Fan Shrouds ?????

Most full shrouds I've seen have in the V-8 position have had to be notched to clear the power steering pump. I only needed to use a half shroud to help cool down when in traffic yet to get it to fit i had to notch for the power steering pump also.
maybe others here have a solution???

V8 Fan Shroud Description

http://www.classicchevy.com/chevy-fan-shroud-v8-aluminum-1955-1957.html

If you are installing this fan shroud on a car with power steering and air conditioning, some trimming of the aluminum made be necessary to clear the pulleys.

Trifive55, Nice looking rig. I have a thread running on a over heating problem myself. In doing some research on my own heating issues I exchanged e-mails and talked to a lot of folks in the Radiator and Fan business. From the information I gained in those talks the one constant was the running of a pusher fan in conjunction with a engine mounted fan. The pusher fan is acting as a obstruction and actually hinders the flow through the radiator. I was running one as you are, I took there advice and my temps cooled down right off the bat.

Something to think about.

Roland

I didn't pay all that much attention to your picture but looked at it again...I agree with Rolands post, heard the same thing when I also contacted people in the radiator and fan business on an overheating issue I had with my Vicky streetrod....remove the pusher fan first, then try it...you may find that you do not need a shroud some cars don't yet a lot do. If it works with the engine fan great. if not, remove the engine fan and install the pusher, great...although pushers usually will not move as much air as a puller, if that doesn't work then reinstall the engine fan and a shroud... and you'll probably have to trim the shroud to fit.

2 comments:
1. The "flex fan" is a less than great choice.
2. W/ the rad in the 6 cyl position, the BE COOL, dual 11" fan assy will fit inside the stock rad core support. The fans are actually Spal's..
Summit pt # BCI-75007.

Old Buzzard said:

2 comments:
1. The "flex fan" is a less than great choice.
2. W/ the rad in the 6 cyl position, the BE COOL, dual 11" fan assy will fit inside the stock rad core support. The fans are actually Spal's..
Summit pt # BCI-75007.

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That's good news :tu - the description states the assembly is 16.313 in. tall and 23.500 in. wide. I'm not near the car, but I didn't realize the support was that wide. No trimming? - is it a close fit?

The spal dual fans are a close fit on the left and right sides. I had about 1/8" clearance on each side. I used 2 lengths of 1" aluminum angle stock bolted inside and across the u-channel of the core support uprights to bolt the spal fan assy to them
and had the radiator in the 6 cylinder position.


Regards, Robert

From what I am seeing most of you are running radiators in the six cyl. position.The 56 I built was in the six cylinder position with a cooling components elec. fan.I think it would be too much trouble to change this one now AC, etc.Some one said i should remove the elec pusher, but actually sitting in traffic when I turn it on it does actually drop the temp a little.Should I try a different fan other than the flex fan? Hopefully the 105 degree days are coming to a end so maybe now this is something I can study and figure out over the winter! Any one running the Vintage Air elec. fan?I think it around 3200 cfm. That should move some air thru! But then again I may run into clearance issues!

Also had mine in the 6 cyclinder position but had to back to the 8.Needed a long neck water pump to get fan close enough. and the full shoud wouldn't fit in the V8. Then a couple of yrs ago Classic Chevy came out with a half shoud and worked perfect..Drooped about 10 degrees