Let's say there's a Satellite Sebring with a 383. What color should the engine be?

I'm guessing blue for the 2bbl. and orange for the 4bbl.? Thank you!

Blue and blue

Why the change from the high-compression years?

Not sure a 383 4-bbl was available in a Sebring.
I had an L code 383 2-bbl Sebring and it was blue.
Had an N code 383 4-bbl HP Sebring Plus and it was orange.

$$$$$$ one paint covers all is my guess and didn't want anyone thinking it was an orange Chebie engine

71 383 N-code’s are orange in B and E bodies

Not sure what C-body 383 4 bbl are painted? Or if there are two versions of that?

in a B and/or E-body for 1971 (much simplified VS. 1970)

L-code 383 2bbl = corporate blue
N-code 383 4bbl = street HEMI orange

Doesn't a 1971 N 383 come with a Holley? They had the service bulletin to change to a Carter.

yes, it is common to see Carters where Holleys were originally due to the transfer tube seals leaking

is there a bulletin on this?

N-96 motors had Holleys. Non N96 motors had Carters.

71 Sebring plus ,four speed with ac.

I rarely disagree with you Mark, but this time I have to!

My 71 BEE with 383 4 speed and RamCharger has an original Holley. My engine was Orange when i got it but it was touched already in life.
Ron

383's weren't Hemi orange. Wedge engines were a different shade, same as air cleaner tops.

Do you have some kinda of bulletin with that information?
Ron

I believe he said "Street Hemi Orange."

Wedge engines were a different shade than Hemi engines

As far as I've always known wedge and Hemi's were Hemi Orange. Now earlier in Hemi life I believe 66 and back were Race Hemi Orange which was a lighter shade. I'm not a Hemi expert but remember something like that.
Ron

When Direct Connection was selling engine paint in the early '80s they had one orange.
I bought some and painted my 440, it looked great.
Thought it was the correct color for a '71 engine.
Several years later it was disclosed that it was just a little lighter than Hemi Orange, and was in fact Max-Wedge orange.
I never heard that Hemis and wedges were different oranges, at least in '69-'71.

I think Frank Baldason knows what he is talking about. He is the one that said wedges are different. It all boils down to what you are looking for, correct, or just orange.