Newer vs Older

I recommend this book: Chyrsler Performance Upgrades, 1999, Frank Adkins ISBN 1-884089-40-2

In there he lists the differences. From memory:
1) Aluminum block: early 60's I think? It had many issues.
2) 190 vs 225 (and was there a 170 too? Maybe I just made that up)
2) forged vs cast crank (they are not interchangeable) Changed in the late 60s?
3) transmission mating (they changed the flange or something) in the early 70s?
4) Hydrophilic lifters in the late 70's or early 80's?