both of you have the fan too far into the shroud - Desert_buick, you could take those spacers out, the V8 rad position was a lot further back than that, the core support was mounted back where those odd holes are in the inner fender, with the triangular brace spot-welded on behind, about 4"
both you guys pics show the same shroud I put on a buddys 56 here, it did require some fiddlin to get it on, but it definitely shouldn't take cutting or installing with the rad off the truck, the extensions putting the fan way into the shroud is the reason for that, as I said above, the fan should be flush with the opening, inside it's creating turbulence that defeats the purpose
I'm suprised King, that you didn't find overheating with long idles in summer traffic before the shroud .... "why dont they make a shroud for a v-8 specifically?" the original factory design works ok for a 283, no shroud, with everything in good shape - the aftermarket shroud is specifically for installing a V8 'conversion', and 350's are the common conversion, even with the fan 3/4" off the rad a 350 can overheat in there
Bill
