My brand new radiator... destroyed.
Alright I checked the height of the fan clutch I was using; came out to just about 3" from edge-to-edge. Looking at Hayden's line of fan clutches I see the #2947 has a reduced overall height of 2.71" which will give the extra fan clearance I need.
I also looked in my MP Chassis Manual to see what it says about motor mounts; according to the "bible" running solid motor mounts is fine as long as one of the three (2 engine, 1 trans) mounts is rubber. I'm just going with a solid driver side mount and the other 2 will stay rubber.