Puzzled by valve size in my E7 heads

Mopar1

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Long story short.

Bought my '91 LX in 2002. The gent I bought it from said the E7 heads had the bigger valves. This was my first ford (Im a SB mopar guy) so I figured he meant something along the lines of 1.90/1.60 valves.

I had to replace the head gaskets a couple of months ago. When I took these heads off they had 2.02 intake and 1.45 exhaust valves. I measured them with a caliper. This seems a strange set up. Port and bowl work is unknown. The car does pull real well.

Why would someone put 2.02 intakes with the stock size exhaust valve in the E7 heads?
 
I bought an '87 GT a few months ago and the previous owner put the GT40 valvetrain in the stock E7 heads. FWIW - My car runs pulls realy well for a 302 w/ stock heads, intake and a B cam.