I agree! My stock car, original fan (even!) (though the engine HAS been out)
has the back edge of the fan about perfectly aligned with the back edge of the
shroud.
The british did NOT know the rocket science in 1964 ;-).. that's why they
only gave us 1/2 the shroud.
Gary
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> Bud,
> I sometimes wonder that there just aren't cars with every inaccurate
> British fitment going for it. That being every little 1/64"-1/32" added up
> with
> the right combination of parts favorably makes the difference. Hence, If the
> car had the most mis-placed (forward) radiator cradle, the thinnest
> radiator, the shortest timing chain cover, the shortest water pump, the
> shortest hub, the largest blade fan, the shortest depth fan shroud and the
> most rearward set engine then it might add up to getting the fan were they
> say it "should" be.
> If it is any reference help, I have a 5 bolt 289 with an unknown "rebuilt"
> water pump. The hub is forward facing, standard (non-Tiger) pressed nearly
> as far as it will go. This aligns the stock Tiger pulley with the crank
> pulley. The fan is the Volvo "safety yellow" model. The engine is pulled
> back
> as far as it can go (including having slotted the engine mounts). Note too
> that I bent the lower shroud mounts to actually bring the shroud against the
> radiator and recall "encouraging" the radiator cradle gently forward with a
> large hammer when I replaced my front clip. Still, this barely has the fan
> outside on the top and passenger side of the shroud. However, the drivers
> side is out about 3/4" (those inaccuracies I was talking about). There is
> also a maximum of 1/2"-5/8" clearance
> between the radiator, the fan and nose of the water pump shaft.
> One might want to argue that I don't have the" right hub" and "right water
> pump." BUT, I do have the right placement of the stock Tiger pulleys and
> basically that puts it all back into the right perspectives as far as I can
> see. I also think as best I can tell that the Volvo fan has a deeper blade
> than the stock Tiger fan (I've only seen pictures). Perhaps the Tiger fans
> blades are set back farther
> on it's face???
> Anyway, I just wanted to illustrate the point that I set the cradle,
> radiator and shroud as far forwards as I possibly could. I set the fan, it's
> attachment point and engine as far back as I could and I can still barely
> get the fan out of the shroud.
> Regards, Tom Witt
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