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#1
04-27-2020, 03:45 PM
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History of chev "Turbo-Jet" on emblems
Hey everyone,
Those awesome high res pictures on the 4/27 thread got me wondering.... What is the story / history of the "Turbo-Jet" wording on Chev emblems and engines? When did it first appear and was it referring to some specific patent or technology? Or did it just sound cool? Apologies if this belongs in the lounge. Last edited by KLars1; 04-27-2020 at 11:33 PM. 
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#2
04-27-2020, 11:58 PM
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Turbojet is an aircraft engine reference, a specific type of engine using internal turbines and such...pretty sure no 409 wore Turbo-Jet badging so the first would be '65 Vette and Z16 Chevelle
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04-28-2020, 01:17 AM
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Marketing, I suspect. The big blocks were Turbo-Jet, small blocks Turbo-Fire, I think the 348 and /or 409 was a Turbo-Thrust. I remember some Chevrolet six cylinder that was a Turbo-Thrift, I think.
I am open to correction on these I am going by memory.
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04-28-2020, 01:38 AM
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And way before all of that, came the fabulous Chevrolet version of Buicks Dynaflow, The Turboglide.
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04-28-2020, 02:00 AM
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All the 409s were Turbo-Fire. The 6 cylinders were Turbo-Thrift. The Corvair engines were Turbo-Air except the Spyder which was Turbo-Charged. The first Turbo-Jet engines were the 325, 375 and 425 HP 396s in 1965.
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#7
04-28-2020, 04:55 AM
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And then there were the Canadian names for the same engines. Can any Canucks supply any other names?
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#8
04-28-2020, 05:03 AM
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The 409 in the Canadian Pontiacs were called Super-Flame engines:
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04-28-2020, 12:00 PM
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