It's HEMI time !!! Compliments of NJSteve

[Verne_Frantz]

That sounds strange that a 4" Cragar would be for racing only... I wonder if those were made lighter (lighter gauge)?

On another note Steve, are you sure you want to leave that redline on that SUN set where it is????? ..............(or were you just testing us)?

BTW, those wheels and tires are perfect for that car. IT's 1971 again

[njsteve]

Scarily enough that is the actual redline. Hemi's don't have a problem making power up there with an open exhaust, they just run into bottom end oil starvation problems if you don't have the oiling system sorted out. After 20 years of beatings, I think she's sorted out by now!

[olredalert]

------Mopars just look right with Cragars. I dont know why that is, it just is!!! I had two 66 Hemi Satellites over the years and I put Cragars on both of them within a week of buying them. Your Dodge just couldnt look better with any other aftermarket wheel........Bill S

[njsteve]

I got an email from a very observant member who noticed that the wheel offset appears to be different now. Very good eye! Here's the reason: When I found the car it had a narrower Dana rear end with a Direct Connection inboard leaf spring relocation kit. (Another racing modification by the guy that did the "beer drinkin engine assembly." So the wheels sat a little more inboard than now with the correct width rear.

They are definitely my old Cragars. I pulled one of the caps off and it had the same broken edges under the center cap - the very reason I gave them away in the first place back then, and the same gouges in the inner sidewalls where the tire hit the wheelhouses due to...you guessed it, the narrowed rear and the inboard spring mounting kit!

Just another bizarre chapter!

[427TJ]

That looks GOOD!

[StriperSS]

That does look good alright!
Just a note on the 4" wheels. They were for racing use because the manufacturers felt that a 4" wheel just wasn't robust enough for street use on a 2 ton car. I had a set of 15 X 3 1/2 Centerlines on one of my cars and street driving could provide some 'moments' of excitement.

[njsteve]

I know what you mean about "moments of excitement." I tried backing the car out of the garage after installing the freshly armoralled tires. You can see that the tiny little 2x4 behind the left front tire prevented the 460+ horses from moving the car backwards. Note the skid marks under the rear tires. Those things are about as sticky as a petrified hockey puck.

[Verne_Frantz]

That's because I read your clutch has two settings: On & OFF.

Why don't you just leave it in gear when you turn it off??? Then use the EB when you start it.....

[njsteve]

Took the Charger out for a spin today since it was sunny and it's a week before Spring and my refinancing came in thereby allowing me to afford a tank of gas. She runs great with that new set of NGK plugs. Idles immediately after start up instead of the 10 minutes of warm up with my foot on the pedal that the old Autolite plugs required. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat...6&fpart=all

As for the tires. Oh Boy! It was like driving on the plastic wheels that my son's electric mini-Bigfoot truck uses. Quite entertaining to say the least.

While running down the road, suspiciously slow due to the old tires, I had a State Trooper pull alongside me. He rolled down his window and with a plug of chewin tobacco in his cheek, leans over and asks: Hey, ya got some good gas runnin in that thing, eh? I can smell it over here. Nice car." And then he sped off into the sunset. It was like a flashback to the 1970's all over again. I love these time machines. They make you feel like a juvenile delinquent all over again.

We eventually made it home safe and sound.

Are there any shows coming up in the area?

[Verne_Frantz]

Steve, The only ones on my radar now are E-town in April and our picnic May 17th.
The info is buried deep on the Other Events forum. Can't wait to see you drive the car with a bag over your head.
Verne