Posted for "George Braly" <gwbraly@gami.com>:

 
 Colyn,
 
 I was the one who set up the IV-P for appropriate climb/cooling
 performance.
 
 On standard day conditions,  I was able to climb the aircraft at 140 to
 145 KIAS.  Typical rates of climb were around 2000 fpm into the high
 teens.  Hottest CHT was around 385dF on  #2.   We were using  38" x 2600
 or 2700 RPM and holding the TIT down to about 1350 to 1380d F with fuel.
 
 Ultimately the owner retrieved his airplane (darn it)  and later called
 me up one evening and chuckled when he told me that his local ATC folks
 were complaining about his rate of climb - - as he was leaving through
 airspace boundaries "vertically" instead of the more conventional
 horizontal airspace boundary departures.
 
 Regards,  George