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Actually, the B16 was available with a 4-blade fan in high humidity climates. I saw it in a Volvo catalog. The two-blade is sufficient, but you may lose a few HP with more blades. They make aluminum fans that have six blades; and after reaching a certain RPM, they flatten out to reduce air friction ...

I am glad to see that you are making progress; I am really glad that the lifters turned out fine. If I had known, I would would have sent you a new B16B cam that I also have.

I thought that the Volvo yellow was much brighter. Do you have any original color documents that show the engine? For my ...

So thats what a Dodge Power Wagon looks like; it is really nice, but too expensive. I found a few other similar ones for a lot less.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-Power-Wagon-Power-Wagon-1941-DODGE-Half-Ton-POWER-WAGON-Parts-or-Project-No-Reserve-/271130466150?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash ...

They set the feed rate too fasting and took too deep of a cut at one pass. That is rookie's work. Those could be cleaned up, but maybe have to remove .5mm. I would try the slowest feed rate of 0.05mm/revolution. An even better option is finding a grinder that can mount on the cross-feed.
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It is really up to you what you choose. I am completely satisfied with mine. I try to avoid chinese stuff and very few of my tools are made in china. A 225mm chuck is sufficient; the chuck size depends on the swing of the lathe. I get a larger lathe just to do brakes, flywheels and larger parts ...

The lathes that you listed look fairly good for the price. This one is best: http://www.gasolin.no/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=43_10116&products_id=693 It has higher speed and a larger 25mm spindle. My best suggestion is looking at it in person. Test the feel of the components. These ...

In the U.S. there is a large market for used equipment. The reason being that most new stuff is CNC and very expensive. We have a large Mazak CNC lathe at work that cost almost $250,000 new. Most used equipment keeps its valve however. My lathe cost $950 and I invested about another $200 rebuilding ...

Tor, it was nice to read this thread. I would like to add a few things.

First of all, a nice old lathe can be purchased that works just as well or better than a new one. Mine is a South Bend from '46. I will upgrade at some point to a Colchester lathe and is much larger.
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My photos were locked. I unlocked all of them; so anyone should be able to view them with or without an account. I had added hlyshaug on Google+ so that is why he could view them.

Some of the old photos that I posted in the thread are gone, because Apple removed MobileMe and went to iCloud, but all ...

Torbo2, what is your actual name? You go by Torbo on the Swedish Amazon forum, right?

I don't want to go with the VV-81, because I think that it is too big. I would rather go with an F or R cam, if I was going to go larger. I would try VV-71 on the intake and VV-81 on the exhaust. Are you currently ...

The car will be converted from 6V to 12V. I am installing front disc brakes and upgrading the rear brake cylinders to 1". I am probably also going to add an iPD anti-roll bar. The B16 driveshaft will be upgraded to a stronger early B18 one that uses the same mounting, and I am rebuilding a M40 ...

Not to change it up on you at the last minute, but I have decided to go a different route with my engine rebuild. I just purchased a Volvo B20 2130cc engine with only 24,000 miles on it for $1000 USD. It has the F head with larger 24mm valves and I am going to replace the cam with the ISKY VV-71 ...

I am glad to see that you received everything. For fun, I also packaged the box with an iPD catalog; it had some interesting pages. Did you notice it?

I just got off the phone with ISKY. They said that their cams are between the hardness of C48-52. So, our machine from work must be out of calibration. They really recommended new lifters or getting other ones re-ground. The decison is your, so here are the options:

#1 Buy new Chevy lifters (Isky ...

Do you have another motor that you could pull lifters from? I have a feeling that most other engines are going to be in about the same condition.

If you want, I can send you my nicely used set that came out of a Volvo penta aq80. How does $30 USD (172 Nkr) sound for all the lifters with shipping ...