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Old 11-06-2013 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by am
Neal, i have a question i need some help with. I found three old Rs5 sleeves in my bag of used up engines. I have messured them and the timing is very close to the P5 we have today. But, theese sylinders have ports under the schnurleports, what wffect does theese ports have? I do not have any pistons for them so i am just curious.

Thanks for your help.
I have some old P5's that have the same sleeve...........Those little bypass ports don't seem to do a whole pile.....But in theory they should reduce the pressure under the piston by allowing trapped mixture to escape while the engine is on the downstroke....
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