A few of you may have seen this on performancetrucks.net... but if you are looking for an alternative to those crappy hard steel lines, this is your ticket for sure....

pretty hefty hose, its rubber core, steel braided sleeve, then a braided nylon sleeve over that, its mil-spec aircraft hose good to ~3500psi... nice and beefy, but still pretty flexible.



Here's a shot of the fittings loosely fit onto my FLT Level-V trans. the blue fittings, FLT hooked me up with but are simple NPT>AN adapters, next are the steel swivel 45* fittings and then the -6AN hose connected to the end... I had the hose made with straight fittings because I didnt know how much room I was going to have once it was all said and done... but these adapters worked well... you can have yours made with the 45's on the hose even.



I had both sections made extremely long so I could route the hoses where I wanted to, both were about 15'. I have plenty left over.



Just another shot of that beautiful FLT workmanship... second to none IMO. The solid line ontop of the trans is the vac modulator that T's into the brake booster hose.



Here's a shot of the 30K GVW cooler installed in the grille. I bypassed the radiator circut and ran it straight from the trans, up front, and back. This is the cooler that came with my new Yank SS3600 converter, also installed all at the same time. Part of their Feb special.


I know some of you may criticize my choice of bypassing the radiator in the circut, and I can assure you, it hasnt been a problem at all... Keep in mind this is all installed in a truck, so you figure about a 4500# vehicle with a big stall.... the highest I have seen the temps even after beating on it has been 170*... thats ******* it for about 15-20 miles.... and it quickly comes back down to about 150* within minutes. I'll never drive this thing in an extremely cold climate so I wont need the pre-heat of the radiator... and its not a lack of power keeping the heat down either LOL... this cammed 5.3 is plenty healthy

-If you guys have any questions about my setup please ask. I'll answer everything I can.

 

looks badass! how do you like the tranny?

 

I had the trans for about 7K miles before... I had a Vig 3200 in there that took a dump and killed he trans... so I just had it refreshed and gone through by the guys at FLT... the trans is incredible. fully built, vacuum modulated, good servos... etc etc etc... you cant beat it IMO. yeah, its spendy, but you honestly get every red cent of what you pay for with FLT. those guys know whats up...

 

Nice job!

 

What degree taper seat does the 45* steel fittings have? They are usually a different angle than the an style. Intern, they will leak if they are different.

 

all of it is AN stuff... I made sure of it as I was aware of that little issue

 

Thanks!!!, I was going to try and get pics of the converter on the trans but ended up sticking it in the truck and saying.... ****!!! LOL... I didnt want to pull it apart just for a pic .... but its all red and purdy in there.... I dont give a **** if it was tie-die, the way it runs speaks for itself...

 

Cool man. Id like to see some Logs of the Trans temps at the track.

I can watch mine rise after a run.... esp. after sitting on the TB.(ill be adding a fan for the track)
I love the -6 Mil. stuff. I have a ?? for ya about it offline.... ill ask ya next time we meet up.

Kyle

 

sounds good Kyle... I hear you'll be out of town this weekend and we really dont kow whats happening Thurdsay night yet, but I'll run tinto you again soon.. especially with the weather warming up again Jenro's and Bass Pro will be kickin... I'll be out and about...

 

Do you happen to know the NPT size?

 

1/4"NPT

I'd like to add you can buy the pipe to -6an in 45's and bypass using the brass fittings. That's the way I set mine up, there's no way the setup above would clear my tunnel. The mazda tunnel is tall and narrow and almost touches the servo.

 

those arent brass there... all steel...

 

VERY nice, I plan to bybass the radiator also.

Will get rid of the heat from the tranny in the radiator

 

My bad,
Either way my point was if you need more room or just want to do it with less fittings they make that same adapter in a 45.

 

looks like a nice setup, but i dont recommend using a pipe fitting in the case unless you have to. you can easily overtorque and bust a case.
the stock brass fitting with an adapter is a better route, IMO.
the brass fittings arent tapered like a true pipe fitting, and the nut will break off from the threads if you get it too tight.
black braided lines FTW! only way to go. superlight and easy to work with.

 

I did mine like that on my TH400,2 SB Lines into my cooler,Anyway looks good
BTLFEDSS

 

Can these 1/4" NPT fittings be used on a stock 4L60E? Or must I tap the holes first?

 

silver-mod-o: You care to PM me a parts list you used and where you bought everything from? I would love to copy your setup.

 

they go right in.
be extremely careful when tightening.

 

you have a PM