Thanks to everyone for all the great advice. I pulled the valve cover today as was recommended and look what I found

#1 Cylinder, both valves frozen in head and pushrods destroyed
#6 Cylinder, exhaust valve frozen and pushrod destroyed

Looks like I'll be swapping to a 225..................

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-76 Cordoba, 360 4bbl
-68 Valiant, 273 2bbl
-67 Dart /6 4bbl, Leaning Tower of Power!!!

This means rest of engine is throughly caked too.

Time to take engine completely apart and rebuild.

Cheers, Wizard

Looks like it may have been a tad warm in it's lifetime too.

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Official Cookie and Mater Tormentor.

I was thinking this would be a good time to put a 225 in it

Anybody wanna slightly used 170???

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-76 Cordoba, 360 4bbl
-68 Valiant, 273 2bbl
-67 Dart /6 4bbl, Leaning Tower of Power!!!

Yea, I do.



Jess

Dang, you beat me to it.

Is there such a thing as second dibs?

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'15 Chrysler 200S V6
'74 Duster 360, factory 4 speed car

Guys I am sorry. That was probably a poor joke to make on a site dedicated to and full of /6 enthusiasts.

But whatever I don't use from it will definitely be up for grabs. I really don't have much space here, and what I do is chock full of big and small blocks. I know, I know the "bent eights" make my character suspect......but I swear I am really an ok guy

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-76 Cordoba, 360 4bbl
-68 Valiant, 273 2bbl
-67 Dart /6 4bbl, Leaning Tower of Power!!!

Holy Cow Dion, that would be quite a drive for you!!!

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-76 Cordoba, 360 4bbl
-68 Valiant, 273 2bbl
-67 Dart /6 4bbl, Leaning Tower of Power!!!

Yep. Be hard to justify with two 225 laying around right now, too. Want to meet half way and trade?

I keep dreaming of a 170/198 crank stroker and am having problems dropping it (much to my wife's chagrin ). But she did say she was ok with a road trip.

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'15 Chrysler 200S V6
'74 Duster 360, factory 4 speed car

Sounds like you have a keeper there. But then you married her, so you musta known that

So, 2000 miles for a 170? I'm thinkin' you could probably find one a bit closer for less than 1/8th the gas money!

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-76 Cordoba, 360 4bbl
-68 Valiant, 273 2bbl
-67 Dart /6 4bbl, Leaning Tower of Power!!!

That's the truth, couldn't live without her.
True. I guess it a good thing Jess got in there first.

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'15 Chrysler 200S V6
'74 Duster 360, factory 4 speed car

I've seen sludge before but now I'm impressed. Wow, how does an engine accumulate that much?

Quaker State? Pennsoil?

I'm guessing Quaker Cake. That looks just NASTAY. There's a reason I only ever use Mobil 1 synthetic. So far I'm already two oil changes in on this engine and every time I drain the oil it's like it's getting an enema. I really need to use the Dan Stern Engine Cleaning Soup when I get some time...

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'74 Duster w/ HEI ignition, beat to snot suspension, A904, 8.25" 3.55 SG rear, still being tuned up and gets 17 MPG

Know how they always build a better idiot? That's me

I think thats due more to major neglect then bad oil. I wonder what the bottom end looks like.

Maybe his speedo was slow by a factor of 10 or so. Instead of 3000 miles he may of been changing oil every 30,000!