Had a fun volvo unclub meetup this past weekend. Some good volvos including a shiny 62 PV544 used in "The Nutty Professor" movie.

Joel from NC was there with his 71 142E. He says this is a model with the 10.5:1 135hp B20E. Superclean car.

On the way home I tailed Joel in my 74 164E down a long 2 lane with stoplights and we did several WOT pulls from stoplight to stoplight. Fun. Both cars are standard and I was shifting at about 6000rpm. It was interesting because the cars were repeatedly dead even in acceleration through at least the first 3 gears (4th would have been too hairy). Mine would pull slightly closer in the low part of the band but he would make it up close to the shift point - neither of us was pulling away from the other by any net noticeable amount. He has 4.10 final gears with an M41- I think mine are the same or in the neighborhood with an M410.

Joel's 142 motor is in good shape with an electric fan, some chrome (5hp+), and an isky cam being the only modifications. My 120k mile Djet B30 is bone stock with good compression in all cylinders, no smoking and strong stock ignition. I was surprised that the 164 didn't have at least some advantage.

Can anyone out there dig up the rated hp/torque of these 2 motors and the curb weight of the cars? I have no literature on these models and I still haven't figured out if my B30 is the high CR version.

We are planning a dyno day in Charlotte in July if anyone is interested. The more people who come, the cheaper we can do it.

sberry