Trans cooling w/forced induction
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Trans cooling w/forced induction
So I was kicking around some ideas about how to mount a transmission cooler with my ECS supercharger set up. I knew I didn't want it in front of the radiator as these cars are already prone to heating issues. I decided to try what the factory has done and mount a cooler behind the radiator. It a plate design cooler I picked up at Pep Boys and fit pretty well. I think its 11x9.5 if I remember correctly. I haven't hooked it up yet but its on the list of things to do tomorrow. I will post the results. I haven't seen one mounted this way before and hope it will work . Just wanted some thoughts.
A quick update. Got the lines hooked up and temps were still higher then I had hoped. I ran the cooler by itself and bypassed the radiator. This is with a stock converter. I was still seeing 200-210 driving normal although it did take a very long time to get there but once there would not recover and come down. I am looking for a new location now and will probably used the factory cooler next time to aid in warm up although it is in the 90s here today it took 20 minutes to get to 160 and just kept going . Rather then take this post down I will leave it as an example of what seemed like a good idea and didn't work.
A quick update. Got the lines hooked up and temps were still higher then I had hoped. I ran the cooler by itself and bypassed the radiator. This is with a stock converter. I was still seeing 200-210 driving normal although it did take a very long time to get there but once there would not recover and come down. I am looking for a new location now and will probably used the factory cooler next time to aid in warm up although it is in the 90s here today it took 20 minutes to get to 160 and just kept going . Rather then take this post down I will leave it as an example of what seemed like a good idea and didn't work.
Last edited by neverenough; Aug 30, 2013 at 03:57 PM.
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