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Originally Posted by ElAurens
Much higher. I forget the exact manifold pressure, but P 51s operating in the Pacific had all the 150 Octane Avgas they would ever need.
One of the mods does indeed reflect this with the later Mustangs (D25 D30) that they put in as new slot aircraft. I'd have to look at the MP next time I fly one to see, but it's well over 70".
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I'd still like to see the over boosted P40s that the USAAF and RAF used, both in the Pacific and North Africa. They were field modded to get 70 odd inches of mercury, which yielded something on the order of 1600 bhp at low levels.
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Do performance charts exist for either these P-40s or the P-51s? That was always the problem with the Tempest receiving it's 1945 boost levels of +11 (some even had +13lbs of boost). There was serious effort to include an official +11 Tempest (I'm aware of the unofficial one which I think is just an educated guess) but the charts are totally incomplete and I was never able to find any more information. Same problem with the Mustangs or is it better documented?