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Old 10-18-2010, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by t walgamuth View Post
It would make sense to me that they are the same. Displacement of one cylinder is what determines need on a starter.....you are only compressing one at a time.
True, but a bigger engine still has more rotating mass to get going.

A V8 with smaller displacement cylinders is still going to have a larger starter than a 4-cyl with slightly higher displacement cylinders.
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