I'm no engineer but I would guess the uniform back pressure on all eight cylinders being even would be a possitive impact and the length of the pipes being of equal length ... into one large tube ... I would also think the sizing of the primaries dumping into the proper;y sized collector all plays a significant part. The real key would be to see test results...which probably could be found on the GT40 sight...I will do my homework.
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