Any wisdom on redoing a B18 head?
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1991 12:14:04 PDT From: John_E_Werner.Wbst311@xerox.com Subject: B18 Head Mods (was Re: 122s questions…) (longish) To: 0004731849@mcimail.com Cc: John_E_Werner.Wbst311@xerox.com, volvo-net@me.rochester.edu >- Any wisdom on re-doing a B18 head (i.e., brass valve guides, unleaded >seats)? It depends what you are after. There is a lot of performance in the B18 engine that can be gained from just freeing up the breathing. The biggest step in this is head work. This is what I did: I decided to change the head on my ’65 122 S after one of the manifold studs broke off (long story involving several carburator swaps). Having done a fair amount of simple engine work on my collection of old Volvos before, I was able to go through my father’s garage and find the B20E (Fuel Injected) head that I took off my ’70 145S. (Close observers of Volvos will immediately note that 1970 Volvos had neither fuel injection nor fuel injected heads). The main reason in deciding to go with a fuel
