Really need clarification on P-40 B/C Allison engines.........

[Swede Ware]

Planning a P-40 B/C in 1/32nd. The B/C came with an Allison V-1710. A V-1710 what? I have found 1710-numbered and 1710- lettered, with a Long Nose version tossed in. If I can nail down the correct engine/engines then I know what to look for in after market. If anyone can point this confused "Ol guy in the right direction I would appreciate it!!

 

[Dana Bell]

Hi Swede,

The XP-40 used the V-1710-19. The P-40, P-40A, P-40B, P-40C, and P-40G all used the V-1710-33.

Cheers,



Dana

 

[MiTasol]

And the Allison designation for the -33 is C-15.

 

[Swede Ware]

Dana, you are the man!!! Appreciate this so much. I have been looking around for any 1/32nd V-1710 period and have come up short so far but now I have a bit more info as to what exactly I need. Have a great day my friend!!

 

[Swede Ware]

And MiT....the letter designation clears the air a bit more.......thanks for the added info!!!!

 

[MiTasol]

photo of -33/C-115 at Smithsonian

Allison V-1710-33 (V-1710-C15), V-12 Engine | Smithsonian Institution

www.si.edu

 

[Swede Ware]

Excellent ...do appreciate this!!!

 

[MiTasol]

I have a -33 manual - now posted at.

Allison V-1710 C series (long nose) engine manuals

Long nose Allison manuals seem fairly rare. I have one copy I cannot find at present but here is one I got from who knows where a couple of years back. It is in Russian but the photos and diagrams are good. The same manual covers the E-4 for the Airacobra. I will post the other when I find it...

ww2aircraft.net

 

[jmcalli2]

Planning a P-40 B/C in 1/32nd. The B/C came with an Allison V-1710. A V-1710 what? I have found 1710-numbered and 1710- lettered, with a Long Nose version tossed in. If I can nail down the correct engine/engines then I know what to look for in after market. If anyone can point this confused "Ol guy in the right direction I would appreciate it!!

Hope this helps for future endeavors:

USAF Engine Models

If you got to the engine entries, you'll find the aircraft that the engine models were used in;

see attached for early Allisons as an example.

 

[MiTasol]

Interesting error in that chart in that the C15/-33 was never fitted to the P-40E. The P-40D and subsequent aircraft used F series engines instead of C series long nose engines as shown beside the -39 engine.

For those confused by the F-40 designation - this was a post war chart so used the post war designations for the aircraft.