need to see some electric fan installs

[496stroker1]

these trucks got pretty wide rad's so like totalchevy says il be mounting as far to the driverside as possible but with a mark VIII fan im thinking it will be pretty tight

[TotalChevy1]

Moving it to one side should keep the fan and the pump centers away from each other. Plus if you have at least 1/2" clearance between the pump and the fan you'll be fine. The motor doesn't move that much, unless you lose a motor mount, then your screwed anyways. Have you trimmed it. I took 3/4" off the schroud which put the high point at just under 5 inches. It gave the fan about 1/4" clearance between it and the rad. They guy I sold it to said it works great, just make sure you secure it...its a strong fan. If you us the pull through deals I would use 6 of them

[71/454]

A taurus fan and a long water pump with a bbc will not fit. I had mine slid back 3/4 of an inch (73 up mounts) and it was still too tight. I don't remember whether it could be slid side to side to clear but it was just too tight for me. I ended up putting it in my friends 67 with a sbc. Taurus fan does pull alot if you use the high speed wire, not too much though. I used a 30 amp breaker (after I blew the 20 amp 4 times) and it was fine.

[496stroker1]

if worse comes to worse il get a custom shroud made, i know a welder/fabricator pretty good.
hey 71/454 were you mounting your fan in line with the water pump? where was it hitting, on the motor of the fan?

[496stroker1]

oh i hate those thru core mounts, il figure out a way other than that

[ksbeatty]

I know this is not a BB but here is my simple fan set up. I used two fans to conver the entire radiator. O:ne therm comes off of the motor and the other off of the radiator. I used spal switch on one and the other is the one that came from the fan complany I picked up at my local hot rod store.

[496stroker1]

you could almost fit another small block chevy in there between the rad and engine

[ducmons]

Been a long time since I've contributed anything. I'll do my best to get pic of my set up, and will post tomorrow.

[clay68c10]

I finally got some pics for you. Even with the right side of the radiator open, it cools pretty well. I think I also turned the fan upside-down. It looked better and there's no need to see that Ferd sticker.

[496stroker1]

thanks clay thats just what i was looking for. although yours is a short pump im thinkin this could be a real party for me to make it fit with a long pump. the long pump is an inch and a quarter longer from what i read...so il try to work the core support a bit for some extra clearance and trim the shroud as much as i can.

[496stroker1]

well i was buying a new water pump anyways so after seeing those pics i think im buying a shorty. just have to find some brackets now

[71/454]

Sorry for the late reply, I forgot about this thread. I don't remember exactly how it sat but seeing those pics of a short waterpump reminds me that it definitely was too close.