Pony talk

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by IceFire

What's the other thing people usually ask for about the Mustang. There was a different engine boost setting for USAAF Mustang's used against Japan correct? Was that a higher setting or a lower one?

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.