Is this close to a Cragar Drag Star Wheel?

[sparx]

Like the look of old cragar drag stars, (no not drag queens!).

Is this close?

JEGS Performance Products 67061 JEGS Sport Star Cast Aluminum Wheels

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Dragstar

15 Cragar Drag Star Wheels - parts for sale

 

[BIGDATOWN]

Its really close.

 

[sparx]

Its really close.

That's good!
Cragar was most likely steel chromed. I think aluminum would be better, not that things rust much here is AZ but still.

I don't like a OPEN wheel design for this car, prefer more closed with larger spokes look.

I think Summit sells the same wheel with a different name.
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[robbz28]

Im sure both jegs and summits are made by the same manufacturer with a different decal on the center cap. I ran drag stars on the rear of my drag car and bought some 4" jegs brand to run on the front, couldnt tell a difference in them looking at them. Cragar had the drag star which was alumunum and then the street star which was steel.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Both the Cragar Drag star, and the Weld Pro star are cold forged wheels that are polished aluminum. The Jegs, and Summit wheel is cast aluminum.
The two premium wheels use a standard long shank mag wheel lug not, and the cheaper wheel uses a conical lugnut similar to the type used on steel wheels.

There is a 2-3 lb per wheel difference between the first two and the latter and a precision difference w/ regard to roundness, and overall guarantee.
Not to mention a strength difference from resistance to bending and dents.
It doesn't say that it's SFI rated, so if you race it at an NHRA track, they might not allow the wheel.

 

[robbz28]

if you race it at an NHRA track, they might not allow the wheel.

This is a good point, but only if you run so fast, i think faster than 11.99 do any of those SFI rules begin to apply (or used to)

 

[sparx]

No racing for me!