a big bore is always better in terms of airflow...
... and carries with it new problems w/r/t combustion chamber shape, charge energy loss, swirl, quench, mixture direction bias, flame front propagation, etc.

Smaller cylinders with very high B:S ratios make the most power, but the parasitic loads are not scaled, so a 90" V12 isn't as much better as you may suppose.


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