Shroud is in front of the condenser. (OP states front shroud, don't know how else to say it since there are only two. Guess there could be internal and external shrouds?)
And, I'm with you TomW, it's probably not going to be better all around than before but hopefully it will be better when it's 100 outside and I'm driving 70. And I know the engineers designed it that way for a reason but it was designed for R-12 and it's over 17 years old. (Guess I forgot to state that it's on R134 now) I'm just looking for a little edge. And I'm not entertaining the idea of removing the fans since I'm sure that would be bad in town and at idle (not sure if you were being sarcastic or not there). I can always put the shroud back if it's not an improvement. And the condenser needed cleaned anyway.
And David Poole, thanks for the tip. When I washed the condenser quite a bit of paint came off already.
Chuck.

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