Using AN line for trans cooler
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Using AN line for trans cooler I'm installing a 6L80e and LS3 into my 72 C10 truck. Anyone see any issues with using flexible braided -6AN line all the way from the tranny up to the radiator and back? (Secured to the frame rail with Adel clamps, of course). I know in stock configuration, these are always hard line. Anyone see an issue in doing so? Cost is not an issue....I just want it to function properly. Thanks.
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Lots of people here use AN-6 lines for their trans cooler.
I would recommend the teflon lines primarily because they are thinner and easier to route.
Since my '81 has lots of space in front of the huge radiator, I mounted the cooler there and used a relatively inexpensive cooler that has threaded couplings and not the more common "barb" couplings for rubber hoses.
I would recommend the teflon lines primarily because they are thinner and easier to route.
Since my '81 has lots of space in front of the huge radiator, I mounted the cooler there and used a relatively inexpensive cooler that has threaded couplings and not the more common "barb" couplings for rubber hoses.
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It is a Hayden #514 bought for $60 from O'Reilly:
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de.../514/01366.oap
You need AN adapters too (blue in my pic); sorry I don't remember the exact thread on the cooler, probably a common pipe size.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de.../514/01366.oap
You need AN adapters too (blue in my pic); sorry I don't remember the exact thread on the cooler, probably a common pipe size.
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Thanks guys. I was most likely looking to use something along the lines of Aeroquip's Startlite hose which is very flexible and black in color, which I like. I was planning on just running line from the tranny to a Griffin aluminum LS radiator with the built in cooler. The LS3 will be a stock 430hp Chevrolet Performance crate. Maybe I need to consider another cooler to run in series with the radiator one?
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Verdad Gallardo It is a Hayden #514 bought for $60 from O'Reilly:
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de.../514/01366.oap
You need AN adapters too (blue in my pic); sorry I don't remember the exact thread on the cooler, probably a common pipe size.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de.../514/01366.oap
You need AN adapters too (blue in my pic); sorry I don't remember the exact thread on the cooler, probably a common pipe size.