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Old 06-26-2009, 04:23 AM
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Brent, A little creative shroud carving and it should fit just fine. I've no doubt that you will be pleased with the results. The means of fan control is my only unsolved mystery. You'll provide me with the final piece of the puzzle to make that decision.

A trick I used to get my current flexalite fan/shroud combo to fit my radiator was to use some wide and narrow slip-on automotive weather stripping. It allows for a good shroud to radiator seal without hard plastic to aluminum contact (possible leak causers). I cut and slid the weather stripping on the shroud's raw radiator facing edges that had to be cut or trimmed to fill the air gaps. The wide stuff filled the larger gaps while the narrower stripping took care of areas like around the radiator inlet and outlet necks. It actually turned out pretty clean looking and it blends in well with the black plastic look of the shroud. A little yellow gorilla snot (super duty weather strip adhesive) to keep the strips in place and you're done. The stripping lets zero air bypass the radiator core around the shroud's perimeter air gaps. I will duplicate the same effort when I do the Taurus swap.

Dave
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