Has anyone here built their own fan shroud or found a stock one and modified it to fit the champion radiator in an A body. Whether it is a 22" or 26" doesn't matter. Pictures would be great also.
I mounted studs to the radiator wall and used my factory shroud. Shroud bolt flanges hung outside the radiator. Can take a pic tonight if you need it.
I had a 26 inch on a b body and a 70 RR fit perfect...being new to A bodies,this may or may not help
I bought a 22" Champion Radiator for my 72 Duster and had to move the radiator up about 1/2" because the upper hose would not clear the fan because where the hose opening is located.
(I have a Mopar Performance Viscous Fan with a fan clutch for a Jaguar)
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Champion told me their twin 10 inch fans would fit on their 22 inch 4 core radiator with their shroud. And it would fit fine in my '72 Dart 360 block. Well it does not even come close.
It did not clear the pulleys at all. I had to zip tie the fans to the radiator. I measured before I ordered and told them, they said it would work but nope. They said to ship it back (at my expense) and they would perhaps try something else. Shipping cost from Florida to California is quite expensive.
Now I too must make something else work.
I am not mad, but man am I disappointed.
i did the fiberglass one right after seeing that post.
is that a 400? you using the funky passenger side drop water pump housing?
with my 400, so far ive only gone a hair over 180 one time in a lot of stop and go traffic. it has cooled down here in the last few weeks and now it doesnt even want to go above 160.
I've had cooling issues with my barracuda from day one and I've tried every wrong way to fix it. The temperature always stayed steady at about 180* while driving at 30+ mph, but I had to avoid cities and traffic at all costs because the temperature would just keep on rising to 220+ degrees. I added a 26" 3-row champion radiator and also bought their aluminum shroud with dual 12" fans. The aluminum shroud and dual fans sure looked cool but unfortunately they were not enough to keep it cool at an idle, and then the temperature even climbed while driving down the freeway! Their shroud blocks way too much air from going through the radiator to be effective.
I finally decided to start from scratch and just overhaul the entire cooling system. I already had a high-flow water pump and high-flow 180* t-stat, and the champion 26" radiator. I added a 17" fan with thermal clutch, hood-to-cowl seal, hood-to-radiator core support seal, and fabricated a custom fiberglass fan shroud.
The shroud looks great as you can see in the pictures here. I followed the techniques linked in previous posts in this thread. I used three layers of chopped glass, two applications of body filler, and semi-gloss black paint. Just finished this project this evening and took the cuda for a test drive. I drove about seven miles at an average of 45mph to get it good and warmed up, the temperature held steady at 180*. I drove it home and parked it in the driveway and just let it run for half an hour. Temperature climbed to 185* and no further. Success! Looking forward to getting stuck in some real stop-and-go to see how it does.
I got one from Ledfoot Racing in California. It is for my 22 inch, three core has dual 10" fans, works great. Don't have a pic but it is just like the posted except for the dual fans.