Volvo owners club of SA January – February 2018 Est 1981 Committed to the preservation and restoration of out of production vehicles in their original form From the chairman Club Banking details: Can you believe that it is almost the end of January! Bank – Standard Bank 2018 just walked in and said hey here I am and guess Account No – 200054996 what? It has been 2018 ever since… Branch code – 006005 (The Glen) Account name – Volvo Owners Club of SA Die is die eerste nuusbrief vir 2018 en soos altyd is Country – South Africa daar n paar goedjies om gou oor te gesels voordat Swift code – SBZAZAJJ julle die res van die nuusbrief geniet. Kom ons begin (Use your membership No as reference) met die goeie nuus – you will see a few new advertisers in the Newsletter and I would like to If you are not receiving communications – ask welcome them: Our new dealerships on board are yourself – is my postal address up to date & Volvo Cars Bedfordview, CMH Volvo Cars correct; does the Club have my cell phone number Silverlakes and CMH Volvo Cars West Rand. Then & email address? If in doubt pick up the phone or we have our regular guys, House of Classics, Tom send an email and CHECK! Campher Motors, Rola Volvo Helderberg, Auto Baltic Rustenburg & CMH Volvo Cars Umhlanga, we really appreciate the support, it makes this newsletter possible and we urge our members to 2018 Events support the dealerships! 24 February 2018 – Breakfast Run Irene Dairy Farm. En dan is die ander nuus dat, dit is daai tyd van die 1 April 2018 – Angela’s Picnic jaar, jip, tyd om jou lid fooie te hernu, this is the last 26 May 2018 – Just Wheels Show Muriel Brand newsletter 2017 members will receive if Brakpan membership is not renewed! Please renew ASAP, it is R300 for the year and REMEMBER to use your 27 May 2018 – Cars in the Park membership number as reference! Ons wil graag die Pietermaritzburg (We are planning something jaar lidmaatskap op 200 lede kry…wouldn’t that be here! Go check events on the website great? Our record was 190 something a few years June 2018 – Cars in the Park Vryheid ago. August 2018 – Cars in the Park Zwartkops 19 – 21 October 2018 – National Saamtrek En dan sê Eddy vir my dat hy uit stories uithardloop! venue TBA And that is what this newsletter is ALL about – YOU and your VOLVO and your STORIES…wie Aware of any events in your areas (or elsewhere)? wil n nuusbrief ontvang sonder stories? Please get Please email to Floyd Robertson, in front of your PC/ laptop…. Smart phone and get [email protected] or on 084 513 3571 writing…send photos as well please!! Praat weer, geniet dit en wees veilig! Volvo greetings, Loggies. Important membership update Annual membership R300 per annum. New members pay the R300 membership fee PLUS R200 registration fee, renew before 28 February 2018! USE YOUR MEMBERSHIP NO when making Www.volvoclub.co.za payment & short description of what you are paying! E.g.: 1041 – Club fees OR 1041 – 2x stickers. This way we know who & what! Find and join us on Facebook “Volvo owners club of SA” 2017 New members: Record the angle on the degree wheel. Turn the crank the opposite way BY HAND until the piston Welcome to the following new members: touches the bolt. Record this reading. Half way between the two readings is your true TDC. Do not Ben Kotlowitz believe that notch on the crank pulley. Once happy Piet du Toit with your TDC – remove bolt from spark plug hole. OJ Smith Most manufacturers of cams and re-profilers use 0.020” valve clearance to dial in cam profiles, Easy, cost effective ways to check therefore, set all the tappets at 0.020” your own CAM TIMING – howard bates Step 2 – Checking opening ramp up & closing ramp down figures – place a DTI on the valve spring coller of the respective lobe being checked & zero out dial. Rotate in engine running direction until DTI moves off zero…..valve begins to open. In the case of an exhaust valve it will be “X” deg BBDC or in the case of an inlet valve will be “X” deg BTDC. Record this figure on the degree wheel. The DTI will also at this stage confirm lobe height which occurs as the DTI starts winding backwards after max lift. Now as the DTI needle stops moving All you “older” members will remember the this is the closing ramp down point. Record this 45RPM vinyl record. Well start off by selecting a point on the degree wheel. vinyl and then print off a degree wheel diagram from Mr, Google and stick the diagram onto the Record all the inlet open/closing figures and all the vinyl face up……. now you have a Degree Wheel. exhaust open / closing figures – if all exhaust figures No, you younger upstarts, a CD/DVD is just too are the same and all the inlets are the same – your small for my liking. ramp up / ramp down portion of the camshaft is very likely in good nick. This article will confirm what cam is in your engine and the condition of each lobe. Obviously, one can As mentioned above - lobe height will also have use the degree when building a new engine or been recorded. If all the exhaust are the same & all replacing a camshaft in a performance engine. As in the inlets are the same, again your lobe faces are the case of my over bored stroker engine I machined likely to be in good nick along with your followers. the steel cam gear making it a “Vernier gear”, which If your red-block has a few miles under its belt I will enables fine adjustments when doing dyno not be very surprised if at least one cam lobe is runs…..for that extra performance &/or fuel “ugly” and especially if you have an early red-block economy…..another option is to use a machine whose cam will not have the added oil drillings. stepped woodruff key between the cam gear & camshaft. Durations recorded can be anything from 245 deg to 280 deg for a road engine. Comparing your figures Let’s get back to checking what cam you have in against the Volvo cam grind charts will give you an your red block and what the condition is. Take your idea what cam is in your engine. personalised degree wheel and with some pritt stick it onto the crank pulley bolt. Take a short length of Doing a performance set up there is a lot more to coat-hangar wire, make a point on one end and twirl consider – advancing the cam timing for higher the other end around the closest cam gear cover bolt. torque or retarding the cam timing for RPM & You now have a pointer and a wheel. higher horse power. Increasing lobe separation lowers torque value and moves torque curve higher Step 1 – Determine true TDC – get yourself a in RPM and widens the power band decreasing the 14X1.25 threaded bolt of approx. 50mm long. lobe separation does just the opposite. I always Remove all the plugs and make sure you can turn chase torque as torque gets you to where you want the crank easily by hand. Now screw in the bolt to go. Lobe separation on Volvo road grinds will be about half way BY HAND and swing the crank BY between 108 deg & 111 deg. BUT this is for those HAND till the piston touches the bolt. that have time, patience and the use of a cam grind shop and dyno shop. C M 32659 Y CM MY CY CMY the right oil goes a long way K DESPITE ITS LOW COST, OIL PLAYS A VITAL, MULTIFACETED ROLE IN YOUR ENGINE, AND SPENDING A LITTLE ON ROUTINE OIL CHANGES CAN SAVE YOU MUCH MORE DOWN THE ROAD. Contact us and see if your vehcile qualifies for our oil service specials. Starting from R 1,590.00 Excl VAT* VOLVO GENUINE SERVICE. ONLY THE BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR VOLVO. MADE BY SWEDEN VOLVOCARS.COM/ZA * Terms and conditions apply. Oer valid until 30th of April. CMH Volvo Cars Cnr Hendrik Potgieter & Cascades Road, Little falls, Roodepoort Westrand 011 222 0000 | [email protected] From our face book page Rudolph Viljoen posted: Geblink vir die naweek! Waheed Abdurahman posted: Loggies van Loggerenberg:.en jy wil hom verkoop??? Jy gaan langggggggg trane huil....en as jy verkoop....verkoop aan Rein Botha.....dan gaan hy langgggg trane huil van blydskappppp....baie Gideon Plessis posted: nice!!! Vinnige mini saamtrek voor kerk. :-) Rein Botha: Rudie pas hom mooi op vir my Rudolph Viljoen Ja, ek het nou ñ lat gepluk vir my gat! Mervyn Miller: Eendag moet ek myne langs joune parkeer vir a pic. Seker nie te veel 'Saphron Pearl' C70's van daai vintage nog in die land. Rudi Schoeman: Nou was hulle diens. Liz Bates posted: Can you believe - 50 yrs for the 164 - Howard. Liam Murphy – I am not a member, but have VOLVO in my blood I came to SA on 26 December 1969 and joined Lawson Motors in February 1970 as Field Service Engineer with Peter Blackwell as his Manager. I was then put in charge of the Volvo 142 Racing Car resulting in a third overall – 3rd in index of Performance, 1st Saloon in the 1970 Pietermaritz- burg 6 Hour Race. I worked with some of South Africa’s top Drivers like Arnold Chatz, Collin Burford, Dave Haw- croft, Janni Kuhn, Lewis Cloete, Ove Andersson, Per Inga Walfritsson, Pat Moss, Jody Scheckter and Ian Scheckter.