Seems for the past 20-years Red Line Oil and Toyota's TRD division have been working together. Here is the sight I received via email.
Red Line & Toyota TRD
Red Line & Toyota TRD
Red Line & Toyota TRD Together
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Interesting. Folks with manual transmissions at least in the Tacomas swear by MT90. I used to run their 5W30.
Hmmmm, I wonder if they used RL in their IMSA GTP efforts, and TTE World Rally Celicas and Corollas (despite the latter carrying Repsol livery all over them) as well, or was it just in the Pro/Celebrity races??
I never suspected Toyota actually knew anything about motor oil. Maybe one guy googled "sludge" or something.
Just kidding. Take it easy.
Just kidding. Take it easy.
If TRD was part of the WRC Toyota team that was sponsored by Castrol in the 1990s, that really makes you think. Same with the NASCAR Toyotas running TRD engines (or it is TRIAD?) that have Mobil 1 contingency stickers.
Cool. Redline is good oil.
I think Nascar TRD is using Mobil 1.
http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/2403/exxonmobil-trd-form-technology-partnership
I think Nascar TRD is using Mobil 1.
http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/2403/exxonmobil-trd-form-technology-partnership
Originally Posted By: buster
Cool. Redline is good oil.
I think Nascar TRD is using Mobil 1.
http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/2403/exxonmobil-trd-form-technology-partnership
You're right! In fact I now remember them announcing that agreement and that was just several months ago. I was stuck on the mindset that the Red Line/Toyota agreement was for exclusive use of RL for all TRD backed teams. I never should have assumed that. Stupid me.
Cool. Redline is good oil.
I think Nascar TRD is using Mobil 1.
http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/2403/exxonmobil-trd-form-technology-partnership
You're right! In fact I now remember them announcing that agreement and that was just several months ago. I was stuck on the mindset that the Red Line/Toyota agreement was for exclusive use of RL for all TRD backed teams. I never should have assumed that. Stupid me.
Originally Posted By: mercuryblues
I was stuck on the mindset that the Red Line/Toyota agreement was for exclusive use of RL for all TRD backed teams.
^^^That could not be, simply because JGR is NOT going to use another oil over the one he himself markets (unless they pay him many millions to do just that, or to put stickers on the cars to make the public think he is doing that.
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I was stuck on the mindset that the Red Line/Toyota agreement was for exclusive use of RL for all TRD backed teams.
^^^That could not be, simply because JGR is NOT going to use another oil over the one he himself markets (unless they pay him many millions to do just that, or to put stickers on the cars to make the public think he is doing that.
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: mercuryblues
I was stuck on the mindset that the Red Line/Toyota agreement was for exclusive use of RL for all TRD backed teams.
^^^That could not be, simply because JGR is NOT going to use another oil over the one he himself markets (unless they pay him many millions to do just that, or to put stickers on the cars to make the public think he is doing that.
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Good point! I agree and actually I was trying to retract that statement I made earlier to avoid any confusion. Anyhow, I went on to the Sprint Cup team chart on jayski.com and discovered that JGR builds their own engines and none of them are built my TRD. On top of that, none of the JGR NASCAR entries have Mobil 1 stickers on them. So those two things should strongly back up your point.
Originally Posted By: mercuryblues
I was stuck on the mindset that the Red Line/Toyota agreement was for exclusive use of RL for all TRD backed teams.
^^^That could not be, simply because JGR is NOT going to use another oil over the one he himself markets (unless they pay him many millions to do just that, or to put stickers on the cars to make the public think he is doing that.
Good point! I agree and actually I was trying to retract that statement I made earlier to avoid any confusion. Anyhow, I went on to the Sprint Cup team chart on jayski.com and discovered that JGR builds their own engines and none of them are built my TRD. On top of that, none of the JGR NASCAR entries have Mobil 1 stickers on them. So those two things should strongly back up your point.
oops, meant to say "built by TRD"
The article Buster posted said this:
"With this new partnership, ExxonMobil’s racing oil technology will now provide performance and protection for the TRD-supported Red Bull Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing NASCAR teams."
I think the other Toyota teams build their own engines.
"With this new partnership, ExxonMobil’s racing oil technology will now provide performance and protection for the TRD-supported Red Bull Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing NASCAR teams."
I think the other Toyota teams build their own engines.
I was under the impression that only toyota team to build their own engines was JGR, and the rest are built by TRD. I dont think JGR even leases their engines on the Sprint side, but I could be wrong. JGR had some issues early in the year and they got so desperate that they sent out their engines to TRD so that they could try to find out the issues with the engines. I wonder how much TRD copied their engine design?
When Kyle Busch wins the truck races, he thanks Gibbs for using his oil in his race trucks. They must have a special deal going on.
When Kyle Busch wins the truck races, he thanks Gibbs for using his oil in his race trucks. They must have a special deal going on.
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