Expert: Jason Boyer - 11/29/2004

Question
 While rebuilding my boat engine a B-230 block I took it from 2.3 liters to 2.5, I couldn't find car specs on this engine, did they use it?  I've been trying to find the cam specs on boat engine cams but so far have failed to find any but for the cars for a potential cam conversion to gain more power.  Did Volvo ever use a 2.5 liter in the cars?  In the boat they made them in both single and double over head cam.

Answer
I'm not sure if you are interested in 4 or 6 cylinder engine, but within my knowledge there wasn't an early year 2.5L engine in cars.  They used a 2.0, 2.1, and 2.3 liter engine in a 4 cylinder flavor, and also a 2.7 L V-6.  Volvo also made penta engines, a marine version of their road engines, but I don't have specific sizes for you.  A good place to go for performance cam shafts is www.ipd.com.  Good luck!