In a normal piston-cylinder combustion engine is it more beneficial to have a larger bore and fewer cylinders or smaller bore with more cylinders? or does it cancel out?

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In a normal piston-cylinder combustion engine is it more beneficial to have a larger bore and fewer cylinders or smaller bore with more cylinders? or does it cancel out?

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Answer 1

I always avoid buying 4 cylinder engines because they wear out 33% faster than 6 cylinder engines.