Tuning in Guyana, South America

My good friend Robi Spec referred a race team to me to tune their Cosworth for an upcoming race, they are located Guyana, South America.  It is the only English speaking country in South America and they are actually a part of the Caribbean.  I was skeptical going at first, it was a two week trip and I hate being away from the shop that long.  I am really glad I went as it was an amazing, interesting, and fun experience.  The Rahamans, the race team owners, were cool, hospitable and great to work with.

The parts we ended up needing when I got down there were painfully hard to find and it is a free-for-all making parts to fit what you need. It's like here is some metal and a welder go for it. They don't care about aesthetics at all. These guys down here are really serious about racing, there devotion is what most tuners should be. Most people make little money but almost everyone has a race car.  Super nice people, they joke all day long and work about half as many hours as a normal person but somehow they still get it done.

It is raining so hard it woke me up, it sounds like someone is pouring gravel on the roof, it's hard to believe it rains this hard...If we were in Utah there would be a "severe weather alert" and nobody would go outside, here they just say "that is Guyana" we work later.