66 valiant 170

moparkrazed said

I’m fine not doing any hot rod stuff on it. I’ve dropped a v8 in my dart swinger (have to replace the flex plate as soon as I get a second). This one I’m fixing up because it was my uncles last car he was working on and because I like tinkering on Mopar’s. This one is just a fun going around town car between trips in the dart. Thanks for letting me know how you get your parts together. I’ll start playing around on EBay to see what I can find. Thanks again for all of your input and help.

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Then I would leave that 170 in there. One thing I would do outside of stock would be mill the head .060" for some added compression. Even in stock trim, that will add some spunk and still be pump gas friendly. It will also assure you have a good, flat head surface. It also wouldn't hurt to do a skim cut on the block and get the deck square and straight and true to the crankshaft center line. I would only do just enough to clean it up, because the 170 is essentially a zero deck height engine. Chrysler's deck heights are notorious for being tall and crooked from spec, so I would make sure to have the block decked just enough to straighten it. That and milling the head will add some cost, but it's money well spent.