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tranny cooler
hey guys
so i was looking through the whole forum for info and wanting to be sure, i'm asking here i bought a hayden 402 cooler(16000 gvw) and noticed that many of you people have 26000's on and some even have 2 coolers! so would it be bad in any way to have a 26k? doesn't it get too cold? i'm also planning to make a how to install a tranny cooler pdf file(cuz the one in the docs isn't for attaching it to the radiator) so in short, you take out the plastic bottom panel, then the bumper and the middle headlight thing. then you tie the cooler to the radiator, and attach the hose to the outlet of the radiator oil cooler can i put an oil filter in the way as well?
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Re: tranny cooler
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Re: tranny cooler
so what's the biggest i can fit in there? (in front of the radiator)
these are my options so far: hayden 405 flex-a-lite 4126 hayden 678,679 i'm guessing they all will fit but wanna be sure...
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Re: tranny cooler
I disagree. From what people have said, lack of line pressure and fluid flow is what kills these transmissions. Once it starts slipping it generates huge amounts of heat. Keeping this massive heat from spiking temperatures will prolong the tranny life but it is only a temporary measure. The key is to keep the tranny from degrading in the first place. For that, one needs better flow. Keeping the stock cooler inline (series) keeps the flow resistance high. You are better off putting an external cooler in parallel or completely eliminate the stock cooler all together.
As for cooling, people in cooler climates will have issues if they put in a massive external cooler. The car isn't THAT heavy so a masive cooler simply isn't necessary unless you are trying to nurse an already failed tranny. If you go with a smaller capacity cooler to enable lockup sooner, a tube and fin cooler may actually be a better choice than a plate cooler. Small plate coolers have higher flow resistance than smaller tube and fin. When you get to the massive coolers, plate coolers have lower flow resistance. The reason is that they achieve higher cooling capacity by adding more plates in parallel. But then you have excessive cooling capacity and, in cold weather, you will have a delayed TC lockup if it locks up at all.
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Re: tranny cooler
i just installed a tube and fin for full size trucks and noticed that when in bypass mode (mainly only used up in the mountains) it won't lock up the torque converter until about a half hour of driving, when in series (used during daily driving during the winter) it only takes a few minutes. also the space in front of the radiator is very limited so unless you have a really good reason to put it there i would recommend to put it where the how to docs shows, only took about 1/2 hour and works just as well.
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Re: tranny cooler
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well i live in the SF bay area and it hardly ever gets below 40F here... is it possible to put some sort of pump in the way to increase the flow? Quote:
I don't think that the place in the how to docs gets anywhere near the airflow in front of the radiator...and it gets to be helped by the radiator fan in stop n go traffic.... the one i currently have is 3/4" which CAN fit in...with a lot of cursing:P
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