I'm going to try to avoid moving the radiator although a poster on Inliners says it's pretty easy.
I hadn't considered that a lighter pulley/harmonic balancer might not need balanced. It must weigh 8 lbs on the 302 and probably only 3 or 4 on the 228.
I didnt accurately explain the problem in my initial post. I'm not even sure that the harmonic balance would hit the radiator, but the huge 5 blade fan that came with the 302 would, because it has a spacer positioning it further forward in order to not hit the balancer. I would need to remove the spacer to keep the fan out of the radiator, but then the fan would hit the h-balancer. So the obvious solution would be a thinner HB allowing me to move the fan back.
The Inliner post I mentioned above also suggested I look into an aftermarket fan with shorter blades so as not to hit the HB, but would still push plenty of air.
Thanks for the advice, I'll let you know what I come up with.
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