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You can read up on this truth. More gains can be had if the 2:1 has the proper "collector" and is a stepped design, all things being equal. Look at the exhaust manifold of your car. Notice that on each side of a V engine or one one side of a straight engine all the cylinders' pipes merge into one? If it were better to have individual pipes, especially racers would never use headers.