Trans Cooler with fan

[ShowNoMercy]

Anyone have any good info on this sort of setup on a daily driven car?

[Dynamic396]

They work great. I use them a lot on snow plow trucks. Snow plows are murder on automatic transmissions due to low airflow across the cooler (plow in the way). I like the ones with a thermostatic switch to control the fan.

I always add an external cooler in addition to the factory cooler in the radiator. I don't recommend replacing the factory cooler with an external cooler. It should be in addition to the factory cooler. The flow should be: out from the transmission into the radiator, then out of the radiator and into the aux. cooler, and then out of the aux. cooler and back to the transmission. (FWIW, the lower line on a 4L60E is the "out") When you're done, just make sure you have good flow through the whole system. the return from the cooler is the lube (and cooling) for your gear train.

[ShowNoMercy]

Part of the reason for having the fan variant is the large amount of junk that now takes up the engine bay, all of which is hot exhaust tubing. So the risk of burning through a cooler line far out weighs the gain from using stock cooler in radiator. IMO of course. I have never ran it in series with the stock cooler, just have to let it warm up slowly and not beat on it when the trans is cold.

The main reason is of course, the complete lack of air flow to the area now from intercooler, piping, and assorted turbo mess.

But thats good to know that they work well on trucks that get the crap beaten out of them I plan on getting the thermostat controlled ones.

[Mystery Bird]

Are you adding a trans temp gauge to keep an eye on it?

[R3DLT1]

I still have that B&M trans cooler w fan never been installed sitting in my garage. With all the fittings but the lines. LMK if ur interested.

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[ShowNoMercy]

Originally Posted by Mystery Bird

Are you adding a trans temp gauge to keep an eye on it?

Yup, just gonna stick in the pressure port again.

[Mystery Bird]

Originally Posted by R3DLT1

I still have that B&M trans cooler w fan never been installed sitting in my garage. With all the fittings but the lines. LMK if ur interested.

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If he is not I might be.

[Mystery Bird]

Originally Posted by ShowNoMercy

Yup, just gonna stick in the pressure port again.

Put it in the pan man, where is should be.

[sweetbmxrider]

Originally Posted by ShowNoMercy

Yup, just gonna stick in the pressure port again.

Seriously? Just do it in the pan. You have far too much into this thing to do that.

Where are you sticking the cooler?