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Old 03-17-2009, 09:35 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Nay. Unless the ports have some horrible flashing or something that creates an easily notable obstruction in them, the smaller port size is going to give better low rpm torque. Since we drive at lower rpms more often this leads to better FE. At low rpm, the small ports are not going to create a restriction at all.
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