1970 Charger & Charger 500 with 383 4bbl, are they all "HP"?

[6bblgt]

unlike other 1970 b-bodies (non-Super Bee/Road Runner) it appears the '70 Charger when OPTIONED with the E63 "383 4bbl engine" received the 383HP (335hp) orange painted HOLLEY equipped engine

anyone know of and/or have proof of a '70 383 4bbl Charger that was built with a factory equipped CARTER AVS Blue engine?

[XH29N0G]

not mine -it was orange with a Holley

[DeltaV]

not my XP29N0G - it is orange with a Holley.

[Bronzedodge]

I have never seen a blue engine in '70.  Turquoise, yes.  Usually the A/C cars had the Holley with a turquoise engine.  More true of '69, but I have seen several restored 70 examples as well.   If you had the 4 bbl, good exhaust manifolds, and A/C; the 383's had the 2 bbl cam, rated 330 vs 335 hp.

[6bblgt]

1969 was the last year for a turquoise engine at Chrysler

for 1970 they went to "Chrysler Blue" engine paint on all non-HP V8s

[ACUDANUT]

Any NON HP motor just Needs a better cam, dual exhaust and a 4 Barrel carb...... BAM, it's a HP engine

[DeltaV]

not my XP29N0G - it is orange with a Holley.

Also, mine is a factory 4 speed car and it did not come with air conditioning.

[XH29N0G]

Mine was a/c, and orange as mentioned above

[sccachallenger]

My brothers '69 has 383 4v, AC, 4 speed, 3.23s
Bought in the mid '80s.
All the research we did at the time said it was not the same as the Road Runner/Super Bee power plant.
Car had very smooth idle, still ran low 15s at the track.
Now in '70 I believe all N code engines got all the good parts, cam,valve springs, and windage tray.

[69CoronetRT]

My brothers '69 has 383 4v, AC, 4 speed, 3.23s
Bought in the mid '80s.
All the research we did at the time said it was not the same as the Road Runner/Super Bee power plant.
Car had very smooth idle, still ran low 15s at the track.
Now in '70 I believe all N code engines got all the good parts, cam,valve springs, and windage tray.

In 69, a/c cars got the 330 horse version, not the 335 horse motor.

1970 applications were different. That's why Dan is specifically asking about '70 cars.