Finally made a lot of progress today!!! Here it is when i first got it set on the frame.



The after I got a few pieces put on it



I haven't put the pulley's on, but here's looking at the front of it

 

Wow that looks GREAT!

Good Job!

 

That is a real step forward. It looks good and it must feel good!

 

I like the black! Looks nice. Sure does look set back a lot ....but I'm used to 56 s.

 

Looks great. Best of luck with the rest of it!

 

When I had them weld in the motor mounts, they said they'd mount it back as far as they could so that I'd have plenty of room in front of it to do anything that I'd like.

 

Oh you'll prolly be just fine if it passes the firewall.

 

Its a beauty!.. nice contrasts, black & chrome..

Sam

 

Note that means you'll have to do electric fan, as it will be pretty far to extend a mechanical fan to make it work.

Sam

 

Yes, I planned on doing an electrical fan. Haven't decided which one yet. I just got my radiator, so I need to measure it and find out what size I need the shroud and fan to be.

 

Hi Sam
What would be the ideal distance the mechanical fan should set from the radiator. I haven,t got to mounting my mounts yet but I've all ways tried to get my numbers first.
PS Derek You got it looking good.

 

Niiicceee !

 

as I understand it, the front face of the fan has to be at least 1.5 inches INSIDE the shroud, or it is ineffective, and you MUST have a shroud if you want a mechanical fan to work. So, depending on the depth of your shroud, then you can calculate the rest of the measurements.. I've seen mechanical fans as far back as 3 in from the radiator and as close as an inch.

The shroud is really for the stuck in traffic air flow, and the fan has to be capable of pulling the air from all over the radiator to keep the temps down during stop & go traffic.

The rest of the time you want it as open as possible for max air flow.. all of the gasketing, and rubber air dams around the cowl are all about keeping the engine bay hot air out of the input side of the radiator in the stop & go traffic, and to insure that the driving airflow has to go THRU the radiator and there is no 'easy' way around it..
(air like water takes the path of lrast resistance!)..

Sam

 

Great info Sam, Thanks

 

Nice step forward and like the black block.