Yes please some pictures 
I`m putting mine together now
Sealed Radiator support. Lower temp 15 degrees!!!!
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From: Lake Wylie, South Carolina
WOW!!!! This one is old. Sorry guys I don't think I have these pics anymore. I lost a lot of old pictures when a hard drive crashed. I will shoot some tomorrow and repost asap. But what I did was really simple and cheap. I got some of that AC coolant line insulation from walmart. the kind that is split down the middle and has a sticky backing on each side of the slit. I then pinched it around the inside lip of the radiator support and reinstalled the radiator. This creates a 0 gap seal that forces the air into the radiator and does not allow it to escape past the sides. I still used the stock style top support to hood insulator.
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WOW!!!! This one is old. Sorry guys I don't think I have these pics anymore. I lost a lot of old pictures when a hard drive crashed. I will shoot some tomorrow and repost asap. But what I did was really simple and cheap. I got some of that AC coolant line insulation from walmart. the kind that is split down the middle and has a sticky backing on each side of the slit. I then pinched it around the inside lip of the radiator support and reinstalled the radiator. This creates a 0 gap seal that forces the air into the radiator and does not allow it to escape past the sides. I still used the stock style top support to hood insulator.
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You know what, I'm a bit pissed off that we bye these fan and then we have to find a way to make then work for your vett. This is an in complete system off the shelf. I would like to see the pics and maybe we can come up with something that could be off the shelf. I am a mechanical designer and I aready have ideas, but BlackRat has already figured it out. BlackRat you really can help us out right now.
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St. Jude Donor '08
You know what, I'm a bit pissed off that we bye these fan and then we have to find a way to make then work for your vett. This is an in complete system off the shelf. I would like to see the pics and maybe we can come up with something that could be off the shelf. I am a mechanical designer and I aready have ideas, but BlackRat has already figured it out. BlackRat you really can help us out right now.
1- The air flow will be directed downward and engine will be missing that air stream to dissipate it's surface heat and exhaust manifolds heat.
2- That air stream going downwards maybe is re-sucked again to the front of the radiator, and since that air is already hot, it will affect the raidators efficiency, of course that theory is only applied when you stop (and that where most of the over heat problems will come).
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From: Lake Wylie, South Carolina
Hey guys sorry my daughter brought home strep throat to all of us and I have not been feeling well.
Honestly what I did was pretty simple. When I installed the radiator and fans I noticed that the angle was pushing the air down and under the motor and not directly onto it. Since I am running a stablizer bar and the clearences are to tight for the origional fan shroud I cut the shroud in half horizontally. I then took the lower peice and cut it in half vertically. this gave me a 2 peice design so I could slide them up from under the car one peice at a time. Once both peices were in I took a strip of aluminum plate and used that and some screws to tie the 2 peices together. What this did was eliminate the space that was between the crossmember and the radiator. The air hits the shroud now and is deflected back up to the motor.
I will still get some pics this weekend as I need to lift the car and change the oil anyway.
Wade
Honestly what I did was pretty simple. When I installed the radiator and fans I noticed that the angle was pushing the air down and under the motor and not directly onto it. Since I am running a stablizer bar and the clearences are to tight for the origional fan shroud I cut the shroud in half horizontally. I then took the lower peice and cut it in half vertically. this gave me a 2 peice design so I could slide them up from under the car one peice at a time. Once both peices were in I took a strip of aluminum plate and used that and some screws to tie the 2 peices together. What this did was eliminate the space that was between the crossmember and the radiator. The air hits the shroud now and is deflected back up to the motor.
I will still get some pics this weekend as I need to lift the car and change the oil anyway.
Wade
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From: Tucson Az
Hey guys sorry my daughter brought home strep throat to all of us and I have not been feeling well.
Honestly what I did was pretty simple. When I installed the radiator and fans I noticed that the angle was pushing the air down and under the motor and not directly onto it. Since I am running a stablizer bar and the clearences are to tight for the origional fan shroud I cut the shroud in half horizontally. I then took the lower peice and cut it in half vertically. this gave me a 2 peice design so I could slide them up from under the car one peice at a time. Once both peices were in I took a strip of aluminum plate and used that and some screws to tie the 2 peices together. What this did was eliminate the space that was between the crossmember and the radiator. The air hits the shroud now and is deflected back up to the motor.
I will still get some pics this weekend as I need to lift the car and change the oil anyway.
Wade
Honestly what I did was pretty simple. When I installed the radiator and fans I noticed that the angle was pushing the air down and under the motor and not directly onto it. Since I am running a stablizer bar and the clearences are to tight for the origional fan shroud I cut the shroud in half horizontally. I then took the lower peice and cut it in half vertically. this gave me a 2 peice design so I could slide them up from under the car one peice at a time. Once both peices were in I took a strip of aluminum plate and used that and some screws to tie the 2 peices together. What this did was eliminate the space that was between the crossmember and the radiator. The air hits the shroud now and is deflected back up to the motor.
I will still get some pics this weekend as I need to lift the car and change the oil anyway.
Wade
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