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Originally Posted by daepp View Post
I wish one of you smart guys would explain to me why engine designers add cylinders instead of just increasing displacement. Wouldn't there be less moving parts?
My WAG would be that engines of smaller displacement spin up and down faster than larger displacement engines...

...and a bunch of cylinders just looks cool.
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