I'll just throw it up here cause this is some good information for ya'll to have anyway.
this is the kit i originally got:
Summit Racing SUM-CSUM3800 - Summit Racing® Radiator Fan Shroud Combos - Overview - SummitRacing.com
it comes with everything you'd need but the only downside is that I didn't have enough room in-between my radiator core mount and the water pump. I think the pomp on there (installed by the p-o) is aftermarket so i have no bearing on if anyone here would run into the same issue.
What I needed to do was "modify" my core mount some by shaving the metal lip off on the inside, which gave me about another 1.25" or so as well as buying the fan I list below.
my recomendation to avoid this however is:
this radiator:
AFCO Racing 80103N - AFCO Racing Universal Performance Line Radiators - Overview - SummitRacing.com
is spec'd similarly to the one i have. it fits size wise for height and width. It also is capable of cooling a fairly hairy built SBC350 with nothing but the rad fan pretty quickly.
this fan:
Allstar Performance ALL30076 - Allstar Performance Curved Blade Electric Fans - Overview - SummitRacing.com
is the one I ended up getting myself and is about another 1.5" thinner than the fan that came with the kit. its also got an extra 2" in dia and 300CFM on it.
lastly, this shroud:
Howe Racing 34304M - Howe Radiator Fan Shrouds - Overview - SummitRacing.com
which was about the only one through summit that i could find that would match the radiator, I imagine if you called them up however they could give you the part# for the one in the kit and just order that one.
now...again, I have NO clue if the thickness is enough to clear or not but it is less than the original kit. one thing i do know is that the kit setup has LOTS of cooling power to it.
of course on pot of what i listed out you'd also need another relay and a thermristor to plug into your intake to tell it when to turn the fan on. Also by finding the poperly sized flexible hoses you can overcome the vert. flow to cross-flow transition without much hassle.
It'll be another month yet before mine gets touched but I'll throw pics up in the tech section when i do.