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Old 02-13-2022, 10:08 PM   #5
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Default Re: 1980 Mercury Zephyr

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Originally Posted by Rory McNeil View Post
Jim, easy way to tell a 255 from a 302, is the 255 intake manifold has open webbing between the runners, kinda like a "air gap" style intake, with the intake gasket having a steel valley cover underneath. 302 has a solid intake like most other V8 engines, other than 383-440 MoPars.
That intake deal came up on one of the hot rod sites recently.
I had never heard of it . I searched for a pic but today's Google...forget it.
Anybody have a pic? Just curious..That's all. The 255 is rated higher than most of the 302 2bbls...Nice going'..You know who
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