Thread: 32 ford truck project

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That's beautiful work! And thanks for sharing the pics.

Quick question, are you going to cover the rest of the rear of the radiator? The area above and below the fan, to increase the air drawn through by the fan for times like when in traffic?

Originally Posted by 34_40

That's beautiful work! And thanks for sharing the pics.

Quick question, are you going to cover the rest of the rear of the radiator? The area above and below the fan, to increase the air drawn through by the fan for times like when in traffic?

In short no I will not.

After much thought and talk a shroud would have eaten up another .250"-.500" of valuable space. If I had gone the shroud route I would have had to stick the grille out further and it would have started looking like pinocchio.


That being said. My background with automobiles started opposite of most. I started building late model stuff mainly GM LS based cars/trucks. I have slowly been working backwards to working on older stuff. Which I thoroughly enjoy. I have built vettes and camaros that made 800-1000 HP and did it on the factory radiator. If you look at GM factory radiators they are a joke in terms of overall core size and the air path for the radiator is really restricted.

So given the past I feel 100% confident that it will cool just fine especially with that nasty 16" puller that will be moving air.

Thanks for the question.