Originally Posted by
ASRAAMTOO
Its been a while, but my recollection is that the intake strake arrangement did differ. If there were no strakes the port engine intake would present airflow to the face of the compressor right to left as viewed from the front and the starboard one left to right as viewed from the front. Both engines rotated in the same direction so without strakes the airflow would differ as it entered each engine.
Exactly. The intake strakes were required to reduce engine surges.