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Old 02-04-2013, 06:58 PM
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anyone here run a deep pan on their 60e? im just curious how much cooler the transmission would be if i ran one. if anyone has a pic of how far theirs hangs down can you post it along with what brand.

also, is it true if I were to use the pan from the full size trucks with the drain plug that it holds about an extra 1/2 qt or so?

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A deep pan helps fluid temp because it takes longer to heat a greater volume of fluid. It also has more surface area exposed to cool air to radiate heat.

The truck pan probably holds a qt more. It's cheap too, about $20 new from GM.
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Wow $20 for a new GM 4L60E trans pan? Good to know. Thanks Jake.
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Wow $20 for a new GM 4L60E trans pan? Good to know. Thanks Jake.
yea thats cheap and it has a drain plug
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Yeah,
The shallow 700-R4 style pan is available new for a bit over $20 and I think I paid $17 or so for the deep truck 4L60E pan recently.
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anybody have a part number for this truck pan or at least what year and type of truck it comes on? I take it that this uses a different (deeper) filter too?
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I have been thinking about getting this one?

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/der-14204

"Derale Cooling Products transmission pans can double your transmission's life by dropping its temperature 20 to 50 degrees. These pans hold additional fluid and have heat-conducting metal tubes on the bottom. A replacement gasket is included"
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Originally Posted by Stardust
I have been thinking about getting this one?

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/der-14204

"Derale Cooling Products transmission pans can double your transmission's life by dropping its temperature 20 to 50 degrees. These pans hold additional fluid and have heat-conducting metal tubes on the bottom. A replacement gasket is included"
We just had an entire thread on that:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/automatic...ooler-pan.html

I wouldn't use it if you paid me because it hangs down too low. I doubt it cools much; it won't cool at all in stop-go traffic which can heat up the trans especially with a high stall converter.
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I am very happy with an deep (truck sized) aluminum pan I found on ebay. Search for "GM 700R4 Polished Aluminum Transmission Pan Deep 4L60E"; the seller is
abad71camaro. This holds one extra quart, same as the truck pan. (Most aluminum pans on ebay are standard depth, this is the only deep one I found.)

They also have it at their website:
"http://www.asaperformance.net/servlet/the-10065/GM-700R4-Polished-Aluminum/Detail"
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Originally Posted by mrvedit
We just had an entire thread on that:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/automatic...ooler-pan.html

I wouldn't use it if you paid me because it hangs down too low. I doubt it cools much; it won't cool at all in stop-go traffic which can heat up the trans especially with a high stall converter.

I didn't catch that one. I'll be putting in a B&M cooler soon.



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