Chevy bow tie logo goes functional

[Harry P.]

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/03/05/chevrolet-camaro-z28-flowtie-is-stylish-speed-secret/?intcmp=features

[Cato]

Hey let me rush right out and buy one-only got to spend $75K to get this engineering marvel! 2 degrees on track equates to nothing in lap times or longevity.

Same guy designed this as the Popeil Pocket Fisherman.

In '67 we were ducting intake air through the inner headlight buckets or riveted-on scoops under the bumper. For coolant we bought a Stewart high flow water pump and took the emblems off.

[Harry P.]

So... yer not impressed?

[Ace-Garageguy]

As the lead line says..."Now this is... engineering at its best."

I wonder how many meetings, development teams, and hundreds of thousands of dollars it took to come up with cutting out the center of the emblem.

Wowwee gee whiz, Mr. Wizard.

[Harry P.]

I wonder how many meetings, development teams, and hundreds of thousands of dollars it took to come up with cutting out the center of the emblem.

And that's why a Z28 costs $75 grand...

[Cato]

If they took 500 pounds of pork out of it that would yield far better lap times than 2 deg of coolant.

But then they'd have to charge ONE HUNDRED 75K-for less car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slusher]

75,000 for a z/28. That is one over priced car. They could have took the bow tie off and fired the development team who spend most of the year sitting in the same cushion.

Edited March 6, 2014 by slusher

[Lownslow]

Mercedes has had this for some time so thats not new in terms of being useful.

[Cato]

...except it's not useful .

[935k3]

That is creative but I think the "F" duct was one of the most creative ducting of air ever. If you do not know what it is read here http://www.racecar-engineering.com/technology-explained/f-ducts-how-do-they-work-f1-2010-formula-one-technology/

[charlie8575]

And people wonder why new cars generally fail to really impress me.

Charlie Larkin

[slusher]

That is creative but I think the "F" duct was one of the most creative ducting of air ever. If you do not know what it is read here http://www.racecar-engineering.com/technology-explained/f-ducts-how-do-they-work-f1-2010-formula-one-technology/

Very interesting article, I didn't know this..

[Sport Suburban]

So the new Z28 gets a new emblem, no a/c and no radio for the money. Sounds like a bargain!

[Badluck 13]

..........and some wonder why GM almost became defunct

Edited March 6, 2014 by Badluck 13

[niteowl7710]

So how much are you willing to pay for a 505HP car that thrashed a good many cars that cost twice as much (if not more) at the Nurburgring? Granted 98% of them will probably never see a day of track time in their lives, but it's a formidable car right off the lot. I mean it's faster than a 458 Italia, ZR1, 911 Turbo, LFA, GTR, all while wearing street tires in the RAIN...there are very few cars that have turned a better lap without having to be shod with "DOT" racing tires. Bet it goes even faster if you're not dealing with it slip-sliding all over the last 1/3rd of the track. Car turns a buck-fifty quickly and almost uneventfully.

Oh and it has a stereo...but who'd want to listen to that when you can listen to the car.

[Ace-Garageguy]

The "F duct" is definitely a nice piece of work.

The slickest piece of airflow-management through a cooling system I've ever seen is the applied Meredith-effect, discovered in 1936. Applied correctly to the P-51 fighter of WW2, and designed entirely without computers, it is responsible for the signature belly-scoop where the radiator for the liquid-cooled Merlin lives. Rather than causing drag on the airframe, as would be the assumption, the ducting is so well designed that it actually extracts measurable THRUST from what would otherwise be waste heat generated by the huge engine.

I'd bet the design of the cooling system for the P-51 cost less to develop, in adjusted dollars, than this silly Camaro emblem and all the surrounding hype.

The Meredith-effect has only recently begun to be employed on race cars, but with the aid of CAD and CFD, it could conceivably be incorporated into road-car designs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_effect

Edited March 6, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[High octane]

Looks like I'm gonna hafta pay a visit to my local Chevy dealer today and order one of those speed demons. Yeah, right!!!!

[Scale-Master]

So that beat up 12 year old STS with two different colored mirrors, faded blue paint and missing the grill badge around the corner from me is really way ahead of its time?

[Ace-Garageguy]

Looks like I'm gonna hafta pay a visit to my local Chevy dealer today and order one of those speed demons. Yeah, right!!!!

Just buy an emblem, and stick it on something. Bound to add at least as much performance as all those old STP stickers did.

Edited March 6, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[Lownslow]

So how much are you willing to pay for a 505HP car that thrashed a good many cars that cost twice as much (if not more) at the Nurburgring? Granted 98% of them will probably never see a day of track time in their lives, but it's a formidable car right off the lot. I mean it's faster than a 458 Italia, ZR1, 911 Turbo, LFA, GTR, all while wearing street tires in the RAIN...there are very few cars that have turned a better lap without having to be shod with "DOT" racing tires. Bet it goes even faster if you're not dealing with it slip-sliding all over the last 1/3rd of the track. Car turns a buck-fifty quickly and almost uneventfully.

Oh and it has a stereo...but who'd want to listen to that when you can listen to the car.

still a chevy

[Psychographic]

Must have been an extremely slow news day over at fox.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Must have been an extremely slow news day over at fox.

Doncha think maybe some $$ changed hands to get that put up as "news"??

[Craig Irwin]

I bet that hollow bow tie still doesn't make as much power as a red "R" emblem!

[cobraman]

I think tomorrow I will trim out the blue plastic section of the oval Ford emblem and just leave the chrome surround . Get the kids off the street that F-150 is going to haul !!! : )

[Harry P.]

Doncha think maybe some $$ changed hands to get that put up as "news"??

It wasn't in the "news" section, it's at the bottom where the general features are.