All too true - 160 kts cruise/range speed, but you could always surprise people. Vne was supposedly 300kts - during a trial at Boscombe in the early days of AEW we were asked (told) to go at 'max chat'. 80 inches of boost, water meth engaged and 2800 rpm had us passing 320kts as we approached the airfield, easily overtaking a Jaguar that was also recovering, and as for the Harvard that tried to bounce us.............! Mind you after 5 mins the water meth ran out (it was normally only used for take off) and the decel was rather rapid.