How do you hook up 2 trans coolers?
03-08-2012, 10:24 PM
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How do you hook up 2 trans coolers? I have runs 2 coolers in the past and I want to run 2 on my current setup. Before I have just had a hose from one to the other and its worked fine. I have heard its best to run a y fitting from the feed to both coolers then another y to connect the return back to the trans.
Anyone have any experience with this?
Alex
Anyone have any experience with this?
Alex
03-09-2012, 12:42 AM
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^negative..
Put them in parallel.. split the line into two, run each line into a cooler then out and into another splitter (2 into 1) then into the tranny... the efficiency/load of each cooler is equal instead of the first cooler doing all the work and the second one doing very little... Series setup should only be used when using the factory system along with a supplementary cooler... recommend getting a supplementary cooler... ive got a hayden on mine...
Put them in parallel.. split the line into two, run each line into a cooler then out and into another splitter (2 into 1) then into the tranny... the efficiency/load of each cooler is equal instead of the first cooler doing all the work and the second one doing very little... Series setup should only be used when using the factory system along with a supplementary cooler... recommend getting a supplementary cooler... ive got a hayden on mine...
03-09-2012, 08:49 AM
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I had 2 b&m s hooked up a couple years ago. To tell you the truth...it didnt make any difference that I could tell from the trans temp read from the pcm. Weird I know but thats my experience with it.
Just get one good one thats all you need.
Parallel vs Series...Iv done both. I was told by the sponsor that wrote that sticky that it would be fine to run 2 external coolers in parallel just as long as the stock cooler wasnt hooked up. I guess they wrote that sticky just in case someone wanted to run 3 coolers. Just passing the info to you.
Just get one good one thats all you need.
Parallel vs Series...Iv done both. I was told by the sponsor that wrote that sticky that it would be fine to run 2 external coolers in parallel just as long as the stock cooler wasnt hooked up. I guess they wrote that sticky just in case someone wanted to run 3 coolers. Just passing the info to you.
03-09-2012, 09:10 AM
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Running two coolers results in a higher pressure in the lines. Each cooler running at 100% in series. If you do parallel, the pressure is divided by 2. Honestly, I will be running a single cooler and bypassing my factory all together.
03-09-2012, 09:14 AM
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I have one huge b&m and it works fine. The way I use my car is why I want a second for cheap insurance on my very nice and not cheap flt level 7 4l60 with a tbrake. I drive my car everywhere and with almost 800 whp it gets beat alot. I drive alot of city also and when its 95 degrees out in traffic it can get up to 200. Its really rare but for another hundred bucks or so why not add some protection to my 4 grand trans. I don't think thats retarded at all dirty coke.
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03-09-2012, 06:36 PM
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sorry, the correct term is "plate and fin"... bar and plate is the type of intercooler people run... my bad....
there are two types of coolers.. tube and fin (conventional) and plate and fin (slightly more effecient)... Brand is pretty much irrelevant, they all perform the same as far as youre concerned... The plate and fin are a bit more effecient because they cover more surface area and therefore dissipate more heat... if youre looking for the best, go plate and fin like the fluidyne one.... imo thats the best you can get... personally, i have the tube and fin Hayden cooler cause it was 1/2 the price of the fluidyne one... its up to you man...
plate and fin
Tube and fin
there are two types of coolers.. tube and fin (conventional) and plate and fin (slightly more effecient)... Brand is pretty much irrelevant, they all perform the same as far as youre concerned... The plate and fin are a bit more effecient because they cover more surface area and therefore dissipate more heat... if youre looking for the best, go plate and fin like the fluidyne one.... imo thats the best you can get... personally, i have the tube and fin Hayden cooler cause it was 1/2 the price of the fluidyne one... its up to you man...
plate and fin
Tube and fin
03-09-2012, 11:05 PM
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^negative..
Put them in parallel.. split the line into two, run each line into a cooler then out and into another splitter (2 into 1) then into the tranny... the efficiency/load of each cooler is equal instead of the first cooler doing all the work and the second one doing very little... Series setup should only be used when using the factory system along with a supplementary cooler... recommend getting a supplementary cooler... ive got a hayden on mine...
Put them in parallel.. split the line into two, run each line into a cooler then out and into another splitter (2 into 1) then into the tranny... the efficiency/load of each cooler is equal instead of the first cooler doing all the work and the second one doing very little... Series setup should only be used when using the factory system along with a supplementary cooler... recommend getting a supplementary cooler... ive got a hayden on mine...
