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Alright I got 2 questions. Pretty easy I think.

Purchased a Fluidyne radiator. Yeah I stepped up with uncle sams giving me my money back. Anyways its much thicker then the 3 core. Now I have a fan clearance issue. I have to use a 2 in spaced rather then my 2.5 in. Now the OEM fan hits the A/C Compressor. I purchased a 17 in lo profile from autozone and it clears the compressor but only clears the lower radiator hos by 1/8 in w/o hose on. I looked at flex a lite, perma cool, hayden, and imperial. They all go from 17 in to 15 in. I noticed that the flex a lite have a 16 in but the have a depth of 2 1/4 that will hot compressor

Question 1: Does anyone know of a lo profile 16 in mechanical flex fan?

Question 2: Does anyone have a set of old 1965 strut rods they can take a measurement from the inner bolt hole center to the bushing boss. I purchased a set of GW's and they look 2 in too long.


Thanks all.
 

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2: GW strut rods are adjustable in length.
 
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yeah I know totally collapsped they are 2.5 inches longer then the stock I have on my car.
 
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Alright I got an anwser last weekend at the Riverside Show N Go. They sent me 1967s. Similar but is 2 in longer and has a built in stop.

I still got fan issue. Does anyone have a perma cool mechanical fan? If so could they take some measurements? I only need 3. 1. project depth towards radiator from hub. 2 projected depth towards engin from hub. and total width of blade.

Any other manufactors besides flex a lite and perma cool?

Flexalite makes haydens and imperial or atleast specs exactly the same.
 
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