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Old 09-19-2010, 07:42 PM   #65 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ASV View Post
how about building another lobe onto the intake and exhaust cams
plugging the spark and injecter ports
diverting the exhaust of the converted cylinders to the intake of the others
and grinding out the remaining two combustion chambers to drop compression back down a bit
Or drill a couple holes in the top of the deactivated pistons to reduce the pumping losses. or has that been tried :wink:?
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