Show pics of your trans cooler please

["Turbo-T"]

The time has come for me to install a trans cooler. I am trying to get some ideas on how to mount it.

I know some of you who moved your IC to the front installed a trans cooler/fan assembly in place of the stock IC. I am keeping my stock IC for now.

Also have any of you ran the B&M 70264 cooler? Or should I send it back to Summit and get the 70266 cooler instead?

 

[SCOOBY DOO]

I attached mine to the cross braces with heavy duty tie raps. :biggrin:

 

["Turbo-T"]

Thanks.

I've thought about maybe trying to weld two strips of metal to the X brace and mount the cooler to that.

 

[GSX-PKV]

A good idea while you are adding a trans cooler is to also include a transmission oil in-line filter.

 

[8UWITH6]

Why weld when you can zip tie? Buicks are held together w/ zip ties!

 

[V8Assassin]

We mounted mine under the drives side floor board, it is a B/M, very slim, fits great!

B&M 70297 - B&M Hi-Tek Cooling System - JEGS

 

[Beast_TR]

I had to move mine when I installed my FMIC because I had it mounted on the crossbars as well. Since I was taking of the SLIC and my scoop was FUBAR'd anyway here is what I did.

I cut up the SLIC scoop and mounted it in between the front airdams it fit in there perfectly and just rerouted my lines to the new location.

I think it looks cool and you can barely even tell its there.

 

[DailyDrifter]

Mount it in front of your rad, with the zip ties that go threw the rad. Do you still have AC? Or you can mount it where I mounted my oil cooler in the bottom left. Go with a bar and plate cooler.

 

["Turbo-T"]

Thanks. Good responses.

I prefer to not use zip ties to mount the cooler to the radiator. Last time I did this the zip ties wore holes in the radiator. Not kidding here.

The mounting of the cooler inside the stock IC shroud is kind of a neat trick, only thing is how much air flow vs. front mounting it?

Beast TR is that a 70264 cooler you're using?

 

[silentbutdeadly]

I installed mine where the slic was mounted. took a piece of flat steel and bent the ends 90* to attach to the frame. I posted some pics of it in an older thread about this. deren

 

[TexasT]

This is where I wanted to mount it to the cross bars. I actually have a tube n fin one on there but just left it and mounted the bar n plate in front of it.

I used three of these rubber coated straps. They came from the electrical section at my local Lowe's.

I run the fluid through the radiator cooler first then the tube n fin and finally the bar n plate in front then back to the trans. One of these days maybe a trans temp gauge but for now just not in the budget.

 

[pacecarta]

heres mine in 87 , same cooler as the gnx, mounted as they did (less the small brackets on pass side , made center support bracket from home depot garage door angle , used the stock holes to mount


86 i have a derale fan cooled laying flat mounted between the rad support and bumper and between the air dams ,
i like the above post of the clever use of the stock I/C shroud for an air deflector

 

[Beast_TR]

To be honest I can't remember but it is a B&M and looks like the 70264 that Jeg's has pictured so it could very well be. I ordered it a long time ago. As far as airflow I cannot say for sure, but I can stick my hand over the front of the scoop when my fans kick on and I can feel air being sucked in through there. I plan on sealing the rest of the area so that flow will only go through the cooler and up into the FMIC area.