383 Carburetor

Rusty69 · Post by **Rusty69** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:21 am

Have 1969 W 200 manual shift with AFB and 4bbl manifold of the proper blue color. Question: did any of these trucks come with a 4bbl? If so, what is the proper carburetor? Would prefer 2bbl Carter BBD 4422S, if I could find such.

66patrick · Post by **66patrick** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:29 am

We've had little discussions on the forum about 383 4-bbl trucks and if they are the real thing or not. MY opinion is if you look at the HP rating on your data tag and it says "000 0000", and the engine says "383", you have a 4-bbl engine as stock. I don't have any further info on this, but this is the only instances where I've seen what appears to be a factory 4-bbl install. There are other opinions on this, but to me, this seems to be a logical conclusion, absent a dealer order form from the time to verify.

digdoug · Post by **digdoug** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:05 pm

I don't claim to know exactly why the 000 0000 is on the data plate,but I have two 1967 383 trucks that have that 000 0000 where the hp at rpm goes.I think it is just because it was the first year of the 383 in trucks. Does anyone have a 67,383 truck that doesn't have 000 0000 on the data plate?

Jeffc · Post by **Jeffc** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:29 am

Assuming that a 4v carb/intake could be order on a truck 383, which I belive it could, it most likey was a Carter AFB 652cfm as that is what was most often on the 383 from the factory on any Mopar, but that is just a guess......(some HP engines were bigger cfms)