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Old 08-22-2008, 02:24 PM
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Default Anyone run their tranny cooler out back?

I'm thinking about running a tranny cooler out back instead of up front. Just trying to clean up the engine bay and plumbing, and theres a ton of room out back. I'd run a permacool unit with fan, probably just tuck it at an angle behind the bumper.
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Plenty of dragster or altered guys do it. Just becareful of crap hitting it & get some decent airflow.

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I put mine under the car where the passenger side cat used to be. I have the one with a fan on it though.
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Sounds feasible with a slight angle for airflow and the fan..
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Sure enough, works great. Just make sure you have active cooling on the radiator. I am running one of the B&M coolers that has a built in thermostat and fan.

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Mine will be in the car. I will mount to the passengers floor. It is liquid cooled.
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I thought about moving it up where the stock gas tank is when the fuel cell gets made to go in the front, get the biggest one I can and put a fan on it.

I see no reason why you can't put it in the back if it has a fan on it, chances are the fan is gonna get more airflow acorss it then the cooler will see from the car going down the track.


Steve, the way you are gonna do it (cool it with the same water that cools the intercooler) is a really nice way to do it, anything with an a2w intercooler should do it this way, I guarintee it will work better then anything else.
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I have 2 in the back

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I dont't think I need 2 of them, just one big one will suffice I think.
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Originally Posted by Steve Burger
Mine will be in the car. I will mount to the passengers floor. It is liquid cooled.

is having tranny fluid in the passenger compartment legal?
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Sealed box. I have seen a lot of the turbo cars with the trans cooler inside the car.
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Originally Posted by Steve Burger
Sealed box. I have seen a lot of the turbo cars with the trans cooler inside the car.
there are lines going to that sealed box that would need to run in the passenger compartment...
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Yep. Checking the rules. If not there then in the T Top well. I have a firewall.




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