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    Quick valve adjustment



    Suppose these are factory installed oil quart rings? Floating around the valvetrain

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      Man, this is a fantastic build! Nice job.
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        I wonder if that’s why it wasn’t getting warm?

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          Cousins?

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            Starting the custom hood hinge process.

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              Subscribed. This is insane. I just want to learn to use my stick welder and I can't even figure that out.
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                missed you last tuesday.
                lookin sooo good...
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                  Originally posted by cheffy30 View Post
                  missed you last tuesday.
                  lookin sooo good...


                  4 out of 6 spark plug ends pulled off when I was taking the plugs out to do the valve adjustment. We tried to clean and recrimp them, but it was running on three cylinders. Ordered a new ignition lead set and it’s all better.

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                    Hey, I was looking back at the first page.....which Volvo engine is that that you had in there? It's 4 cyl but twin cam - I don't know that one.

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                      *!Build of the year candidate!* Strange PNW Build: E30+Volvo

                      Originally posted by LateFan View Post
                      Hey, I was looking back at the first page.....which Volvo engine is that that you had in there? It's 4 cyl but twin cam - I don't know that one.


                      It was a Volvo Penta AQ171. It’s for marine applications, comes with a forged crank with longer stroke to make it a 2.5l. It uses the standard single overhead cam B230 (2.3l) block and puts the B234 dual overhead cam head on it.

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                        Originally posted by LateFan View Post
                        Hey, I was looking back at the first page.....which Volvo engine is that that you had in there? It's 4 cyl but twin cam - I don't know that one.


                        There was a regular 16 valve 4 cylinder that Volvo used in the 740, 940 and 960. It had a different block configuration with balance shafts and stuff.

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                          Ah, thanks.

                          Would either of those make a good / fairly simple swap into a 122? Better choices than a built-up B20 for a fun daily wagon? The ones you see with a 5 cyl white block sound like a major project.

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                            Originally posted by LateFan View Post
                            Ah, thanks.

                            Would either of those make a good / fairly simple swap into a 122? Better choices than a built-up B20 for a fun daily wagon? The ones you see with a 5 cyl white block sound like a major project.
                            Yeah, but you need to swap a fair amount since you'd be converting to EFI at that point. Someone makes mounts to swap them in. Even the single overhead cam 4 cylinder can make plenty of power.

                            Yeah, converting a whiteblock to RWD is a decent endeavor. Put it this way, I decided to swap the entire chassis instead. LOL More fun might be putting carbs on a DOHC redblock instead of converting to EFI.

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                              ah.....so the reason you are going to all this trouble is because the vulva was originally front wheel drive? i was wondering what your reasoning was.
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                                Nope (unless you’re just pulling his chain). A whiteblock 5 cyl is a transverse car - fwd & awd. A 122 is a classic rwd. They rallied them back in the day.

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