To make a long story short. I had an autozone special radiator, it cracked. and I replaced it with a new one from Davez Offroad. So the ONLY thing different between the autozone radiator and the davez offroad one is that the shroud wouldn't fit. So yes, its shroudless right now.

Is this causing the high temp/potential overheating? I burped the system again this morning. Took the cap off, turned the truck on ( cold start ) and the fluid started raising up and before it poured over, i put the cap back on. So the system is burped and has zero air in it and there's no leaks.

So the only thing left that I can think of is the shroud? Yeah?