From Bronze Birds Pic I'd say my fan is positioned too far forward. The backs of the blades are about even with the edge of the shroud.. A smaller pulley makes sense as smaller fan pulley would make the fan turn faster. My fan pulley is a standard 8". It also appears that my fan is non-standard too. I have a 6 blade fan. According to my service manual it should have either 4 or 7. Argh. no wonder things dont work quite right.. So what is the advantage of 11 bolt covers over 8?