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Apr 15, 2013 | 05:55 AM

Intimnasc

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Fan Shrouds

I have a 94 F150 that I am swapping the motor out to a 351 from a 95 F250. I diudn't think to get the fan shroud from the donor truck and there are options. I have the 2 row radiator. Is that the heavy duty cooling or standard? Can I use the Standard cooling shroud on the HD cooling or visa versa?

Apr 16, 2013 | 12:28 PM

Intimnasc

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OK so forget the shroud and can anyone tell me what the difference was between Standard cooling and Heavey duty cooling? Is it just the 1 and 2 core rdiators? Or is there another I don't know about?

Apr 21, 2013 | 10:13 PM

donnor

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Removing the mystery of shroud...

The heavy duty radiators are nominally ~2" thick while the standard units are only about 1". Remember, that is core thickness not tank thickness. Many radiators with 1" core will have the deeper/thicker tanks. Also note that the fan shroud for a 1" core radiator will be deeper [front to back] and vary a bit in how it mounts so if you swap in a 2" (read better cooling) unit not only will the shroud be too deep/long it also will not mount without modifications.

There is virtually no downside to converting to the higher capacity radiator for ANY application on these trucks. I would highly recommend the upgrade to anyone; if not now certainly upon replacement of a leaking or plugged radiator. Locate you shroud at your leisure so you will be ready when the time comes to replace your radiator!

dn.