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all 1970 383 4bbl engines with manual transmissions are "orange/Holley" 383HP (335hp)
all 1970 Challenger R/T, 'Cuda, Charger, Super Bee, Road Runner 383s are "orange/Holley" 383HP (335hp)
NO (ZERO) 1970 c-bodies with 383HP (335hp)




Thanks Dan. That is why I posted:

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But what changed in 1970 when you could get a 335- horse four speed A/C car? Was the compressor redesigned for 1970? If it was redesigned to handle the 383HP engine, why couldn't the same concept be adapted to the 440?




Chrysler engineers were pretty smart people. If the Head Office or Sales said they wanted something, I'm pretty sure they could have figured out a way to make it work.

If people take the side "you could get anything you wanted" and believe these cars existed, then the engineering work WAS ALREADY done and the combination could have easily been offered to the general public. Yet...it wasn't.

Just my opinion, but I don't think the 440-4 speed was not offered because of some compressor/cam/gearing issue. If the engineers figured out a way to make it work with a 383, I'm reasonably sure they could do the same for the 440.

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