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I have a 4 core I bought from Craig. Shipped out real quick. Works great so far. But it will not bolt on a stock fan shroud.

I don't have a fan shroud yet and I've idled in stop and go under 10 mph traffic on the 405 freeway for 20 minutes and didn't get hot with my stroker 416 ~425hp motor. The temp gauge moved a little, but didn't get hot. Once it got some airflow went back to dead on 160. A shroud would take care of it.

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I have a stock 26" radiator part #3673015. It measures 22 1/2" from bottom to the top of the cap. It's about 2" away from the fan blades. Fits in the car just fine. It's too beat up to use.
I purchased a 26" aluminum radiator at a swap meet that measures 24 1/2" from bottom to top of cap. The hood would not close without hitting the cap. I trimmed a piece of the inner hood and got it to close but then realized when I put the fan on it was about a half inch from the radiator. Seems a little close to me. Now I have a new aluminum radiator that I can't use and I don't want to purchase another one and have the same issue's. Do you know how tall your's is ?

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I bought one from the guy you are talking about. I had it within a couple days. I had to drill new mounting holes which tool about 5 minutes. As said before the factory shroud will not fit but I've been fine without it. Mine is a 2-core 26" for a 74 318 Valiant.

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How close to the radiator is your fan blades ? I'm wondering if I can use the aluminum one I have with about 1/2" clearance ? The mounting holes and shroud mods I expect with after market parts !

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I bought one from the guy you are talking about. I had it within a couple days. I had to drill new mounting holes which tool about 5 minutes. As said before the factory shroud will not fit but I've been fine without it. Mine is a 2-core 26" for a 74 318 Valiant.

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How close to the radiator is your fan blades ? I'm wondering if I can use the aluminum one I have with about 1/2" clearance ? The mounting holes and shroud mods I expect with after market parts !

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I bought one from the guy you are talking about. I had it within a couple days. I had to drill new mounting holes which tool about 5 minutes. As said before the factory shroud will not fit but I've been fine without it. Mine is a 2-core 26" for a 74 318 Valiant.

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How close to the radiator is your fan blades ? I'm wondering if I can use the aluminum one I have with about 1/2" clearance ? The mounting holes and shroud mods I expect with after market parts !

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I used the Jaguar fan clutch Hayden # 2765. That's with a small block aluminum water pump 70' and up. The 69' down cast iron water pump is shorter.

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I did not know the earlier cast pumps are shorter. Thanks for the info and picture. Looks like your fan is almost as close as mine is. Maybe I can run this radiator.

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I wanted to buy one from Craig but he never got back to me. Not good for business.

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I did not know the earlier cast pumps are shorter.

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I did not know the earlier cast pumps are shorter.

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Yes but the inlet is on the DR side and they have a smaller impeller so flow less but if it will solve your clearance prob there are aftermarket versions that flow alot more if a parts house unit is inadequate. MP has one also but $$$$. definitely add the anti cav plate and deburr the casting lines halfway in the 2 water ports in the tim cover & can mill the front of the tim cover to reduce the vane (or anti cav plate) to the flat to ~.040" for a MUCH more efficient pump then adj bolts/spacer length/pulley alignment. Depends how far you want to get into it & just throwing out some stuff that worked 4 me.

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You bring up some good points I didn't think about. Thanks for everyons help here. I just have one more question. You guys that have A-bodies I need to know the height of the radiator or a part number ?

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A shorter clutch for the fan would work too. This picture shows how close it is.

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