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Originally Posted by @Art_Mighty
Ok sure but riddle me this batman; from everything I understand operating temp for the AT is 200 degrees. When when NA I've experienced shifting problems when this transmission is "cool".
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78266
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61498
I'm about to spend a crap load of money at SSP but the one thing I'm not really thinking about at the moment is the transmission cooler because I live in a cold climate and drive the car year around. There's no hope of that tranny getting to operating temp with a cooler in the winter time.
I'll speak to Kris at SSP and get his opinion; what's another $1000...  |
Transmission fluid is heated by friction, not ambient temperature. You could overheat this transmission in Alaska. As far as being too cold, you couldn't be more wrong. The existing heat exchanger is left in place, just plumbed in downstream of the new cooler. A thermostat on the new cooler can redirect the fluid back until it is up to temp, and even without a thermostat, the engine coolant brings the temperature back up, no matter how cold it is outside. Synthetic ATF should shift the same hot or cold, since the viscosity doesn't change with the temperature. The thing to worry about is the plastic or rubber components of the transmission melting/deforming at temperatures above 200 degrees F. Melted plastic/deformed rubber cannot be undone by a fluid change.