Well, Volvo's figures are based on some weird, arbitrary checking number. The V cam, for example, is based on 0.7mm (0.028") valve clearance, at which point the intake valve begins to open at 11*BTDC. The H and K cams use 0.5mm (0.020") as a checking figure. Nobody anywhere uses these numbers, so they're not useful for comparative purposes. Just a couple weeks ago I checked the timing on my V cam in my 245 to make sure it was in the correct place according to this spec as the head's been milled a couple times, just to make sure it wasn't overly retarded, and found that I was on the money with regarding to the cam gear correction I'd set.
With regard to the archived CAMS.JPG, I looked at the A and B grinds compared to ours, and I don't see that they're off by much, if any. Intake on the A seems to be exactly the same. I see that the K that's on here is 10+ degrees larger at 0.050" on the CAMS.JPG, and I have to say that's much larger than what we got, yes. All of our named "Volvo" cams are original Volvo grinds, not repops or regrind equivalents or whatever. I've measured our K multiple times and I can confirm that our numbers are accurate as this is the cam we ran in our race engine. When I upgraded (the Jones cam) it was important to be absolutely certain as to what I had before I could make a decision where to go from there. Considering that we're using a dial indicator that's graduated to 0.001" and therefore has that much of a tolerance, some deviation is to be expected, but not 10 degrees worth. Additionally, while the valve event figures are measurements, the duration figures are manual calculations, and sometimes we goof those numbers (off by 10, whatever). Once in a while I throw a quick eyeball over those figures just to make sure they look right, sometimes I find an error. This many years in, there's probably none left. Probably. The valve lift at TDC was a later addition and the figures in red are estimations? reverse calculations? and shouldn't be taken as gospel. The same figures in black are measurements and can be trusted as they are now incorporated at time of measurement.
I compare our numbers to any Cam Doctor figures I see listed anywhere (rare) and I'm completely comfortable that we're within 1 or maybe 2 degrees from those, which for the purposes here is close enough. What we're trying to accomplish to have a control (Cam and I) using the same tools and the same methods so that the community has a way to directly compare one cam to another for the purposes of selection. I've seen tons of listings for specs on these cams where I've wondered "what did they use for a checking clearance because that doesn't jive with what we have at all". If you find measured specs but no information as to methodology, I'm not going to say those numbers are no good but they probably can't (or shouldn't) be compared to what's listed here.
Does this explain satisfactorily?