Reference Details
- Common issue
- Regular 383, later replacement, swapped AFBs, or an Adventurer Engine Package in another DeSoto treated as complete model proof
- Confidence
- documented
- Correct value
- ML-383-series 383 wedge with 10.1:1 compression, high-performance camshaft, and Carter AFB 2790S front/2791S rear carburetors
- Where to check
- Engine stamp, block and head castings, carburetor tags, intake, linkage, cam and valve gear, dates, and records