[Quality88]

Originally Posted by bob101

It was not a new engine. Yates like everyone else who goes with a new engine normally has an abundant supply left over of the old engines. Like when Dodge introduced the new engine RPM said they had over a 100 old engines to use up first.

What are you gettin at? Because 3 Roush cars had the new engines in'em?

[bob101]

Originally Posted by Quality88

What are you gettin at? Because 3 Roush cars had the new engines in'em?

Yes Rousch cars had the new engine. Yates still has "old" engines to get rid of. Why would they give it to a team they are not even fully merged with yet?

From what I heard the point of putting Elliot in the Ford was to find out what they needed about the nose and how it handles, especially for the upcoming Daytona 500. Not to run the new engine.

On the same hand early next year the teams that show up to run the Daytona 500 that only make a few races I'm sure a good part of them will run a Ford and lease engines that Yates has left over and no use for in the Yates/Rousch/RPM cars anymore. Just like when Bill Davis went under all the teams started showing up with Toyotas because they were cheap....

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by bob101

Yes Rousch cars had the new engine. Yates still has "old" engines to get rid of. Why would they give it to a team they are not even fully merged with yet?

From what I heard the point of putting Elliot in the Ford was to find out what they needed about the nose and how it handles, especially for the upcoming Daytona 500. Not to run the new engine.

On the same hand early next year the teams that show up to run the Daytona 500 that only make a few races I'm sure a good part of them will run a Ford and lease engines that Yates has left over and no use for in the Yates/Rousch/RPM cars anymore. Just like when Bill Davis went under all the teams started showing up with Toyotas because they were cheap....

Ok I see what your gettin at now