What are some of your tranny temps...I am pretty much staying around 155 to 160 degrees with a 2800 converter......

 

~150 normal

~170-180 when im running it pretty hard on a hot day

~180 towing a 3500lb trailer to the track the other day in the heat doing about 80mph

this is with the FTVB

 

I think I may have to change trans fluid every season.....to keep varnishing to a minimum....wouldnt hurt any if we could find a spot to install another tranny cooler......especially here in this southern weather......

 

Also, it depends on what capacity your transmission pan is....

 

I got that mag-tech...only on REM ever sold....

 

Jeez that pan is HUGE!

 

I did some towing this weekend. 5000 or so pound boat.

In the 100 degree Texas heat the trans temp was within a few degrees of the ECT ( coolant temp )

Since part of the trans cooler runs through the radiator that makes sense..

I also wondered about adding more tranny cooling capacity.

I have the Ford 4x4 trans pan

Doug

 

Why not pick the spot that Ford picked?





This is the massive cooler from an F250 Super Duty. Uses 3/8 brake line, so some adapting is required. I ordered one a couple of days ago. About $110.

 

That is where my stock intercooler is located. Mag Hytec didn't work with my lowered truck so it is on the excursion now. I mounted a little transmission heatexchanger with a fan on the passenger side frame rail. I don't think there was a big temp difference. I have a B&M pan and the temps can go to around 200°.

 

Cool- keep us posted on how the install goes.
A couple months ago I saw Gregg Evans and he showed me the 'official' end product of the tranny cooler he put together. Ask him about it. He did test with the input temps and output put temps. Needless to say; it was awesome. I understand it to be a 'bolt on' ; no cutting or adpating required.

peace,
John

 

I have the same tranny cooler as Tim listed. I got if off ebay for $35. Still sitting in my garage, I'll have to see if it will fit.

 

Man, your running toooo hot, Id definately put a nice big 24000 gvw cooler in your truck....

 

As I said before and Ill say it again....You da man Tim Skelton..

 

That's a reaqlly good cooler and will work fine, the hardwar is the same as the one I sell, finding a fitting that goes from 3/8 NPT inverted flare to AN-6 was a real problem, I eneded up going to SAE-6, which is still 3/8 ID but has a bigger nut, still hard to find but doable. I didn't use that cooler becuase in some cases it's too much cooling, if you're out in the winter you may never get your fluid up to 125 degrees which is the minimum you want to run it. I ended up using a much smaller unit that still has stacked plate low pressure drop design, which is a whole lot better at cooling than a fin and tube setup. Mine comes with all the hardware you need for most models, some will need adaptors that you can get at Autozone for a few dollars, and I throw in braided stainless hoses, I get $165 for the setup, and it when I get the spin on filter done the hardware will match up to add it straight in later. That would also work for this one, too, they have the same hardware, but if you have this you may need to get more hoses.
Tim, if you need some hardware to hook tha bad boy up, drop me a line and I'll get you some stuff out for it.

G

 

Greg Evans.....What do you think bout mounting a tranny cooler under the truck and in front of the tranny , pass side.....?