Monday, December 21, 2009

An Interview with a Legend, Jake Gayewski!



Jake is a Legend all over New England for multiple things. It's said that he once jumped over 12 school buses while doing a barrel roll, on a big wheel.
The truth is Jake is known for for his skills, Among them are: Bike riding, street, and park. Skateboarding. Getting HJ's. Handling meat. And being an all around Badass.
Were sitting in his living room and I'm going to ask him deep penetrating questions and have fun while doing it.

How do you like living in Webster?
Haha I honestly dont mind it. I've been living here my whole life. its time for me to get out and live somewhere else for a little while.

What do you do for fun here in Webster?
There really isn't that much to do in Webster. Im usually only here to eat, sleep, and shit. I usually go out to Worcester and ride around there and chill with friends.




Where do you typically ride? also what are the specs of your ride?
I usually ride street. I do a lot of grinding. I usually try to find the most fucked up set ups to ride. My bike is an S&M Randy Brown. Its got a 20.75" top tube. The frame itself is actually to light for me. Im scared of breaking it. Im looking to get a Terrible One frame.

If you could live anywhere where would it be?
I would like to travel more and find a nice place. But as for now, I just want to live somewhere warm wheres theres no snow. Maybe some place like Virginia or something. IM not a fan of the west coast really.

Who was your favorite character in land before time?
Not gonna lie, never seen the movie

What type of music music do you listen to? what are some bands we should know about?
Im into different types of music. Depends on the day and my mood really. You guys should know about Gaslight Anthem, Osker, Lifetime, Northstar. I could go on for days about bands and music.

Are you sponsored by anyone for riding? Anyone else you would love to be sponsored by?
Well i technically ride for this company 90east. Its really just a bunch of good friends riding around and filming a bunch of things. The video should be done about March. Everyone needs to grab that. I also ride for Eastern Boarder worcester I guess as well. I would love to be sponsored by a shoe company cause i loves shoes and i go thru them like nothing.

Are you a shoe aficionado? what's your brand?
I just love shoes for some reason. They all fit different. Ive always liked having nice clean shoes. When I ride my shoes are usually shitty cause I always have to but my foot down cause I have no breaks. I have a shit ton of Nike sb's that ive never worn. Some of them are just crazy looking. The brands of shoes I like are Vans, Lakai, and Emerica, Theres just somehting about shoes i love.
What are your favorite pick-up lines?
The one that I like, its hard to explain in word form. Just ask me and ill tell you.

What's your favorite internet meme?
The End Of The World!
Who is your favorite porn star?
Guy or girl?

What was your reaction to 2 girls 1 cup?
I filmed that shit.

Thats about it for now Jake, Thanks for you insight. Have anything you want to add?
Just have fun. Don't take things to seriously.

Ok jake where can the readers send their hate mail to?
JakeGayewski00@Gmail.com

Friday, December 18, 2009

Briggs Shot Me! Photography.



Tonight I'm interviewing an old friend of mine, Sean Briggs.
Sean is a local photographer.

Hey Sean! How's the photography business treating you?
As a business it's doing ok but could be better haha.

What type of work do you specialize in?
Right now I do alot of event coverage, alot of nightclub photography and car stuff. I'm also starting to open up a studio to do more studio work but that's still in the works.

Were do you mostly shoot?
I shoot wherever I can really, I try to vary what i do alot that way I'm never seen as a certain type of photographer.

Could you elaborate on your equipment used?
Right now I have a pretty basic set up, my camera body is a Canon Rebel XTi. For Lenses I have the kit lens 18-55, a 80-200, and the newest lens is a 11-16mm f2.8. My lighting consist of a canon speedlight 580ex II and 2 vivitar flashes with remote transmitters.

If you could get any camera in the world what would you get?
Actually a new camera body is in the works along with the studio. Looking to get the Canon 5d mark II.

Who would be your favorite person to photograph? Anyone, ever.
I actually don't have any favorites, alot of the people I take pictures of are at night clubs or other events.

How can people contact you if they are looking for a local photographer?
They can send me a email at Briggsphoto@hotmail.com.

Below are just a few of many excellent photos by Sean.
You can see more on his FlickR photostream.


Rick McPhierson's RX7.


Adam Ceredona's Audi A4 2.8L V6 Supercharged.


Amsterdamn Lounge - Worcester.

New! self titled 'Say Anything' album!


I've been listing to this album for about a week now and it hasn't left my cd player yet. Every song is just awesome. They have matured in their sound some and incorperated q bit more of electric accents. Max Bemis is the man, he has talent, being able to look in he mirror and write about what he sees. Did you know that bi-polar people or anyone with a mental issue are more creative because hey have a different way of looking at things, perspective. The transistions in each song from fast to slow, loud to soft are examples that mimic being bipolar. anyways, if you like Say Anything or don't I suggest you give it a listen. My favorites so far are, Property, death for my birthday, do better. I've posted the YouTube videos below. Leave some feedback. Say Anything


















Saturday, December 5, 2009

Holset Hx35 on a Built JDM 3SGTE swapped into a 1997 Toyota Celica GT.




I can't believe I haven't posted this sooner, I forgot all about my Celica's dyno video.
Like the video says Mike Bruell & Myself made 330whp & 250wtq at 14.5lbs boost (1bar).







Here's a couple drive by videos for your enjoyment.
I know it doesn't look like I'm going fast but that last pass I hit 120mph easily.
In the 2nd pass you can hear the tires break free then 8,500rpm rev limiter.







Ok, and below just to show you guys the engine is now in the MR.
Heres a video of it RIGHT after I got it in the car, there was no exhaust, the timing was off and It hadn't been tuned. So yeah I know it sounded like shit in the video but it was just to show
people I completed the swap. Since then everything and more has been done to that engine.
Thats going to be my next post ;)







The 91 JDM 3sgte 9.0:1 comp engine is built with these mods:
AEM Full Standalone Unit
Holset Hx35 Turbo
Forged 87mm CP pistons
Forged Eagle H-beam Rods
Balanced, Blueprinted, micro-polished Internals
Wolkatz Top Feed fuel rail
Aeromotive FPR 1.1
870cc Delphi Injectors
HKS 264 ex 272 in Cams
Eagle valve springs
RMR Intake Manifold
Heat resistant resin intake manifold gasket
70mm Mustang Throttle Body
Cometic head gasket
ARP headstuds
Custom 3" V-band downpipe
Fidanza cam gears
Solid motor mounts
Aem Uego Wideband o2
Gm boost solenoid
Gm 3 Bar Map
Spec (clutchmaster) stage 3 clutch
HKS Super Mega Flow intake filter (actual name haha)
Apexi dual-drive blow off valve
12x12 Oil cooler
Canton Racing Oil relocation fitting.
3" mandrel bent side exhaust W/ huge muffler & resonator
300x600x3" Bar and Plate Front mount intercooler W/ 2.5" to 3" mandrel bent piping


Not bad power.
This was a break in tune so we didn't turn the boost up, It was set to the wastegate spring, 1 bar.
Which is unfortunate because at 1 bar this turbo wasn't even in its efficiency range yet.
Around 22+ lbs is were this turbo comes alive and really puts down power.
Currently I'm building a 2.2L stroker 5SGTE, 8:1 compression ratio.
With this turbo in my MR2, Plan to run 30lbs of boost on pump gas daily, but thats another post.

Anyways, don't be afraid to leave me a comment.
Mike Bruell is a great tuner and is always up to the challenge of tuning vehicles.
If you would like us to tune your vehicle send me an email.Heres more pics of the celica.