Trans cooler update...
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '13
Trans cooler update...
I am posting this because when I posted about my trans cooler install in another thread there were concerns mentioned about whether or not it would work well being installed in the front fender well. In case anyone is considering a similar install here are my findings after a reasonable time with the setup.
I am using a B&M cooler with a fan on it. The brake duct leads air to the cooler and I installed a grill in the fender well ot evacuate air behind the cooler.
Intially, I used the temp switch supplied by B&M with the cooler and found that by the time it heated up enough to switch on the fans, the actual trans temp was already higher than I liked. I have since wired the fan to run all the time and after today, I am convinced this is a successful install, and would do it again.
It is 90 degrees today and extremely humid.
I drove 2 hours on the highway and the trans temp settle at about 155 and stayed there. In some stop and go traffic it creeped up to 165 but not over that today. I have seen it go to 180 after a prolonged traffic jam but that is the max I have seen and am happy with that result.
Hope this is helpfull to someone....
I am using a B&M cooler with a fan on it. The brake duct leads air to the cooler and I installed a grill in the fender well ot evacuate air behind the cooler.
Intially, I used the temp switch supplied by B&M with the cooler and found that by the time it heated up enough to switch on the fans, the actual trans temp was already higher than I liked. I have since wired the fan to run all the time and after today, I am convinced this is a successful install, and would do it again.
It is 90 degrees today and extremely humid.
I drove 2 hours on the highway and the trans temp settle at about 155 and stayed there. In some stop and go traffic it creeped up to 165 but not over that today. I have seen it go to 180 after a prolonged traffic jam but that is the max I have seen and am happy with that result.
Hope this is helpfull to someone....
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '13
Its the smaller one. The big one doesn't fit there.
http://bmracing.com/?wpsc_product_ca...cooling-system
I plan to replace the grill with something nicer. All I could find at the time was a heating vent grill from home depot which I painted black.
http://bmracing.com/?wpsc_product_ca...cooling-system
I plan to replace the grill with something nicer. All I could find at the time was a heating vent grill from home depot which I painted black.
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '13
Good question and I don't have an answer. I just automatically went for the drivers side as the tranny lines were originally on that side. I ran braided lines from the back and bypassed the rad so I could have done either. I may have been thinking that I might change my mind and run through the rad which would make that side easier. I have since changed to a dewitts with no trans cooler in it. I didn't have to move the horns although they have been previously moved a little during the eforce install and I don't remember exactly where they sat when stock.
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '13
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Good to know!
I just installed mine yesterday. It will be a few more weeks before its running though as I am doing an oil cooler install as well.
I have not "meshed" over the fan yet in the fender well...I am thinking about just leaving it open like above... I rarely drive in the rain but..... not sure if any water at all will kill the fan.
Are you getting your tranny temps from the oem internal tranny temp sensor or an external/aftermarket sender?
I just installed mine yesterday. It will be a few more weeks before its running though as I am doing an oil cooler install as well.
I have not "meshed" over the fan yet in the fender well...I am thinking about just leaving it open like above... I rarely drive in the rain but..... not sure if any water at all will kill the fan.
Are you getting your tranny temps from the oem internal tranny temp sensor or an external/aftermarket sender?
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Le Mans Master
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From: Montreal
St. Jude Donor '13
Good to know!
I just installed mine yesterday. It will be a few more weeks before its running though as I am doing an oil cooler install as well.
I have not "meshed" over the fan yet in the fender well...I am thinking about just leaving it open like above... I rarely drive in the rain but..... not sure if any water at all will kill the fan.
Are you getting your tranny temps from the oem internal tranny temp sensor or an external/aftermarket sender?
I just installed mine yesterday. It will be a few more weeks before its running though as I am doing an oil cooler install as well.
I have not "meshed" over the fan yet in the fender well...I am thinking about just leaving it open like above... I rarely drive in the rain but..... not sure if any water at all will kill the fan.
Are you getting your tranny temps from the oem internal tranny temp sensor or an external/aftermarket sender?
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '13
A separate fan would have to go with a separate cooler. The TOC in the dewitts would be cooled by the radiator fan.
Racer
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this is all really good info....did u ever run the cooler in series with the radiator..? i kno there has been alot of discussion about not bypassing the radiator.... can the trans fluid b too cool..? say on a 60 degree night..
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St. Jude Donor '13
My main concern was in hot weather as this is a summer toy for me.
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St. Jude Donor '13
I all ready had one coming nearby from another installation but until I realized that I was going to take it from the fuse box. Any switched would work as long as you use a relay for the fan. I think I had planned on using the O2 sensors fuse, if I remember right.