[Rory McNeil]

I didn`t look in the classifacation guide today, but a 302 was not available in a 81 Fairmont, only the 78&79 Fairmont had 302`s, 80&81 only came as a 255 for a V8 option. All the V8`s were 2 barrel only.Visually the only differance between the 78 & the 79-81 Fairmonts was that 78`s had clear front park/signal lens, 79& later were amber. I know that Ford used the variable venturi carbs on 302s in Thunderbirds and the big cars for a while in the early 80`s, but I`m not sure how they would work in a low vacuum enviroment in a race application.