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What's "Turbo" about turbo 350 and turbo 400 tranny's?

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#1 ·
Ever wonder why GM called their 350 and 400 transmissions "turbo"?

I seem to wonder about these things, for reasons I am not sure of.

John
 
#4 ·
why, ya wanna know why,, well I'll tell ya why..
in the 50's up the auto designers had a love affair with rockets and air planes..
and it just sounds kool even if you have no idea what a turbo was or
rocket..
olds owners pride themselves with not only having a 350 c.i.d. engine..they have a ROCKET 350 or 400 etc..
 
#8 ·
The tailfins and such in the late 50s and early 60s were because of the publics awe for rockets and planes.
Carmakers found people bought cars with those big fins , so they put them on and called the engines "turbo fire" and "rocket350" etc.
Strictly a marketing ploy.
 
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