Vall, as you well know with your gasser, trying to find enough room, space and air with these small grilles and modern drivetrains is a challenge.
Looking at my own pics, I should relocate the horns down on the valance to open that area up for air. Also, the condenser is very close to the rad, like maybe a 1/4" ?? I've always thought that was too close. If this works, I will be removing the cooler brackets for paint and final fastener install and will shim the condenser out some at that time. Right now, I can't move the bottom of it out because of the horns and relocating them would allow another 1/4 -1/2" of space to the rad.
I made the brackets for the coolers to push them forward and allow space behind for air movement and now that the grille is back on, I see I can move it more, if that will help ?
To answer your question David, I do have a Cooling Components fan and shroud. I have the 1730 with offset fan mounting for water pump clearance, and the shroud leaves the bottom 3" of the rad open. I needed that set up with the old radiator and the long water pump. I also felt that would help cool the coolant better on the road, where the fan really shouldn't be running. When I had this rad made, I had Wizard move the mounting brackets rearward about 1" which moves the core ahead that much and I have more room now. I've been looking at the 1750 shroud that covers the entire core for better cooling when the fan comes on. I will call CCI in the near future and inquire as to a cost for just the shroud, as the fan and mounting are the same as what I have. The BIG issue with changing the shroud is I need to pull the rad and that involves pulling the entire clip for access...
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