imo the dragons exhaust port shape which is pretty wide,allows the piston to rock into the port causing skirt loading on the intake side of the piston and wear at the top of the exchaust side, kind of a ported engine imo, the 11 ports are more round and the piston doesnt rock as much,thats ONE of the reasons I feel the cfi2 are holding up better!the smaller ports also make less power at peak but seem to make better lowend power, I installed the (fix) in my 11 pro so the piston was supported with my new ported cylinders!