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12-19-2019, 01:16 PM | #1 |
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Torque on a vintage Cragar OHV head
Any suggestions for torque on an original cast iron Cragar OHV head that has been in place on a B block for over 50 years and never been torqued???
There is a little seepage through the head gasket at the rear of the engine and am getting a little oil in the coolant (but not vice versa). |
12-19-2019, 02:21 PM | #2 |
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Re: Torque on a vintage Cragar OHV head
Short answer is 55 ft lbs torque
Same spec as standard
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12-19-2019, 06:49 PM | #3 |
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Re: Torque on a vintage Cragar OHV head
That's an unusual situation. Must have been a project that wasn't working out to be setting that long unfinished. I'd be curious whether it's a 2-port or a 4-port set up. I think you can get parts for them but I don't know for sure. Dan Price is doing some aluminum Cragar set ups as far as I know.
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12-19-2019, 11:59 PM | #4 |
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Re: Torque on a vintage Cragar OHV head
Any number for Dan Price? email, etc.?
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12-20-2019, 10:51 AM | #5 |
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Re: Torque on a vintage Cragar OHV head
This is his web site. https://www.dan4banger.com/
A lot of Crane Gartz's stuff was Miller-Schofield before Crane bought the head patterns and formed Cragar. Here is another outfit that messes with them. https://www.millerhi-speedheads.com/index.html Harry Miller was a race car builder and has quite a history. Ole Evinrude used one of his early bicycle engine designs to build his first boat engine. He in turn taught a couple of young guys how to fabricate a carburetor. Those two guys were named Harley and Davidson. When Harry moved to CA and started a machine shop with a partner, Fred Offenhouser was one of his first employees. The story goes that Miller and Schofield formed a side company and had a falling out which ended up in a bankruptcy of that company. When Miller went bankrupt is 1933, the Miller company went to Fred Offenhouser and Miller-Schofield (cylinder heads) went to Crane Gartz & a partner so two companies formed out of all that break up. Miller went on to design & build more race cars with Preston Tucker. Cragar ended up with Bell auto so two product lines came out of that as well. Last edited by rotorwrench; 12-20-2019 at 11:25 AM. |
12-20-2019, 12:00 PM | #6 |
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It will not accept stock manifolds. |
12-20-2019, 12:16 PM | #7 |
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Nice history Jim. You need to write another book.
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12-20-2019, 05:06 PM | #8 |
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I think most folks pronounce it as Craney but all the info I've read has it spelled Crane. Now I only go by what info I read since these guys all died a long time ago. Crager has their own history and it is spelled that way on their site. The History piece by Steve Serr titled "The Offy's Red Headed Step Sister" from Hot Rod Magazine (I think) is a pretty good history of Harry Miller and he spelled it Crane Gartz. I don't know what his references are but I know he has been playing around with the Miller High Speed Head for a long time.
That history of Harry Miller is linked on the "Press" tab in that Miller High Speed Heads web site that I linked in my post number 5. I'm no expert on all the people involved but I've read a lot of information about them. There have been a number of reproductions over the years but it depends on which design they are reproducing as to whether they are notable in performance characteristics. I've heard that some Cragar stuff didn't get the results that they wanted back in the day and there were several versions that were further experiments with the Miller/Goossen designs. Art Inama in Denver made some cast iron ones some time ago and there have been more aluminum ones since. This is the best references I have. Last edited by rotorwrench; 12-21-2019 at 07:24 PM. |
12-21-2019, 12:17 PM | #9 |
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Re: Torque on a vintage Cragar OHV head
Crane was, and may still be, their company name, sinks, toilets, etc. Craney was Mr. Gartz first name.
David, I have used-up all the words that I know, however I am now working on a chapter on my good friend Dan Iandola, it will be added to my book in the next printing. |
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Re: Torque on a vintage Cragar OHV head
Mr. Brierley,
Please put me down on the distribution list for the next printing. John
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12-22-2019, 11:45 AM | #11 |
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OK, but what you really want is the printing after the one I have on order. The ones on order are exactly like the past few, with two pages numbered 72! The one after that will include a chapter on my friend Dan Iandola, probably still with the odd numbered pages???
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