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There was a Gold Star BSA to which somebody fitted a bigger carb and ran with the step in the port. They claimed it gave better power. But if you run with the needle jet half a thou of an inch larger than it needs to be, your motor will be slower. If the carb is jetted right, you probably need to feed the throttle on more slowly when you are accelerating. I would not run with the step in the port, but what metal you remove from the head, cannot be put back on. The big mistake many people make, is they believe bigger ports deliver more power. If you had 34mm ports in a Commando engine, you would probably need to rev it to 8000 RPM to get decent power. Rev limit on any Commando engine is about 7000 RPM, and that is with a rebalanced crank.
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