The "Whistler" works on the same principle as a trombone: resonant audio frequency of a sealed cavity. Leaking valves and rings would not be enough of a factor in determinination of the ratios to account for much - unless the engine was so leaky it ran like crap anyway.

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Norm - #55 ITA, '86 MR2. [email protected]

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