[Jake Raby]

The regimen that I developed for our engines is as follows:

Joe Gibbs BR 30 or 50 based upon the internal clearances of the specific engine and ambient temperatures during the break in process. Lake Speed from Gibbs and I have developed a BR40 that we are testing now, specifically designed for our engines.

I will run BR for all of our dyno work and during my 200 mile evaluation of the engine. We then carry out an exhaustive, invasive inspection with the sump plate pulled, compression and leak down tests, borescope inspection of the cylinders, and we draw an oil sample for base line.

We then swap to another proprietary Gibbs product which is an "intermediate oil" thats a 40 wt, high zinc conventional oil that is ran for the first 2,500 miles that the owner drives the car after receiving it from us. With Nickies we have learned that this intermediate oil is critical to reducing oil consumption before going to a synthetic oil. We instruct the owner to draw a sample of this oil and send to us so we can gather more trend data. (This product may become a Gibbs product, like DT40, DT50 and XP9 have after our development)

We then swap to Joe Gibbs DT40 and shorten the first service interval to 2,500 miles. After that, depending on wear metals and viscosity and the condition of the anti wear package in the used oil analysis we can begin the 6 month/ 5,000 mile service intervals that the engine will have for the rest of its life. Watching the anti-wear package levels is a great way to see if the engine is thoroughly broken in and ready for service with no other special attention.

We only use the Gibbs products, because we have worked closely with Lake Speed to develop them, that includes only using Gibbs assembly lube. This is how we level the playing field to ensure that our oil analysis truly shows the condition of the engine break in.

This is what I do... It doesn't mean that its the only way to do this, it is overkill to many, but its one way that we maintain our reputation and its why we have only had ONE warranty repair in the history of of our engine program. Few people develop their own components; even fewer develop their own engine oil. The funny part is our competitors love the oil and that means everything they create has that much more Raby influence! Thats the part they hate :-)