Guest 5w30 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 No Part Numbers Stamped anywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Looks like a degree wheel for setting up timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Not a degree wheel. It must have something to do with wheels or front end alignment since Cragar is, primarily, a wheel manfacturer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Cragar also manufactures supercharger manifolds and drives so maybe likely to be linked with setting those up. See this from eBay - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cragar-Crager-blower-supercharger-timing-wheel-possibly-for-Ford-flathead-SBC-/301369062716?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item462afef53c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I can't really imagine what either item is. Superchargers don't need to be timed. Those things are divided into 72 segments. Degree wheels are divided into 365 degrees. 72 doesn't go into 365. Every degree wheel, that I've ever seen, is just a sheet metal disk or, sometimes, cardboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 There are 360 degrees in a circle, not 365. I count 18 units in each quadrant or quarter, each with 5 markings within. 18 X 5= 90. Four 90's equal 360. Cragar also made overhead valve conversion heads for Model A Fords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Yeah, I muffed the math part. And, I'm pretty aware of Cragar and their history. CRAne GARtz was a scion of the Crane Plumbing Co. and was involved with Leo Goosen, Harry Miller, Harland Sharp and a lot of the old, big time, players. The Cragar head was, originally the Miller-Schofield head. Cragar was sold to Bell Auto Parts years ago and is now owned by Carlisle Tire.I will agree that it is some sort of degree setting device, I just don't think it is a typical degree wheel that engine builders use. I'd like to know how big it is. If it weren't for the odd looking gizmo on the front and the lack of a trough hole, I would have figured it is a timing fixture that would be permanently attached to an engine.Post your question on the HAMB. You'll probably have an answer in a few minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 You wouldn't need anywhere near 360 degrees for an alignment machine though that was my first guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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