Crager SS Wheels
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10, '14
Man I used to love the Cragars.
Heres a picture of Sweet90's car in his garage.
They're not Cragar's but close
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/albu...ictureid=57472
Heres a picture of Sweet90's car in his garage.
They're not Cragar's but close
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/albu...ictureid=57472
Last edited by RetiredSFC 97; Nov 25, 2010 at 12:14 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10, '14
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IIRC, the spokes on the Cragars can't clear the outside edge of the calipers without using an adapter. So you would have to calculate the offset of a wheel that would fit and then add in the thickness of the adapter to get everything to fit properly.
Cragar makes a wheel in 17x9.5 and 17x11 but they show a "0" offset.
Cragar makes a wheel in 17x9.5 and 17x11 but they show a "0" offset.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10, '14
IIRC, the spokes on the Cragars can't clear the outside edge of the calipers without using an adapter. So you would have to calculate the offset of a wheel that would fit and then add in the thickness of the adapter to get everything to fit properly.
Cragar makes a wheel in 17x9.5 and 17x11 but they show a "0" offset.
Cragar makes a wheel in 17x9.5 and 17x11 but they show a "0" offset.
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Cragar is about the hottest wheel ever made. If I could, I would put them on every car and truck I own. I believe a cf member got them awhile back, on his c4. I remember him posting pics. Totally awesome.
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back/day, monday mornings we would detour on the way to high school to check the 'blood and guts' of the 'weekend losers' at the tow truck house...unsettling number of those 'wounded' had just a small part of the busted center of a Crag' wheel still bolted to a front hub, with dirt/asphalt all around the brake drum maybe indicating the poor thing tried to 'tricycle' and failed, often miserably...rear wheels rarely were trashed...doubt that the 5'' wide tires (in vogue then) developed even close to the side loads of modern 'meats'
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back/day, monday mornings we would detour on the way to high school to check the 'blood and guts' of the 'weekend losers' at the tow truck house...unsettling number of those 'wounded' had just a small part of the busted center of a Crag' wheel still bolted to a front hub, with dirt/asphalt all around the brake drum maybe indicating the poor thing tried to 'tricycle' and failed, often miserably...rear wheels rarely were trashed...doubt that the 5'' wide tires (in vogue then) developed even close to the side loads of modern 'meats'
and don't forget the air shocks!
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Man I used to love the Cragars.
Heres a picture of Sweet90's car in his garage.
They're not Cragar's but close
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/albu...ictureid=57472
Heres a picture of Sweet90's car in his garage.
They're not Cragar's but close
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/albu...ictureid=57472
- never realized I've never seen it before. Those are American Racing Torque Thrust 1's or 2's. The 1's have one less bump in the rim before the spoke edge- 2's have a double bump.
Anything with a zero offset (cragars) would stick out from current 2-1/4".
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My American Torque Thrust Twos are pretty close to the classic SS Cragers !
With Grand Sport backspacing I can run 315 x 17 x 35 Drag Radials .
Saw some on a 55 HT Chevy at last years Autorama with Spinners !
If I had a C3 I would in a heartbeat.
Might be too nostalgic for a C 4 !
Then of course there are the side pipes still not available !
They were $ 1,700 bucks with resonators and you had to stuff them with steel mesh for sound deadening !
I still view that empty space below the door as fill able .
After all it's near Christmas and the off season !
Be sure to support our vendors whenever possible !
With Grand Sport backspacing I can run 315 x 17 x 35 Drag Radials .
Saw some on a 55 HT Chevy at last years Autorama with Spinners !
If I had a C3 I would in a heartbeat.
Might be too nostalgic for a C 4 !
Then of course there are the side pipes still not available !
They were $ 1,700 bucks with resonators and you had to stuff them with steel mesh for sound deadening !
I still view that empty space below the door as fill able .
After all it's near Christmas and the off season !
Be sure to support our vendors whenever possible !
Last edited by larry00; Nov 26, 2010 at 08:42 AM.
Drifting
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They say the Cragar SS were the biggest selling wheel of all time. They sure looked cool on my 66 chevy nova ss w/the gabriel hi jackers and lakewwod traction bars w/the rubber snubber and decal of course. Those were the days huh?
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I've see C3 with them but, never see a C4 with cragar wheels.
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My Nova was a drag car built back in the late '70's/early '80's. I got it with 3 1/2" wide SS Cragers in the front and stock Corvette Rallies in back. (AZ code) The car's been in the works for about ten years now. In the spring, it'll get all the lettering and graphics put back on it.
Since I grew up in the '80's, this is the coolest nostalgia trip I've been on. There's nothing like rowing a big block four speed around.
While I think SS Cragers are very cool, I think they have their place. I'm not so sure a C-4 is their place, but I don't ever recall seeing a set on one. I could be wrong.
Since I grew up in the '80's, this is the coolest nostalgia trip I've been on. There's nothing like rowing a big block four speed around.
While I think SS Cragers are very cool, I think they have their place. I'm not so sure a C-4 is their place, but I don't ever recall seeing a set on one. I could be wrong.