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From Dodge to Toyota and back
Toyota is missing a market opprotunity. Imagine if they produced a serious one ton or a 3/4 ton pick-up. I think they would take the market by storm.
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I found my books, a small miracle after a 3500 mile move. I can confirn a R 2800 (2 banks of 9 cylinders) and a compound supercharger on models as early as the F4U-1's. The reference also says the same engine configuration was used on the P-47. If memory serves, the original batch of P-51's only developed 1200 HP.. a woefully inadequate number. Later models equiped with the newer R/R Merlins developed closer to 2000 horses but by that time Goodyear was making Corsairs with 3000 HP. I think this was the 3 row engine you remember. The Corsair, regardless of its production date was always a better machine than the P-51, except for maybe in the area of super-long range escort duties. The last time a Corsair and a Mustang got cross threaded was in 1969 during a periodic Central American pissing contest (whoops, I meant to say urination olympics). On July 17 of that year a trio of Honduran F4U-5's tangled with a pair of Salvadorian P-51-D's. The Corsair turned inside the Mustang and separated the P-51 from it's wing with a burst from the 20mm wing guns. You might enjoy the link below, especially if your computer can process streaming video.
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I forget to mention the turbo issue.... I think they were around in WW II (I have found several references), but the oils of the era didn't do a very good job lubricating something turning 100,000 plus RPM's in an exaust gas enviornment. The usual result was to turn the oil into something it would eventually become if left alone, coal. Even the best oils today are challenged by heat and pressures of exaust driven turbochargers.
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