C5 trans cooler question
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From: palatine illinois
C5 trans cooler question
I need some info, what brand, size, good location for the install, and any tips you guys might have would be great. Car has a head intake cam combo with vigillante 2800 stall converter. Thanks Tom
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Joined: Nov 2003
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From: South al
# 29,200 BTU
# 11'' x 11'' x 1-1/2'' http://www.jegs.com/p/B%26M/758370/10002/-1,I also put this tranny cooler in the passengers side Lower hole ,right underneath the fog light, tranny cooler temps went from 190 -200 to 150 -170 ,This cooler will drop tranny temps dramatically & u dont have to run a fan on it,i live in south alabama & the summers here are horrible, what i did was took out the old factory tranny cooler Lines & put in New stainless steel lines ,Also if u can get them allready premade,meaning they fittings allready on them ,they are a pain in the **** to put on,unless u have a tool that does it ,i didnt, Your gonna take the old lines out & where they come out of the tranny your gonna put 2 fittings in there ,i have a buddy of mine who helps run a speed shop ,his name is chad Tell him you are wanting to run a stand alone cooler in your c5 & he will know exactly which fittings to get u I pm you his #
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Joined: May 2005
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From: Flagstaff Az.
I run the B&M 24,000(got it from Summit and it comes with way more installation parts than you will need), mounted it up front ahead of all the other heat exchangers. I run almost 600 RWHP with a Yank 3500 and tranny temps stay low even here in Az.
