Toyota Camry in Nextel Cup 2007

[henk4]

I hope they win. Do the you have to use a pushrod engine for nascar?

yes, it is most likely the most popular class in Historic Racing

[Zytek_Fan]

yep, they get these results because they are the only ones that have to use pushrods. Everybody else has taken the sensible road and has gone for OHCs.Just compare these performance figures with the Judd, (which has to last 24 hours)

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The Judd by far is the better engine. I heard that a GV5 was taken out of a car at Le Mans last year and put on the dyno and ran for another 24 hours and it went perfectly

[RacingManiac]

And now you are comparing a state of the art LMP V10 with DOHC, 40valves, electronic fuel injection and all sorts of lightweight, exotic material to a "Low tech", pushrod OHV, 16 Valve V8 runs on Carburator.....

I am not even remotely suggesting those motors are advance, but to get these things to rev to 10k is nothing short of spectacular.....

Remember too that Panoz's old V8 was basically a Detuned Roush NASCAR V8 to make only 600bhp on restrictor. And Dyson's old Riley & Scott was also using the same style of motor.

[henk4]

The engine is a very impressive piece of work, the cam is high enough that it only just isnt overhead, and the shape of the block and the complexity of the casting gives extrodinary cooling in a very compact package.

So Toyota will be all conquering there too, unless the "regulations" will be changed to prevent that. Not unlikely...

[Maranellolt7]

I hope they get they get in there to have their behind handed to them in return, just for trying to become more American.

[CHEESE-TACULAR]

why would they try to become more american?

[Maranellolt7]

I wasn't thinking when I said that because Ford and GM are like Toyota in other countries. I may sound bias but I hope Toyota fails at the attempt to overtake them.

[Zytek_Fan]

I hope nascar dies

[NuclearCrap]

Omg Toyota is joining Nascrap..........I don't like them anymore...............

[Esperante]

What's the difference, anyway?

[Maranellolt7]

I hope they get they get in there to have their behind handed to them in return, just for trying to become more American.

Like I said they are still trying to become moreAMERICAN!!!!!

[Dan Flynn]

Toyota's move to NASCAR may seem puzzling, but it sounds like clever advertising. In terms of publicity and sales, perhaps the other racing series they've entered hasn't given them as adequate a return on investment as a well-run NASCAR presence would. This is aimed squarely at the vast U.S. market, and a strong Nextel Cup effort may increase Toyota's already strong popularity here.

[Spastik_Roach]

What's the difference, anyway?

You see, thats low quality Japanese paint.

On the Dodge/whatever the hell it is, thats quality GM Parts paint!

[CHEESE-TACULAR]

toyotas doing the right thing, this is only a short term gig to kill the big 3 faster. its better for the world and prevents a long painful and embarrassing death

[Maranellolt7]

Toyotas doing the wrong thing, this has been a long term attempt to kill the big 3 faster. its worse for America and starts mayhem