Tranny Cooler options and mounting ?'s!

[dirtdudeaz]

Ok so I have a buddy with a sandcar. He wants to put a larger cooler for his tranny on the car. The last one mounted beneath the rear seat in the floor with no airflow....(great design the shops had). So I think we should put it on the cage somewhere on the rear towards the top of the car behind the passengers head or something. Does this sound good or no? Would next to the motor on the side, or in the rear work ok too or what? Is there any problems with how high you mount the cooler?

Any comments or concerns are welcome.


Thank you

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[1450-ranger]

Our cooler is pretty high in relation to the trans and loves to back fill the trans after it sits for a while.

[DSRacing]

Is this a play car? I would try to mount it as high as you can so it gets as much airflow as possible. Is it important to the owner to have good vision out of the back of the car? I'd also be wary of mounting it too close to any passengers. If you were ever to have a hose or fitting failure, I'm sure they wouldn't want to be bathed in 200+ degree fluid.

[dirtdudeaz]

lol good point. Its a play car yes

[dirtdudeaz]

Our cooler is pretty high in relation to the trans and loves to back fill the trans after it sits for a while.

Back fill?

[dirtdudeaz]

Our cooler is pretty high in relation to the trans and loves to back fill the trans after it sits for a while.

Back fill?

[JONES PERFORMANCE]

Back fill?

thats where the fluid drains out of the cooler back into the trans.

[9Iron]

Back fill?

thats where the fluid drains out of the cooler back into the trans.

Yeah, and with a hi-stall converter(undersize) it finds any way it can to piddle
all over your garage floor...
gives real meaning to: "keep the greasy side down"

[dirtdudeaz]

I also heard about mounting it too high would cause the oil to flow out of the dipstick hole and and push it out.

[mpower]

u could also install antidrainback valves/check valve to prevent the flowback. ive also done this to diff and transfer cooler systems also. you can get the parts at tmr