1967 440 Barracuda

AndyF said

Knowing what I know now I'd never do a street driver BB A body without putting in the aftermarket core support. It allows you to run a B body radiator with a shroud and a clutch fan. It does take some skilled labor since the factory core support has to be cut out and replaced but it solves a bunch of problems that people have with these cars.

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I agree, but I have a stock 340 form. S radiator support , just redrilled 4 holes , not cut out for the width of a 28x19 crossflow, with a clutch fan , and highly reworked shroud--------comes apart in the middle like a gm pick up.
The tanks are still behind the support. Drove it yesterday first time since putting the clutch fan back on , ran 193-203 --clutch is a ***** to get studs/bolts in and tightened.
I might go to an 18" fan this summer if needed, have a 17" alum. on it now.
I did start w/ an alum. shroud from Summit , but it has been reworked about 5 times for diff configurations while experimenting w/ all kinds or fans.
It is actually shorter than this now , to get the blades 1/2 in and 1/2 out .
The small tube hanging off the shroud was for air ducts running to the no. 1 and 2 header tubes ,trying to cool them , the raised port heads have them very close to the valve covers , not on there now.
I had to do the cardboard trick to. I even chucked the clutch up in my laythe and cut about .060 off the fins, surprising how uneven they were .

Any opinions on cutting the support out so air will hit the tanks ??