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It should be pointed out that last year Voodoo was very close to "lunching" his engine as they did find considerable metal in it after the race, even with Strega trying to do a "Kentucky Derby" stretch run to catch him from behind as the only real threat.. It leads one to speculate what would...

To the post that said that Grumman may have designed the F8F to accommodate the R-3350. Answer: NO . I have been to the Grumman Archives and gone through all the proposals and test reports from Pax River. There is no mention in any of the official documents of fitting a R-3350 to it. In 1945...