trany ? need everyones opinion and expertise

[gillj]

Iwould like to know which tranny cooler is the best design

I do alot of pulling with the truck that its going in

what i need to know is should i go with the plate and fin design

or the tube and fin design

the tubed one seems like it would move more fluid while the plate/fin design

seems it would cool faster

this is not going in my pathy by the way

any ideas would be greatly appreciated

 

 

 

 

 

jason

[mws]

Absolutely the plate (B&M et al) style.

Advantages:

- Less flow restriction (parallel passages instead of serial)

- More cooling per square inch of cooler (more fluid to metal surface area)

- Tougher, less prone to insect/rock damage

 

Disadvantages:

- Cost more to make, so more expensive

- Are not self burping, so you need to mount outlet to the high side to let air bubbles escape

- Not as many size options

 

 

I should mention, a fluid to fluid (like stock cooler in the radiator) would be the ultimate in high efficiency, lowest restriction heat extraction from the trans fluid. Of course, then it needs a large fluid to air cooler to cool the cooling fluid.

If the current dual B&M's do not cut it, I am thinking about a custom super cooler for my tow van - mount the old (replaced with 4 core) stock radiator under the chassis, seal inlet and outlet, and fill with a fluid with high heat transfer coefficient - like straight distilled water or ammonia. Since it is only cooling trans fluid and the fluid will transfer heat twice as fast as coolant, it would be able to extract and expel a huge amount of BTU's.

Edited April 6, 2007 by mws

[gillj]

Thanks mws

by the way where im at the auto parts store has

a plate design for only ten $ more than the tube design

from what the labels say the plate fin design is the most efficiant

i just wanted to get somones opinion who had exp with auto's because i usually stear clear of them im partial to manual trany

this tsuck was just too good of a deal to pass up

90 f250 4x4 big steel flatbed with toolboxes for 500$

its in mint condition the only thing wrong it blew a freeze plug out the

rear of the block

ill have it fixed this weekend i just want to make sure the trany is haul ready

before i pulling with it

its not going to be a full time truck anyway ive got my one ton dually for that

ijsut wanted this one for the 4x4

and who doesnt want four trucks any way sly