El, as you know I spent a lot of effort in research for the updated P-40 FM - regarding the turn rate, there's no way that physics allow any of the modelled P-40's to sustain a turn as well as say a contemporary Hurricane or a Spitfire did. It's just a ton too heavy for it, or it lacks 500 hp. What it has is plenty of fuel and good control characteristics, so with low fuel, with not ace quality pilots in both aircraft, it will be able to close the gap. It's also possible that in practice US pilots violated the boost limitations, closing the gap even further. Probably wrecked one or two engines as well, but the dead can't tell their stories, only the survivors will. As the early P-40's lacked ABC, the Allisons could produce 60"+ at sea level, instead of the 40some they were cleared for - and it is a documented fact that some units did. This would basically give them the extra hp they need, at a high risk of engine damage.
However, in game all aircraft come with ABC and the aircraft are not modelled to represent field mod abuse, but best documented performance on official specs. Guess it is like IceFire said - we'll have to wait for the N. It will have the M's power (which is pretty good already), at far less weight, and should be real fun to fight with.
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