Re: tranny cooler
 

I had one of the old Russell heat sink coolers mounted under the car near the trans to keep the lines short. It is able to be disassembled and cleaned if needed. Nice, clean setup that didn't rely on airflow. Trans temp gauge with the sender in the pan. I was satisfied with how it worked. 6k converter in a Glide in a .90 car leaving on the mat.

Re: tranny cooler
 

If you buy one of the better professionally built transmissions you often find plugs in the cooler fittings, and the cooler bypassed internally, therefore don't expect a cooler to help.

Re: tranny cooler
 

You're right on that one Ed, had to work on the pump on the T-350 to make the cooler circuit work. The Pro-flite was easier, but should probably call the manufactuer to verify if there is any doubt.

Re: tranny cooler
 

Ask your trans guy if you need a cooler and ask him where to install a temp gage sensor. Can't wait to see you at lebanon . Ken R

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Many racers use their cars for dual purpose. Bracket racing / Stk/Ss. I would not want to hot lap any transmission to sacrifice a few lbs.

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Will,
Ran the Monza for a short time with no cooler. All was fine until I would have to hot lap it in the late rounds at some of our CCRA races. Consistency fell off noticeably. Put a cooler back on , consistency came back, ran the number, won some cash. My vote put a cooler on it and no worry... - JOE

Re: tranny cooler
 

A cooler is OK to run, but doesn't do much without some airflow running through it. The OEM's usually run an in-tank radiator cooler, and on the Heavy Duty packages add a second cooler, usually an air to oil cooler in front of the radiator. One system I saw a racer made a air to oil cooler system with a set of valves to bypass the cooler. He had a transmission temp gauge and basically bypassed the cooler until the trans got up to the temp he wanted to run at. Best of both worlds !