Trans cooler
My factory Trans cooler is pretty small (03 Silverado) and would like to upgrade. How big are the aftermarket ones? Stock is about the size of a paperback book, LOL! I have had this truck since new...
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Hi,
You can look up DeRalle at JcWhitney.com
Then check for transmission coolers. They sell stacked plate and tube style coolers. The tube style has a 3/8" tubing going about 10 - 15 feet through the cooler, and the pressure drop can be 5-10 PSI, and of course the more pressure drop the less gallons per hour of fluid flow.
With a stacked plate cooler, the fluid can take 1 of many paths from the inlet side to the outlet side, and only travels 8 - 12" across the cooler, at a really slow speed, thus giving off more heat as it moves, and practically no pressure drop.
You can also buy a digital temperature gauge or find a product that can read the factory temperature gauge reading via the OPDII Port.
Some of the transmission coolers come with a fan, some do not.
Fred.
You can look up DeRalle at JcWhitney.com
Then check for transmission coolers. They sell stacked plate and tube style coolers. The tube style has a 3/8" tubing going about 10 - 15 feet through the cooler, and the pressure drop can be 5-10 PSI, and of course the more pressure drop the less gallons per hour of fluid flow.
With a stacked plate cooler, the fluid can take 1 of many paths from the inlet side to the outlet side, and only travels 8 - 12" across the cooler, at a really slow speed, thus giving off more heat as it moves, and practically no pressure drop.
You can also buy a digital temperature gauge or find a product that can read the factory temperature gauge reading via the OPDII Port.
Some of the transmission coolers come with a fan, some do not.
Fred.
