transmission cooler

[etlsport]

in another recent thread there was talk about heat destroying transmissions... so naturally i want to put in a transmission cooler, can anyone who has done it chime in as to how its done and how difficult it is? is there an entirely new radiator system for it, or does it just tap off of the existing radiator? if so how does that effect the water temp for the rest of the vx?

also, anyone know if having skid plating keeps more heat trapped in/on the transmission?

[CoastieCosta567]

in another recent thread there was talk about heat destroying transmissions... so naturally i want to put in a transmission cooler, can anyone who has done it chime in as to how its done and how difficult it is? is there an entirely new radiator system for it, or does it just tap off of the existing radiator? if so how does that effect the water temp for the rest of the vx?

also, anyone know if having skid plating keeps more heat trapped in/on the transmission?

hey bro, well I asked my father in law about it and he said its easy and there are diffrnet kinds for it, he said u put it in between a hose, don't where exactly but u need to know how to weld so u can weld it on the fram, he knows alot ob a,ll this cuz he's had over 100 cars and works with them all the time, so i know he is telling the truth. he said he will do it for me while i'm gone buy he said it's simple and not expensive.

[Y33TREKker]

Generally, adding an aftermarket trans. cooler isn't that difficult. This how-to explains the basics of what is trying to be achieved, and includes suggestions for making the install as trouble-free as possible. This is just one of many how-to's I found by running a search for "transmission cooler".

http://www.carcraft.com/howto/transm...ooler_install/

The size of the aftermarket cooler is usually determined simply by how much physical space is easily accessible on the radiator. While just about any sized aftermarket cooler you go with will generally provide more cooling capacity than the stock coils running through the radiator, going with the biggest one you can without running into clearance issues from existing radiator mounts and/or brackets is a common rule of thumb.

[Kenny]

Instead of a second trans. cooler, why not try to improve the one we already have at the bottom of the rad?

Maybe an electric fan, or some ram-air setup to make it cool better??

As I said, just a thought..

[k4tmc]

I like Kenny's idea. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Henry

[Tone]

More airflow would be good but unless you are doing a lot heavy duty towing or racing, I'm not sure you'd see much benefit. I used high flow dual electric fan kit on mine for awhile and but not keep it as cool as with our standard fan. You could possibly mount another small pusher fan (like the one there for the AC) that would push some more but I wonder if the area blocked by the fan would minimize or eliminate any increase.

Weld it to the frame? Where ever does he come up with this stuff!