Champion radiator questions

[Root2812]

I wanted to pick all your brains before I pull the trigger. My truck is a 1950 with a 5.3 LS engine. I am pretty sold on the Champion 2 row radiator since I have seen good results on this forum. Before I buy I wanted to ask all of you who have them some questions.

First I have found two vendors (including straight from champion) where I can get it. Buying from Champion at Championcooling.com is more expensive than buying at ChampionRadiators.com. Right away I think maybe the cheaper one is the way to go if I go with just the radiator but what about fan and shroud. So here are the two links.

http://www.championradiators.com/Che...roud-1947-1954

https://shop.championcooling.com/194...Truck-SKU-5100

Did any of you guy buy from these sites?

The price difference on just the radiator is only like $30 but when you factor in the fan and shroud it gets to around $120. I can't figure out if one is selling a cheaper shroud and fan or not. Any one know what you're getting from the first link? I think champion sells spal fans but I am not sure either.

Is a shroud even worth it on a stock 5.3L?

My last question for all of you champion users is how was mounting? does it just bolt in or do you use rubber isolaters or something?

Thanks