. So see that last Nsson exactly my dad 173 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 4: did and he gave me. I'm like, I'm really going 174 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 4: to show him. So I'm going to buy my own car. 175 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 4: But since I'm want to do it myself, I need 176 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 4: something reliable. 177 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 5: Yeah. 178 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 4: Guess what consumer report says horrible car catches on fire, 179 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 4: electrical problems. Okay, that's not for me. M R two perfect, 180 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 4: but I didn't have enough. I couldn't afford it. I'm 181 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 4: trying to refrugal. And I opted for the crx HF 182 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 4: High Fuel Efficiency because as a student it got great 183 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 4: gas mileage. 184 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 5: So it looks the part. 185 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 4: Yes, it's not as sexy as a fiare Oh yes, 186 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 4: not an m R two, but it is a nice 187 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 4: little two seater kind of you. 188 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 5: Know, it's nice as clean, it's nice like it. So 189 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 5: I picked it up. 190 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 2: Well, ran side. That was probably the better decision. It 191 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 2: was not just for economy and for daily driving, but 192 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 2: also for the community. 193 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 4: You know, I agree, I really want the m R Tunity. 194 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 4: So I get the CRX and I'm driving it and 195 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 4: I'm just I'm just so excited about this car, and 196 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 4: I'm reading about what people can do with Crx's not much, 197 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 4: but still I'm reading trying to find out what I 198 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 4: could do the fella. I lived with the Lancasters, still 199 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 4: having some financial challenges, so they had to sell their 200 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 4: housing Wittier and moved to Lovely Wyoming. I went there 201 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 4: once with them. It was very cold, but anyway, okay. 202 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 4: So I told my parents, Hey, the Lancasters are moving. Dad, Mom, 203 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 4: I don't know where to stay. 204 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 5: Oh, don't worry. 205 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 4: We know someone. It's a lady, missus Jones, lovely lady. 206 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 4: She lives in this amazing, beautiful Jewish community in southern California. 207 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 4: She's been there sister's sixties. I've known her. Great woman. 208 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 4: She will love you. She comes by, she picks me up, 209 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 4: I have my suitcases, and we go to Compton. 210 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:12,319 Speaker 3: That wasn't that's not I guess, Yeah, wow. 211 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 4: I didn't know that. That's my dad's tell me it 212 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 4: was Compton. And do you know how Compton was in 213 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 4: the late eighties early nineties. It was it was end 214 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 4: of my guardian. I called mister my guardian. She was 215 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 4: one of those ladies who bought her house way back 216 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 4: in the day and would not move no matter what. 217 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 4: So we saw all of this. I was there when 218 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 4: the riots happened. I saw it all. Wow, But what 219 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 4: did that environment expose me to street racing? So once 220 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 4: again Nigerian kid here loving cars, never had an opportunity 221 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 4: touch one. And around me at night you hear all 222 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 4: this racing down on Alameda, which is about. 223 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 5: To fall away from me. 224 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 2: How old were you at this point. 225 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 4: Eighteen nineteen and I was just really just excited about 226 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 4: this environment. All of a sudden it was very expensive 227 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 4: and there are no parts. 228 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: Right. 229 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 4: There was one guy, Archie Madrano. He had a turble 230 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 4: Charci RX red with a yellow bumper and he was running. 231 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 4: At the time, we thought it was ridiculous, running like 232 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 4: twelve eight and that was like that's like six is now. 233 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 4: You know in a SERRX front will drive with really 234 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 4: small slicks from Mickey Thompson all that good stuff. Thought 235 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 4: about it, new it was expensive. After talking to him, 236 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 4: I said, Okay, this is not for me. I'll just 237 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 4: keep plugging along. So one morning I get up to 238 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 4: go to school and I stop my vehicle and I 239 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 4: hear this deep, weird sound emanating from the back of 240 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 4: my car. 241 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,079 Speaker 5: I heard this, I'm like, okay, but it sounds kind 242 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 5: of cool. But whatever. 243 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 4: So I go to Guardina Honda, which is not too 244 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 4: far from Compton, and they said, oh, you have a 245 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 4: perforated muffler. 246 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 2: Am I gonna say someone cut your cat off? 247 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 3: No? 248 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 4: Fortunately, you know, like nowadays, the catalyst on the HF 249 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 4: was up near the head you have to kind of 250 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 4: pull my mother, But yeah, it was. I had a 251 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 4: perforated muffler, and long story short, it was on cost 252 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 4: me six hundred and twenty dollars to fix, which made 253 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 4: not sound like a lot now, but to then it's 254 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 4: probably like it sounded like he said sixty two thousand 255 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 4: to me at the time, as it's chie right, yeah, 256 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 4: I'm like, okay, that's not gonna work. But one of 257 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 4: the tech guys like, hey, you can go to a 258 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 4: regular muffler shop. You don't have to get original Honda. 259 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 4: You can go to a muffler shop and though well 260 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 4: went on there for you, and I go there and 261 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 4: they say, okay, we have this dynamas Ultraflow muffler we 262 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 4: can put on there for you. 263 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 5: It's way cheap. 264 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 4: I think it ended costs like seventy dollars or something 265 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 4: like that, and you'll be good. Seventy dollars sounds better 266 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 4: than six hundred and twenty for me. So that's what 267 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:21,559 Speaker 4: I did. 268 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 5: Guys. 269 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 4: When I started my car just to sound and may, 270 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 4: I'm like, oh, this is so cool. Right, it sounded 271 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 4: so cool. It's like a religious moment for me. And 272 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 4: then it got better. Right when I drove off, my 273 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 4: car was faster. I'm like, oh my god, what the heck? Yeah, 274 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 4: after mcha muffler straight through it wasn't chambered. So now 275 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 4: I know why I gained power, but I didn't. Then 276 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 4: I'm just a student who has a car that sounds better, 277 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 4: and I have more power, and it got better even 278 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 4: than the power and the sound by fear to call 279 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 4: me improved. Now I'm just thirsty for knowledge. I want 280 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 4: to know why it happened, how it happened. I caught 281 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 4: him for the shop. 282 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 5: We don't know. We just put a muffling air car. 283 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 5: We don't. They don't. 284 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 4: I want answers why no one could explain it to me? 285 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 4: Fast forward to today, I do this thing on Instagram 286 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 4: Tech Tuesday where I just open up and you've been 287 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 4: on that with me before. All I do is share 288 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 4: all my knowledge. I mean I share everything. I know everything. 289 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 4: You can ask me something about what I did that morning, 290 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 4: and I will share, show you the diagram, I'll send 291 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 4: you my freaking cat files. I don't care because I 292 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 4: remember what I experienced when I was younger, and I 293 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 4: remember how I felt when people kind of just pushed 294 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 4: me away and they want to tell me either they 295 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 4: knew or they didn't know, and that hurt. So now 296 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 4: I'm trying to be that person I needed when I 297 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 4: was younger, and I would have been much further ahead 298 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 4: if people just opened up to me, and I don't 299 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 4: have that. So I'm doing that for people, and some 300 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 4: people even in the industry woild chastise me, like BC, 301 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 4: why are you telling all your secrets on everything you know? 302 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 4: Because technology always changes what I know today I didn't 303 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 4: know a year ago, and tomorrow I would know more. 304 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 2: And life isn't a zero sum game either. 305 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 4: The industry alive, I agree, I concur with you wholeheartedly. 306 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 4: So that being said, people just wouldn't tell me. But 307 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 4: I had to know. So I sought out this AM 308 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 4: because I felt they would know and their local. So 309 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 4: I walked in met the owner, John Concialti, and unlike others, 310 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 4: he's like, oh, what do you want to know where? 311 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 4: Here's why it happened, And he just opened up and 312 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 4: he was a period. I was a student, but he 313 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 4: was an engineer already and he was more than happy 314 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 4: to share everything you new with me. And till today 315 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 4: in John would deny like, okay, BC whatever. He is 316 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 4: the reason why I am where I am today. He 317 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 4: was a mentor to me. He he is the reason. 318 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 4: John Concialti from AM is the reason why I'm successful today. Well, 319 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 4: so he told me about how baffling is and tied 320 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 4: it in with flow dynamics, which I was studying at 321 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 4: the time, and how you know, it's flow and energy 322 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 4: takes energy to expel gases. That energy to expel has 323 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 4: come from somewhere from your engine. So if you remove 324 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 4: those restrictions, your engine breathe easier. There's less energy that 325 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 4: is required to expel those gases, and now it's available 326 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 4: for you to propel your car forward power. So I'm like, okay, 327 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 4: what can I do next? He's like, I've been thinking 328 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 4: about this new system where he can do the same 329 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 4: thing would exhaust, but with intake. So I have this 330 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 4: thing on you just trying a car. So he got 331 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 4: me a filter and I went back to the muffle shop, 332 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 4: expanded it and had to fit to my intake and 333 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 4: to my box out and I sound more power. 334 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 2: Did you want royalties on those intakes? No? 335 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 5: I did not. 336 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 4: I was just excited student trying to figure things out. 337 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 4: I mean John ended up going on to you know, making, 338 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 4: designing many many digger intake systems, and he did quite 339 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 4: well with that. But I was there at the at 340 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 4: the beginning when he played with that. And then what 341 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 4: was next? Cam gears. I have the first cam gear 342 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 4: John made. I still have it in my garage, put 343 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 4: on my CRX, got power, went on his DYNO. It 344 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 4: was just from there on, I was just thirsty for knowledge. 345 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 4: But there was still a challenge. There was still a 346 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 4: challenge of if you need certain parts, So if I 347 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 4: needed camshafts, I'd have to go to a place. 348 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: Before he continued, could you teach the audience why you 349 00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: would change the camshaft? 350 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 5: See what is a good analogy? I can use. Okay. 351 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 4: A cam shaft is device that actuates your valves, that 352 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 4: allows air to come in and also combus a gas 353 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 4: to escape. So, in essence, think of your engine as 354 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 4: a room and you have a door in that room. 355 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 4: Your camshaft is like the door itself. It allows the 356 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 4: valve or the door itself to open up for a 357 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 4: certain time, for a certain amount of time and certain 358 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 4: how should I say, distance of opening and then it closes, 359 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 4: and that gives you certain amount of power when that happens. 360 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 4: Now what after make a camp shaft? Does it allows 361 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 4: you to open that door even wider and longer? And 362 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 4: why is that critical? In any internal combustion engine, the 363 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 4: way to make power is to get as much air 364 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 4: with the appropate amount of fuel as possible. That's why 365 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 4: you have a natural aspirated Let's say Emilia had a 366 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 4: corvette and it's not transperated, and it made x amount 367 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 4: of power, and then she put a turbo charge on it, 368 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 4: which forces more air in it, she will make more power. 369 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 4: And that's key because she had the opportunity to experience, 370 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 4: or her engine had the opportunity experience more air inside 371 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 4: of it with the appropriate amount of fuel. A camschef 372 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 4: does that using a spirit pressure and even a boost. 373 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 4: It can help as well by allowing the door to 374 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 4: open further and longer. The caveat with that is that 375 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 4: you can consume more fuel. Also, if you have an 376 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 4: emissions friendly vehicle, it can affect emissions negatively as well. 377 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 4: So that's what we had to do then. And I 378 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 4: was so interested in technology and why things maybe go faster. 379 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 4: I just couldn't stop it. It's like a passion project 380 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 4: for me to contry to make things better and better 381 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 4: and better. However, there are two things that happened to 382 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 4: me that really changed my life. When it came to 383 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 4: that racing thing. Have you guys ever been on the 384 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 4: roadway and saw that annoying person that will always trying 385 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 4: to raise you and revving and all that stuff you're 386 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 4: talking about. 387 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 5: Then you and I didn't meet when I was a teenager. 388 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 4: She wasn't born yet, possibly probably, And long story short, 389 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 4: just with that intake and exhaust that I had intake 390 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 4: from JC and exhaust from the Supreme Muffler Shop, I 391 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 4: thought I was a fast thing on the planet. 392 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 5: So do you remember Sircred City? 393 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 3: Yeah? Okay, well she doesn't. I know well you never 394 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 3: walked in. 395 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 5: It was a magical place. 396 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 4: When I got a job there innineteen ninety three, there 397 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 4: was a guy in a car audio in the back 398 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 4: who had a Masa six to six turbo and his 399 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 4: name is Terren. 400 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 5: King and he h street Race. 401 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 4: And the people in the store were being really a 402 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,479 Speaker 4: holes because they were telling him, Oh, there's a guy 403 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 4: up front with a CRX, he'll spank you. They're telling me, oh, 404 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 4: there's a guy in car stereo, he will spank you. 405 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 4: You guys should reach each other. And I'm like, yeah, 406 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 4: I'll raise him. I got my intake, my exhaust, I'll 407 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 4: smoke him, no problem. Right, I didn't know what a 408 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 4: terrible sixty six could do. We go to a track 409 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 4: known as Terminal Island. That's why I met people like 410 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 4: Steph Papadacus. I met people like that there. It was 411 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 4: a track and long beach. 412 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 5: It was so quimin. 413 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 4: It was right in the water, excellent sea level, great air, 414 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 4: always cool, just amazing, lots of domestics, lots of bedding, 415 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 4: and we went there to do our show down. I 416 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 4: won't bore you with the groom details of how I 417 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 4: couldn't burn out or how I launched. But let's say 418 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 4: at the end of the quarter mile he was on 419 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 4: the return road, and I'll still go down. 420 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 2: I wish I was alive during these times. You care 421 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 2: about this? 422 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was pretty bad. But then I'm like, teach me. 423 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 4: Oh my god, you know. And he modified his Masa turbo. 424 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 4: I mean, he did quite a fit to and it 425 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 4: was much faster than factory and he gutted it and 426 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 4: it was fast. 427 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 5: So long story short. 428 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 4: I was humbled by that event, but not as humbled 429 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 4: as the one that really changed my life. On campus 430 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 4: after racing, which after Reconent twent, he started teaching me 431 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 4: the ropes and how to rev, how to launch. I 432 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 4: didn't know how to do any of that. How to 433 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 4: do a burnout, handbrake up, get the water come out 434 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 4: of it? 435 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 5: Do you burnout? 436 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,919 Speaker 4: He told me all that. That made me even more cocky. 437 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 4: So I go to campus Calci Long Beach. I'm in 438 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 4: the VEC Center. Unlike now the side of campus I 439 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 4: was engineering. The parking live is always empty because I 440 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 4: guess people don't want to study engineering. You go to 441 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,719 Speaker 4: Business administration, it's always packed full. We can't even get parking, 442 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 4: but engineering parking was empty. 443 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 2: So it was a good lot for misbehaviornigans. 444 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 4: I'm leaving one day there's a black c R X 445 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 4: S I in the parking lot. I'm pulling out, she 446 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 4: pulls out. I read on them because I'm busy, naturally 447 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 4: what I read, and she's like, all right, we pull up, 448 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 4: we launch. At the end of the race, they're on 449 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 4: the floor laughing at me. They got me. Not she 450 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 4: didn't beat me. She has passengers. I'm alone in my car, 451 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 4: and I'm like, at that point, I swore that was 452 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 4: gonna be the fastest thing will come on the planet, 453 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 4: like no one ever, and. 454 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 5: I did it. 455 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 4: I literally that day was a marker for what changed. 456 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 4: I was just I became obsessive with make my car faster. 457 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 4: Everything I learned in school, every time with the doctor 458 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 4: Hile or anyone who's who's teaching, whether it's thermal or 459 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 4: fluids or mass transfer, I'm thinking of ways to make 460 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 4: that apply to my car. It made my schooling very 461 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 4: interesting for me because everything I learned was how can 462 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 4: I apply it to my car. 463 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 5: I almost got expelled. My dad would killed. 464 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 4: I almost got expelled for trying to test carburetors in 465 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 4: our chemical Jurine Lab. I used water, but I was 466 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,479 Speaker 4: trying to test outomization of fluids. And as I did that, 467 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 4: the lab tech walked in, BC, what are you doing here? 468 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 4: That's not approved? And went to the dean and I 469 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 4: had to beg dotor hile, please, please please. I told 470 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 4: him what I was doing and he was impressed and 471 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,639 Speaker 4: didn't kick me out. You're not supposed to do unsupervised 472 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 4: on authorized experiments in school, but I did that because 473 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 4: I had to. 474 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:40,959 Speaker 5: That's how obsessive I was. 475 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 4: From there, I got into exhaust technology and we studied 476 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 4: in fludynamics studies about venturies and how a ventury you 477 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 4: can put it inside a pipe and increase velocity across 478 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 4: that gradient. I'm like, if headers are supposed to help 479 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 4: scavenge and give us more power, shouldn't have venturi even 480 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 4: help more? And I asked John and Joan, like it could, John, 481 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 4: John Concadi, I were the one on and I picked 482 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 4: up power. 483 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 5: So just I continue. And each time I went to 484 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 5: Termina Island. 485 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 2: And Long Beach that was your field test was like 486 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 2: it was. 487 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 4: I went from jeez, eighteen four, That's why I ran 488 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 4: to sixteens to fifteen to fourteens to fourteen two and. 489 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 5: People, what are you doing? 490 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 3: How? 491 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 4: And I'm there Friday, Saturday, Sunday that's when track was open. 492 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 4: Friday after work. I go straight there after I go. 493 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 4: I couldn't stop thinking about this. 494 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 2: So you're working, you're going to school. 495 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 4: Going to school, working, and at night street racing, well, 496 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 4: testing my cars, testing equipment later. 497 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what it's called testing. 498 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 4: I won't boy you the grim details of how crazy 499 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 4: I want with this street racing and so on and 500 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 4: so forth, but. 501 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,719 Speaker 5: Please do Yeah, okay, Well, here's the thing. 502 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 4: I noticed a lot of people didn't go to the racetrack, 503 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 4: so I would watch them and see how they launched. 504 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 5: I'd pay attention. 505 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 4: I kind of took a cime tape approach to stalking 506 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 4: my prey. So I watch them and i'd see someone 507 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 4: who thinks they're fast or the cows really love, but 508 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 4: they really weren't that fast, and they'll tell my guys 509 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,360 Speaker 4: to approach him. I didn't feel comfortable. 510 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 2: With that spoiler, because this is making me crazy? Is this? 511 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 2: How then, did you start racing as your income and 512 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 2: quit your job and use this to pay for your school? 513 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 4: Not? 514 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 2: I feel like this is a great movie. 515 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 5: Actually I did a little bit of both. 516 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 4: So long story short, I had the opportunity to raise 517 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 4: quite a few individuals and kept going faster and faster 518 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 4: and faster. My advantage was I'd go to the track 519 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 4: and practice and know my times, while other people just 520 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 4: only focus on street racing. 521 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 5: And I made a couple bucks doing that, and I 522 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 5: knew who to hit up. 523 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 4: And when they see my HFCR They're like, yeah, I'll 524 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 4: race you and I'll make with some money. 525 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 5: Sometimes people wouldn't pay Taran and his friends. 526 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 4: They'll tell me, you see, just go ahead and leave 527 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 4: me with you at cars Junior and they show up 528 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 4: with my money. 529 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 5: I don't know what they do, I said, don't know 530 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 5: what they did. Were you're familiar with AOL chat Yeah, okay. 531 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 2: You guys are looking at it. 532 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 4: Well, even though we have pages, back in the day, 533 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 4: AOL chat room was a place where we could meet 534 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 4: up and race. And there was a chat room known 535 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 4: as AOL Japan Street Racing or Japan Racing. 536 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 5: Sorry, we all kind of congregated there. Well. I got 537 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 5: hit up for a race. 538 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 4: Remember early on how I told you in the VC 539 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 4: Center parking lot, I was spanked by that lovely young 540 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 4: lady and her two friends. Well, I was still my 541 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 4: quest to be the fast sale camp, and I was very, 542 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 4: very proud of saying I was the fastest, and I 543 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 4: beat my chest with the title of being the fastest 544 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 4: saale camp out there until I got a someone hit 545 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 4: me up on the chat room saying, hey, we want 546 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 4: to race you for title of the fastest sale camp. 547 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 4: And I'm like, okay, street cred I'm doing this, no 548 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 4: big deal where it's money or not. What could be 549 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 4: what would be two and a bucks, I'll do it. 550 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 4: So you definitely want know this. But all lightning techniques 551 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 4: back in the day consists of taking off our hatch, 552 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 4: putting a plastic bag, taking out our doors, putting gutted doors, 553 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:14,679 Speaker 4: all weight reduction suspension, we take out our rear coils, 554 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 4: and putting pipes so it doesn't squat. I did all 555 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 4: this and then my exhaust system, unbolting it and going 556 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 4: with a side exit. That was my street race setup. 557 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 4: So this gentlemen hits me up and says, hey, we're 558 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 4: racing you for five thousand dollars. 559 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 2: Wow, that's a big job. And this is still your 560 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 2: daily driver at this point. 561 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: It's the only car I've ever had five thousand dollars. Now, Guys, 562 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 4: even though my parents took care of me growing up, 563 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,199 Speaker 4: I never saw five thousand dollars in my life. So 564 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 4: me racing for five thousand dollars was ridiculous. 565 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,479 Speaker 2: Did you have the money if you lost it or 566 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 2: did you go in you're going to win. 567 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 5: If you search me, I probably have one hundred fifty 568 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 5: dollars on me. 569 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 2: So you were just confident, You're like, I can do it. 570 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 4: For crop, for street street cred. That's what I thought 571 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 4: I was racing for. But when we sat five thousand, 572 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 4: I'm like, what, No. And then this one guy came up, 573 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 4: this one African American gentleman came up to me and said, hey, 574 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 4: you know my name is John. Here go, I'm not exaggerating. 575 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 4: I'm gonna take a slight tangent. Big John is now 576 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 4: one of my good, good friends. Until today. He won't 577 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 4: tell me how him, as a teenager, was walking around 578 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 4: street raises a five grand This we were kids, How 579 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 4: did you have five grand? And this is not five 580 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 4: grand in twenty twenty three, this five grand in the nineties. 581 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 4: Use fuel as a judge. We used to pay nine 582 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 4: nine cents a gallon for ninety one. Then now we've 583 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 4: put four or five dollars, so it's equivalent today's twenty 584 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 4: twenty five thousand. 585 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 3: That's what's before tax, before taxes, so that's a. 586 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 5: Lot of money. And O okay, so I take it. 587 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 4: And the guy who hit me up said he wants 588 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,360 Speaker 4: to hold the money, and everyone no, no, no, that day, 589 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 4: the racers. 590 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 5: Don't hold the money. 591 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 4: You always have a neutral party the money, not that 592 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 4: I would know. So lucky Mike we call him, held 593 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 4: the five thousand from us and held five thousand from 594 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 4: him and we lined up. So what did these guys do? 595 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 4: Remember how I told you earlier. I used to watch 596 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 4: my prey and see what they'll do. And I understand 597 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 4: a lot about technology engineering. I stunded a lot about 598 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 4: how engines work. And these guys started making really silly mistakes. 599 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 5: So the first thing they did was start the car. 600 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 3: What car did they bring? 601 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 5: They have a CRX, so were for. 602 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 4: We're going for the the world's fastest CRX or single 603 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 4: camp So they have a CX like myself injected, I'm carbureted. Thanks, 604 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 4: say jac Tom Young that's his name, opens my hood 605 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 4: which is around looking for nitress. 606 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 5: I don't have any. 607 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 2: Did they? Was it because you guys weren't allowed to 608 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 2: run nitrous or was it just or not respirated? 609 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 4: So the thing is being that all motor, all motor, 610 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 4: natural aspirated. You're not supposed to have any kind of 611 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 4: chemical No adders, no power adders. 612 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 5: That's the title. You know, a more yeah, hardcore? 613 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 4: You know, So tom this hood, I look at it, 614 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 4: it looks like a regular okay whatever. Jack Shyll like 615 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 4: he's not gonna go anywhere close the hood. So they 616 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 4: make this mistake. I thought it was a mistake. I 617 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 4: thought it was cool and a lot of street racing 618 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 4: guys used to do this. Front will drive, they'll start 619 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 4: the car, they'll have two guys in front of the 620 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 4: car on each side of the fender. Then they'll pour 621 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 4: a bunch of bleach and VHD or whatever on the 622 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 4: floor and they'll burn out. And they're burning out and 623 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,919 Speaker 4: the guy has his handbrake burning out, the guys on 624 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 4: the side of pushing car left to right. 625 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 5: You give me to look like you've never seen that? 626 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 5: Have you never seen seen that? He was very popular. 627 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 5: You don't do that now, you don't do that. 628 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 2: Now they used to use Coca cola back in. 629 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 5: The day bleach and I never knew about. 630 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 3: But it's to make the tires sticky, sticky. 631 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 4: So they're doing this and they're putting a lot of 632 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 4: heating there into they're heat soaking, they're putting a lot 633 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,679 Speaker 4: of heat in their motor, just burning out. And they 634 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 4: did this about it three times, just show buddy, And 635 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 4: there are people lined up on both sides of the street. 636 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 4: There's a big it's a big race, and they did 637 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 4: a burnout and they pull back. I start mine up, 638 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 4: I do a dry hop and just clean off all 639 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 4: the rubbish on my car. 640 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 5: That's when I stopped. 641 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 2: And I'm sorry if you said this was on street tires. Streets. 642 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 5: They were just misbehaving where you just chirp your. 643 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 2: Skirt skirted to clean the rocks and stuff. Street street tires. 644 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 2: You don't want to put a lot of heat into 645 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 2: them because then they don't their best performance isn't best 646 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 2: optimized when they're overheated. They're they're a lot more sensitive 647 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 2: on like a slick. 648 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 4: So they're doing all this, all these shenanigans, and I'm like, okay, whatever, 649 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 4: So we stage, like Mike points at me, points at him, 650 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 4: rev hands up, drops it. This guy leaves me first gear. 651 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 4: I'm looking at the lights. Oh my god, so bad. 652 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 2: Like a bus length between you guys, Like a car length, Like. 653 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 4: It's probably his rear quarter panel at my front bumper, 654 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 4: Like he leave, he's it's a car lan almost a 655 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 4: car length. 656 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 2: Okay, but you guys, the launch was okay, you left. 657 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 5: My launch sucked. His launch is better, which is very 658 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 5: typical of me. 659 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 4: By the way, second gear, I catch him, third gear, 660 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 4: I'm ahead of him by the time we hit fourth. 661 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 5: It's done. I freaking won five thousand dollars. 662 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 4: Wow? 663 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 5: Or actually I won for someone five thousand dollars. I didn't. 664 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 5: I just got a lot of credit. People are streaming. 665 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,479 Speaker 4: Is crazy Tom because like, hey, that was a good race, man, 666 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 4: that was good good and then tells my kid to 667 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 4: give them money. I have ten thousand dollars in my hand. 668 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 4: I turn over give it to John. Joe's like, oh no, no, 669 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 4: just give me five. I keep you five. I'm like, what, Yeah, 670 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 4: that was good race. Keep the five. I didn't understand 671 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 4: why this complete stranger will give me five thousand dollars. 672 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 4: And then the winnings tell me to keep it, so 673 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 4: I did. Of course I kept it, and that I'm 674 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 4: saying that money, I'm not exaggerating, lasted me almost They 675 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 4: balanced my college years as a student. 676 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 5: That just solved some mare problems. 677 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 4: It really helped me tremendously, and John and I became 678 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 4: great friends and we kept I didn't get many street 679 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 4: races after that, but I started leaving Compton and Wilmington 680 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 4: and coming more towards Ontario, going to Sillmar, going to 681 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 4: street races. That's time making money there again. Never be 682 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 4: rais same two hundred, three hundred dollar races, same procedure, 683 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 4: watching my prey, approaching the right people, winning the races. 684 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 4: And then one day I saw a Mustang and Integra 685 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 4: race each other and at the end of the race, 686 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 4: the Mustang put over it. The Integer didn't stop, kept 687 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 4: going and going, and there's a teener section. He kept 688 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 4: going and then went all of the embankment. We all 689 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 4: ran towards there, and one guy, I don't even know 690 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 4: if it's true, one guy came down like he's dead, 691 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 4: and we all ran to our car and got out 692 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 4: of there. And ever since then I stopped. I never 693 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 4: want to series again. Ever since that day. Ever, there's 694 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 4: a friend of mine who brought a velociter in for 695 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 4: me to tune a few months ago. He was dead 696 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 4: that same night. 697 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 5: It's weird. It's like we He's like yeah. 698 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 4: I'm like, he's like you Street, It's like, yeah, I 699 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 4: stop because I went down Terry. I saw someone that 700 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 4: I wouldn't take. He said, I was there, same thing. 701 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 4: I stopped too. Like that same night, both of us, 702 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 4: years apart, stopped racing because of what we saw that 703 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 4: night just. 704 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 5: Had to be. 705 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 4: Now we're probably ninety nine. Yeah, night nine, I stopped, 706 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 4: and I like, I'm not doing this anymore. So I 707 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 4: was still very gung ho about technology and figuring things out. 708 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 4: And then one gentleman one day just walked up to 709 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 4: me and identified himself as Johnyo Shinaga from Honda, and 710 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 4: they said, hey, I've been watching you for a while 711 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 4: and I see how you interact with people. And what 712 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 4: I mean by that is what I used to do 713 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 4: is every time I went to a race, i'd have 714 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 4: a table out, and all my partners who helped me 715 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 4: with racing, whether it's then SoC Socle racing for the 716 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 4: Wheels or MSD became one of my partners. Holly helped 717 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 4: me with pumps. 718 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 5: AM. 719 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 4: They give me brochures and I'll go to race setup 720 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 4: a table. I'm putting their brochures on. And when people 721 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 4: ask me questions about, oh my god, you ran a 722 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 4: good time. 723 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 5: What did you use? 724 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 4: I say, oh, I use this intake from AM or 725 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 4: this carburetor from AM. 726 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 5: And here's that I know I used and is now 727 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 5: in Fontana sanctioned. 728 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 2: Because I was going to put away inch of time. Okay, 729 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,720 Speaker 2: yeah in the street street race. Don't look at me 730 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 2: like street racer. 731 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: She does on street she tests yah. 732 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:04,959 Speaker 2: Behavior. 733 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 4: He approached me and said, I've been watching for a 734 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 4: while and I like what you're doing? How would you 735 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 4: like to race for Honda? 736 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 2: And this was what age? 737 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 5: Oh now, okay, now I'm in my early twenties. 738 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 2: I think you've graduated at this point or not yet. 739 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 5: I haven't graduated yet. I didn't graduate at the time. 740 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 4: I'm still in school, still my same CRX, much more potent, 741 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 4: much more powerful, less and less of a street car, 742 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 4: but still my only ways of transportation. And he's like, 743 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 4: how would you like to race for us? I'm like, 744 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 4: I would love that. What do you have to do 745 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 4: that's not of contract because no, no, just run a sticker 746 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 4: that says hand Factory Performance on your windshield and then 747 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 4: if you win races, I'll pay twelve hundred bucks. Like 748 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 4: is this a joke? He's like, no, this is my card. 749 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 4: He's a hand of Factory Performance in Torrance. Feel free 750 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 4: to come by so and so forth, And that's how 751 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 4: you stepish the really ship put Honda wow. And it 752 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 4: continued and I did quite well with that. And at 753 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 4: the time it was the heyday of magazines like superstreet' Sport, 754 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 4: Compact Car, Dragsport which is down on a D Sport. 755 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 4: All those magazines were there. Don't cover me because of 756 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 4: how unique my setup was. 757 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 2: You have accomplished so much in your life and it's 758 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 2: hard to fit it in this. 759 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: Podcast because I want to talk about your evolution into 760 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: ev now, because I would say you're innovating and you're 761 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: dominating in this like custom ev world, and so like 762 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: can we can you share how you evolved into where 763 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: you are today? 764 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 4: We all exist in California and it's a very challenging 765 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 4: state when it comes to petrol performance. 766 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 5: You know, I like to have fun. 767 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 4: I'm the guy who if you looks at any of 768 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 4: my social networks, you'll see me with twin turbo, shooting flames, 769 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 4: doing fun stuff. I love race, I love speed, I 770 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 4: love efficients, I love all that stuff. I've always been 771 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 4: a diehard petrol head. But it's difficult here in California too. 772 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 4: Want to find anything that's newer than nineteen seventy five. 773 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 4: Would I get in trouble. You have to meet certain 774 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 4: emission standards or just go off road only, and it 775 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 4: got tougher and tougher for US builders as well. We 776 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 4: noticed that agents starting to get set out to certain 777 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 4: diner shops from the EPA to kind of bus shops 778 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 4: that were tuning cars, and it was uncomfortable. So bearing 779 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 4: that in mind, I kind of had to focus my 780 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 4: business on off road vehicles only. Cars are only for 781 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 4: the track, sandrails and so forth, and that's a very 782 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 4: small niche compared to people who like to have a 783 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:33,319 Speaker 4: lot of fun with their cars. I noticed something out 784 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:37,280 Speaker 4: there that there were people claiming that teslas were fast 785 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:41,280 Speaker 4: and they were pretty cool, and I had no interest 786 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:41,800 Speaker 4: in evs. 787 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 5: I heard it. 788 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 4: I'm talking about far but no, I was far back. 789 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,720 Speaker 4: But as we sent this twenty eighteen, I'd have customers 790 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 4: come by, like, you know, to buy parts or whatever 791 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,360 Speaker 4: for their petrol cars, and they say, Hey, I have 792 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 4: my Tesla outside, would you like to take a ride 793 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 4: my P one hundred. I'm like, no, I've known I 794 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 4: didn't want anything to do with evs. Then my customers 795 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 4: who are in my ear would say, yeah, EV suck. 796 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 4: It's for tree huggers, it's for guys who were hemp sandals. 797 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 4: It's not performance. I'm like, yeah, that's true. Forget those guys. 798 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 4: I would actually ask people to leave my shop if 799 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 4: they kept talking about EV's. I had had no interest 800 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:12,319 Speaker 4: in it. 801 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,200 Speaker 2: It's funny because you're almost trailblazing the afternoon world. Now. 802 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:19,400 Speaker 4: It's weird how that was such a challenge for me. 803 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:23,040 Speaker 4: At the time, I was really close minded, and then 804 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:26,800 Speaker 4: something happened. Harmon Carden is one of my partners, So, Emilia, 805 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,240 Speaker 4: you and I met on. I would say a project 806 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,960 Speaker 4: with the American with Hyundai. They connected me with a 807 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 4: company known as Harmon Carden. Harmon Cartin is this great 808 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,799 Speaker 4: company that has to do a lot with sound. You 809 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 4: may hurt the JBL. That's one of their divisions, so 810 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 4: on and so forth, and they approached us to build 811 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 4: a car for their show in Las Vegas for CES 812 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 4: Consumer Electronic Show. So we built this pretty cool Tucson 813 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,359 Speaker 4: turbo charged Tucson like a seven hundred and one horse 814 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:54,440 Speaker 4: Park Tucson had all their accouterments in it, sound system, Bluetooth. 815 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 4: It was really sounded really cool, but also the engine 816 00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,840 Speaker 4: bait was amazing, lots of blaying but also very powerful. 817 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 5: It was very cool. 818 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 4: I was on bags, really cool, and they gave me 819 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 4: access to CS as I built this car and dropped 820 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,319 Speaker 4: it off for them at Vegas. I mentioned that I 821 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,839 Speaker 4: have partnership with the American Honda and Hyundai. I've also 822 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 4: done a little bit be Ford. I saw all through 823 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,360 Speaker 4: those companies in Vegas at SEES, I didn't recognize anyone 824 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 4: in the booths, and then all the vehicles in the 825 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:23,319 Speaker 4: booths were ev Now this is a time where my 826 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,800 Speaker 4: budgets were getting cut every year. My seeing my budgets 827 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,399 Speaker 4: getting smaller and smaller because things are tough and our 828 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,719 Speaker 4: direction is changing, and I was okay with it. 829 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:32,200 Speaker 5: I may do. 830 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,879 Speaker 4: But I go to CS and now the booths look 831 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 4: like million dollar boosts. The projects look a lot more 832 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 4: involved than anything I've ever built, And I thought to myself, 833 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 4: if this is where the manufacturers are going, and I 834 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,719 Speaker 4: want to remain relevant in this industry, I need to 835 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 4: understand this technology, even though I don't like it, even 836 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,800 Speaker 4: though about dihod petrolhead, I'm about twin turbo charges and 837 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 4: shooting flames and flex fuel and all that fun stuff 838 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 4: and engine management solutions. It looks like the OEMs are 839 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,759 Speaker 4: going this way. So Song and Emelia, what did I do? 840 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 4: I decided reluctantly to build my first one, and I 841 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:06,840 Speaker 4: didn't want people to make fun of me, so I 842 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:08,960 Speaker 4: wanted a chassis that I felt that people would pay 843 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,279 Speaker 4: attention to. I've always had a soft spot for Portion 844 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,800 Speaker 4: nine thirty five from Group five Racing. I had the 845 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,000 Speaker 4: opportunity to find a body kit from a curator who 846 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:19,439 Speaker 4: had the original CREMERA modes and I had you will 847 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:23,759 Speaker 4: find this interesting in Sema two thy and sixteen and 848 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 4: there was a white Portion Eye eleven you sat in 849 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,359 Speaker 4: that had a large single turbo on the rear. 850 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 5: That is the pink car. 851 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 4: So I had a Portion Eye eleven that I'm like, 852 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 4: I'm not really driving this thing is sitting here. Sung 853 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,480 Speaker 4: liked it, but I should probably do something with it. 854 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,640 Speaker 4: I grabbed it on the KREMEA three body to that 855 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:42,280 Speaker 4: chassis that you said it and Emilia, I'm not ashamed 856 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,719 Speaker 4: to share this with you, but the first time I 857 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 4: drove that pink nine thirty five almost urinated on myself. 858 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:54,000 Speaker 4: It's just I never experienced such an amazing I mean, 859 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:54,840 Speaker 4: you send the car. 860 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,240 Speaker 5: It looks like a oh Porsche, it smells like old Porsche. 861 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:01,640 Speaker 5: But then acceleration is just no lag is just instant. Overnight. 862 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:05,160 Speaker 4: I went from an evy hater to an advocate overnight, 863 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,440 Speaker 4: and I'm like, guys, and it wasn't quiet because I 864 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:11,920 Speaker 4: have my compartment pumping into the into the the cockpait, 865 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:13,360 Speaker 4: I should say, or you know where you see the 866 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,080 Speaker 4: pastic compartment and the engine bay or one. I didn't 867 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,040 Speaker 4: block anything up. There's no crazy firewall. And you hear 868 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 4: this super charges style wind to it. So it has 869 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:23,319 Speaker 4: this is that. 870 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 2: From the transmission or from the gears. 871 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,320 Speaker 5: And the motor itself. You can literally hear it's weird. 872 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:30,080 Speaker 2: Where do you get them? Are these? Like? 873 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 1: Like? 874 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 2: Where you getting the motors from? 875 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:32,320 Speaker 5: Great question. 876 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 4: So there's one architecture that I like in the evil 877 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 4: world a lot and it's a popular one. It's actually 878 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,600 Speaker 4: from the Tesla P one D rear drive unit. That 879 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 4: Conchetu is very very clever. It's an integrated motor inverter 880 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:45,320 Speaker 4: and transactions. 881 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,080 Speaker 2: Can you buy that as like a crate or do 882 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:47,759 Speaker 2: you have to buy a car? 883 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,560 Speaker 4: You have to buy it from dismantlers. Tesla is not 884 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:54,440 Speaker 4: very coming when. 885 00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:55,759 Speaker 5: It comes to brand new drive units. 886 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:59,840 Speaker 4: Unfortunately, we have to scour the directing yards or reject 887 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,960 Speaker 4: to slanderds and buy them and then modify them in 888 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 4: normal BC fashion. 889 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:04,399 Speaker 5: I do modify so those. 890 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,359 Speaker 2: Cars will drive with the sensors and all that being 891 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:07,040 Speaker 2: closed off. 892 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 4: So a great question you just take the driving itself. 893 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,839 Speaker 4: We remove the inverter board itself. So the Tesla board 894 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,160 Speaker 4: that control everything is one of the first modifications we do. 895 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,080 Speaker 4: Think of it as you know how we see chip 896 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:17,799 Speaker 4: ECUs back. 897 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 5: In the day. 898 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,200 Speaker 4: Think of it like that, but a little bit more advanced, 899 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,719 Speaker 4: where you have an inverter board that controls everything in 900 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,880 Speaker 4: the motor itself, and you have a separate engine management 901 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,520 Speaker 4: solution like a VCU two hundred from AM that controls 902 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:31,520 Speaker 4: that and then also to allow for higher rpm activity 903 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,240 Speaker 4: because the regular driving is Peter out about fifteen thousand rpm. 904 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,320 Speaker 4: I push my to eighteen five. I change the bearings 905 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,319 Speaker 4: inside and then because of a lot of torquiere and 906 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,800 Speaker 4: they come with a regular differential which is like a 907 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 4: peg leg that you and I would know in racing circles. 908 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,759 Speaker 4: The Tesla original factory setups use braking systems as an 909 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,680 Speaker 4: anti you know, as their anti scale or better chush control. 910 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 4: When it will spends, they use the brakes. I'm doing 911 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,120 Speaker 4: something a little bit more analog, so I don't have that. 912 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,840 Speaker 4: So my friends at KUWAF had made a I know 913 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,840 Speaker 4: my quait very well. We've done some really good stuff 914 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,640 Speaker 4: for them, made a limited slip to the French so that 915 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,680 Speaker 4: we can now install inside the test drive unit as well. 916 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:08,839 Speaker 2: So the region breaking that you have. 917 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 4: That as well, Regen, is now you using the engine 918 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:15,080 Speaker 4: to almost to some extent for the guys listening, reversing 919 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,680 Speaker 4: the energy to allow to go back and charge the battery. 920 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:18,800 Speaker 5: Is it? 921 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,120 Speaker 2: Am I wrong to say it's on the wheels on. 922 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,239 Speaker 4: It is in the motor itself as a generator and 923 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:27,359 Speaker 4: an absorption unit in so when you see acceleration, you're 924 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,680 Speaker 4: generating it and it absorbs energy back and almost like 925 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,800 Speaker 4: slows down, reverses and puts it back in your battery 926 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:33,600 Speaker 4: in the motor. 927 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 1: When I drove your car the pink portion, it also changed, 928 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:41,280 Speaker 1: like I became I converted. 929 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:43,800 Speaker 2: I'm coming to drive this sure media. 930 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,040 Speaker 4: I know was say anything to you, I know your 931 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:49,080 Speaker 4: die heard petrol head, I was. But it is eye opening, 932 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:53,040 Speaker 4: it really is, and fast forward. Today cars in my 933 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,560 Speaker 4: facility are are EV's. We're doing a lot of EVY conversions, 934 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,000 Speaker 4: everything from Rose Royces to catter Hams to VW buses 935 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,479 Speaker 4: to lots of portions nine twelve and nine thirties. It's 936 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:05,280 Speaker 4: it's and I don't have to wory about emissions anymore. Honestly, 937 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 4: it shouldn't be legal because it's scary fast. It's it's 938 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,240 Speaker 4: people are get in trouble as it is more more popular. 939 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:11,800 Speaker 4: It's really scary fast stuff. 940 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:13,439 Speaker 3: It's a scary carriage drive. 941 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,600 Speaker 1: And it has this visceral like feeling to it because 942 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,120 Speaker 1: the motor makes the sound. It's you know, it's still 943 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,320 Speaker 1: radically like an old portion, right, and it has the 944 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,720 Speaker 1: am you know ECU there right, It's so it feels 945 00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:31,600 Speaker 1: familiar and and what's crazy about BC is that he 946 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:33,600 Speaker 1: lets you drive the car by yourself. 947 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 2: I don't know if I want to do that, Okay, 948 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:35,960 Speaker 2: and then. 949 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,880 Speaker 1: And then you don't want to come back, Like I was, like, 950 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:40,320 Speaker 1: here's a freewhere, you're. 951 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:41,040 Speaker 3: About to go home? 952 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:41,799 Speaker 5: This thing? 953 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,400 Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, he's so generous. 954 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 5: You know. 955 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,920 Speaker 1: The reason I felt like, you know, I really wanted 956 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,759 Speaker 1: Listeners to meet you is that anytime I hang out 957 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,360 Speaker 1: with you, aside from all the car knowledge that you 958 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,760 Speaker 1: are so willing to share, and I always learned something 959 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,759 Speaker 1: from you walk away from me, Amelia is there's not 960 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,879 Speaker 1: one negative bone in BC. Like he's one of those 961 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:11,040 Speaker 1: few people. He taught me something because you know, in life, 962 00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,480 Speaker 1: like you meet people and you kind of like, you know, 963 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,440 Speaker 1: maybe have some bad experiences and you have something negative 964 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:20,080 Speaker 1: to say about that person. Right with BC, he's taught 965 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,520 Speaker 1: me like what's the point of even bringing that up? 966 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:23,520 Speaker 1: You know? 967 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,480 Speaker 3: And I used to talk a lot of shit, you 968 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:27,560 Speaker 3: know I did because. 969 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 1: I go, you know, like I fucked me over and 970 00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,680 Speaker 1: like you know this or this guy's attitude is this. 971 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,359 Speaker 3: But with b C, I never heard him say one 972 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:36,719 Speaker 3: negative thing about anybody. 973 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,919 Speaker 2: And it's something I can honestly say the same. 974 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,479 Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's a trade as I get older, as 975 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:43,759 Speaker 1: you know, as an adult, I go, Yeah, that's something 976 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:44,640 Speaker 1: I need to adopt. 977 00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:45,520 Speaker 2: Life's too short. 978 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, life is too short. I mean, this country has 979 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,919 Speaker 4: really been great to me. I mean I really came, 980 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 4: as I mentioned earlier, as a student without much, and 981 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,520 Speaker 4: I've accomplished so much and people been kind and I 982 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:57,880 Speaker 4: come across the different situations, but I try to focus 983 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,120 Speaker 4: on the on the positive, on the things that are 984 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:03,320 Speaker 4: more beneficial than not. It is difficult. I mean even recently, 985 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,759 Speaker 4: I've gone through some really difficult personal things, but I 986 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,399 Speaker 4: still try and see positive things out of that as well. 987 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:12,000 Speaker 4: So the best yet to come. And I really appreciate 988 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,719 Speaker 4: you spend this time with you guys. Who knows what 989 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,320 Speaker 4: tomorrow brings. Nonetheless, No, you're awesome. 990 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:21,040 Speaker 2: Thank you everywhere. Now, it's been really cool to see 991 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,160 Speaker 2: all your success over these years. Congratulations and everyone. 992 00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:25,359 Speaker 5: I appreciate the media, thank you. 993 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:28,000 Speaker 3: And yeah, and the best is yet to come to come. 994 00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:29,759 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. 995 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:29,960 Speaker 5: Thank you,