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I'm not as smart as some of the folk here when it comes to engine operation, but, I will attempt to 'splain to you (alien) what they are saying.
Every engine has pumping losses which consume energy. In a normally operating engine each piston rewards you by going boom every other stroke to give back more power than they consumed during the other 3/4 of their cycle.
With a proper cylinder deactivization setup, the deactivated cylinders stop being power hungry air pumps. They don't go boom, more like boing, boing, boing (spring sound). This means the still active cylinders have to pick up the slack for the others, but little more. Those cylinders that are no longer pulling the wagon are in it, but, they're rather light. In your scenario, they are in the wagon and they are dragging a foot over the side. So, yeah those cylinders still working are working a hell of a lot harder than before. Not "slightly" harder as you claim.
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