[vincesanity82]

Consider it a shot over the bow, that new Toyota engine design that Joe Gibbs' drivers -- Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Tony Stewart -- put on the track at Lowe's Motor Speedway last weekend. Yes, it broke midway through the All-Star race, but even on seven cylinders, Busch was outrunning most others in the field. With a little bit of polish in the new valve-train still to be done, Toyota appears ready to turn things up another notch, and that should worry the competition even more. Busch has dominated all three of NASCAR's touring series this spring, and he leads the Sprint Cup standings. If he wanted to, he could easily challenge for all three series championships. No wonder Lee White, Toyota's NASCAR field boss, is all smiles. "No, no one's gloating," White said. But last year was such a flat-out disaster for Toyota, NASCAR's newest manufacturer, that this spring's results might provide reason to gloat. -- Winston-Salem Journal

New engine may give Toyota teams another boost

[Bob Tanner]

It looks like a replay of NASCAR's trying to obtain parity when the Chrysler Hemi ruled, doesn't it?

If this goes the way the article's writer portrays, it might get ugly.

[BiscuitMan]

It was reported that the Toyota engines used in the Gibbs cars at the All-Star race were Gibbs "in-house" engines. Mulhern pionts to TRD engines. He may be all wet here.

I know that Gibbs does a lot of research with engine lubricants and I my opinion about the "in-house" engine failures would be their use of a special Joe Gibbs Oil under development may have been the culprit. Reducing resistance in the engine leads to an increase in horsepower. That's always been in the Joe Gibbs philosophy.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by BiscuitMan

It was reported that the Toyota engines used in the Gibbs cars at the All-Star race were Gibbs "in-house" engines. Mulhern pionts to TRD engines. He may be all wet here.

I know that Gibbs does a lot of research with engine lubricants and I my opinion about the "in-house" engine failures would be their use of a special Joe Gibbs Oil under development may have been the culprit. Reducing resistance in the engine leads to an increase in horsepower. That's always been in the Joe Gibbs philosophy.

as long as what ever they're doing doesn't get into the bottles I buy to put in my racers "before it's time", I'm happy. my son and I, this evening, were discussing the Joe Gibbs oil we're gonna use in our brand new SLM motor, and how often we're gonna change it, what kind of wear we expect and how often we'll do a "refresh". We've been using it in the Late Model motor and we're sold on it! So as long as their research doesn't get into the bottles before it's thoroughly proven, we'll stay loyal customers. (We don't have the bucks to be a "research" shop.)