Turbo Nerdz

Since the inception of this blog, I have always concluded with the words, "always remember to Turbo that engine" and it seems these car companies have been listening, because almost all of them have been shifting from naturally aspirated vehicles to forced induction, with turbos being the go to. I know that I should be happy, as I have always preached the gospel of "turbocharging" engines, but it is getting out of hand and these car companies are not doing so on their own accord. To serve as a recap, a turbo is a forced induction device that is used to increase oxygen capacity in an internal combustion engine, to enhance better fuel combustion and hence, produce more power. Japanese cars have always been synonymous with turbos, unlike their European and American counterparts who believed in naturally aspirated V8's, V10's and the spice of them all, Ferrari V12's. The Japanese believe in efficiency, which is making the most from the little they have, so t...

I just completed my 8 weeks of Community Medicine posting and all I can say is, never again! Unfortunately, I am just bluffing, because I will still rotate through that department of trials and tribulations next year. The posting might have been stressful and physically tasking, but I really enjoyed the field trips. One field trip in particular stood out to me and it was love at first visit. This particular field trip was to the Lutonian Technology Limited, an automobile technology support company. A friend of mine first told me about Lutonian last year, while she was in her community medicine posting. She explained to me how she had such an amazing time at the facility, even though she was not a car person, talk more of me who is a car enthusiast. Since that day, I have looked forward to this posting,  just for the Lutonian visit and guess what guys? I almost missed the bus on that faithful morning. My group representative had to stall the driver and I am so grateful to him for th...