Massive (22" wide) trans cooler installed - pics inside.

[TType84]

look at his signature do you really think he's using a T-brake?

you can do 1 of 2 things. #1 there is a cooler flush you can buy that is an aerosol can or #2 you can have a radiator shop replace the cooler in the radiator.

Yes, the new trans does have a brake, and no, the car does not run 13s anymore. That was when it was 99% stock (chip, 1" open space between stock dp flange and cat and 17psi.)

how is it today? add a cam, forged pistons, massaged heads, a bigger turbo, bigger downpipe, enough weight reduction that my car weighs under 3100lbs.

maybe if you would ask me then you would know, but instead you assume. all of this information is readily avaliable at the link in that "sig" you keep referring to. :wink: hell, i even said it already in this thread, did you even bother to read anything past the first few posts?

thanks for the pic joe, i had the old cooler setup that way too.

 

[SPOOLN]

That is a nice cooler, it will really help when you install a stall converter. Any heat reduction to the tranny will help it last longer to. I need to install my tranny cooler as well, great pictures.
Thanks

 

[DeltaT]

Even that picture from gnttype is wrong. It shows fluid coming out of the radiator cooler into the TOP of the aux cooler. The aux cooler needs to be fed from the bottom if it mounted sideways. That way the cooler fills up with fluid and gets exposed to the max amount of air. If you fill it from the top it drains and does not fill up the cooler, so you don't get the max cooling.

Jim

 

[turbojoe]

i have had my cooler hooked up as pictured for over a year now with zero problems. That picture has been on GNTTYPE.org for years now, You are the first person I have ever heard to point out it is wrong. I will keep it the way it is unitil i can confirm this further. Ken is supposed to know his stuff, as he did draw the diagram as far as now. Also, I did add extra tranny fluid to compensate for the added space or area of cooler. Maybe some of the Tranny gurus can chime in hear to tell us what they think is right or wrong.

 

[DeltaT]

It won't hurt anything, but it won't provide the same cooling. Note that this applies only to the plate & fin style of cooler that TType84 pictured. The style with the single tube that snakes back and forth can be mounted in any orientation, because it has a single path that it has to stay on.

The plate and fin, when mounted sideways with the oil inlet at the bottom lets the oil potentailly run down the nearest channels and you can see less flow in the channels furthest away. Mostly this happens at low rpm and/or low oil pressures. Like stuck in traffic after a hard run when you really want to be cooling your oil.

If you fill it from the lower port, the oil cooler fills completely before anything comes out of the top of the cooler.

Upside down tends to favor the lower crossrows. Also a problem at low rpm and/or low oil pressures.

Some mfrs. show this in their instructions. I learned it as a specification in the military (USAF).

The only disadvantage of both ports on the top of the cooler is that it does not drain during an oil change. If I was putting mine on again I would tap one side and add a screw drain.

Jim