383 air cleaner

[fireguyfire]

What would the air cleaner and pie plate look like on a 1970 383 engine?
My engine was originally blue but was overpainted orange, and it has a chrome edelbrock cleaner on it now.
I'm wanting to put it back to a stock look, which will mean corporate blue and a period correct air cleaner and pie plate!


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[1 Wild R/T]

L code or N code?

[fireguyfire]

It's a 383 4 barrel


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[70 Challenger Lover]

The 1970 383 was either a 4 barrel HP engine which was orange (N code on VIN) or a 2 barrel lower performance motor painted blue (L code on VIN). The 2 barrel air cleaner is a single snorkel unit and I don't believe it had a pie tin. The 4 barrel orange motor had a dual snorkel air cleaner with a pie tin that said magnum (Dodge), super commando (Plymouth), or tnt (Chrysler) .

[1 Wild R/T]

The 1970 383 was either a 4 barrel HP engine which was orange (N code on VIN) or a 2 barrel lower performance motor painted blue (L code on VIN). The 2 barrel air cleaner is a single snorkel unit and I don't believe it had a pie tin. The 4 barrel orange motor had a dual snorkel air cleaner with a pie tin that said magnum (Dodge), super commando (Plymouth), or tnt (Chrysler) .

not totally correct, there were blue N codes, mostly A/C equipped 330 Hp rather than the orange 335 Hp.. But still the dual snorkel with an orange pin tin..

[headejm]

@fireguyfire Here is a dual snorkel air cleaner from a 1970 N code 383 magnum. 

[fireguyfire]

That would look sweet on my engine once I paint it


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[headejm]

I used VHT Wrinkle Plus paint and a heat gun. I am happy with the way it turned out. Some guys use wrinkle powder coat and I've heard good things about that method too.

[6bblgt]

a 1970 Challenger (or SE) w/383 4bbl (N-code / E63) & automatic transmission would've had a 330hp blue painted engine with a Carter AVS 4-bbl carburetor
NO "pie tin"

a 1970 Challenger R/T (or R/T SE) w/383HP 4bbl (N-code / E63) & automatic transmission would've had a 335hp orange painted HP engine with a HOLLEY 4-bbl carburetor
orange 383 MAGNUM "pie tin"