Trans cooler

**mysticZ** · 09-17-2006, 03:39 PM

I think my car needs one. Any one with one ON YOUR CAR or had one. Need some suggestions. What kind? Price? Good and bad points. My car is a DD. Right now it has a 2300 stall,would like to go to a 3000. Thanks for the help.

**2001NBMZ28** · 09-17-2006, 03:56 PM

Surely can't hurt, only help. B&M 24K is a favorite and comes with everything you need for the install.

**Transam388** · 09-18-2006, 05:59 AM

I have a B&M 24 cooler and running a 3400 stall. Basically if you do a stall at 3K you should put one on. I have heard of a cooler by Hayden I believe which is supposed to be really good. Inside the tubes they are slotted like a gun barrel. This creates a swirl and allows more of the fluid to reach the outer cooler areas. Makes sense theoretically. As was said earlier though it will not hurt to do it!!

**nolimits** · 09-20-2006, 11:24 AM

The B&M coolers are nice, add a SPAL puller fan for best efficiency. It's also nice to run a temp guage to monitor it. If you heat it up often, change it often.

**GA Country Boy** · 09-22-2006, 03:54 PM

In Hotlanta the summer temperarures were just too hot for my car to handle any stop and go driving, which there is a lot of, so rather than park my car I changed to a Be Cool radiator (because my front mount intercooler blocks it off)
and for the 4L60E I added a B&M deep pan that adds three quarts of fluid and a B&M Hi-Tek trans cooler with a thermostatically operated fan. The pan ranges from $49.99 for stamped steel to $166.99 for cast aluminum. The cooler with the fan ranges from $189.99 for the small one to $209.99 for the larger one. I went with the smaller one because space is at a premium on my front end, but if you have the room I think the larger one is worth the extra $20. The prices I've quoted are from Jeg's, but Summit is about the same and they both offer free delivery. I think a trans cooler is pretty well essential for anybody who runs a stall and a bunch of power in city traffic. Heat is the biggest killer of auto trannies.

**mysticZ** · 09-24-2006, 11:08 AM

Thanks for the help. I guess I will add it when I change my stall.

**Wikid NaSSty** · 09-26-2006, 06:53 AM

I got a B&M 24k, with a 3000st, and my trans usually runs about 125 deg on average. On real hot days it may get up to 150 or so, and in extreme stop and go in 100+ weather, I have seen it peak at about 180 max. The thing is that coolers dont work nearly as well in stop and go traffic because they (or most) dont have a fan on them to pull air through when you are not moving. Either way it still helps though.