I'd run one, cooler you can keep it the longer it will last. Only penalty is a little weight.

 

Be stupid not too. Any little bit of cooling will help transmission last longer. Get something like a b&m stacked plate cooler or if you can and want , get one with a fan built in from someone like derale or whoever

 

Dumbest idea ever.

 

Find a new car builder if that is the type of advice he is giving you.

 

Do most of you use the little radiator looking one that attaches to the radiator? I want a good setup as a trans is not cheap. If you don't use that type and use the ones that have their own fan where are you mounting it? Car is like a Nova, Ventura, etc.

 

JeffB, any street driving at all requires a decent cooler. What part of the country are you in? I have a new cooler that I will never have a use for that should do what you need.

 

Car builders a fool. They are light weight, easy to install and will make the car more consistent.

 

If you have an aftermarket case, look at the SCS-30 by ATI.

 

I have a B&M plate style that replaced a tube style. The TCI tube ran cooler by a little bit. Drag race only.
Both in front of a VW radiator with a factory VW fan.
I drove it to the track a couple times but only 1.5 miles.

I would not drive 15 miles without a cooler. You know You're not going to idle the whole way there!

All out Comp Eliminator cars would loop the cooler circuit to save weight but would tow to the lanes and back to the pits.

 

How hi dose the convertor stall?

 

5500 rpm stall converter.

 

Hey I’m in the majority!!!

Extra fluid volume, cooling for a tiny bit of weight is a no brainer!!!

Plus street driven.
Absolutely horrible advice to give a customer!!

 

I just replied to your other thread.
You need to find someone to help you with your program.
We don't know your goals or class if any? You never mentioned engine or ci.
No way I'm driving a 8" converter on the street with out a cooler or any size converter for that matter.

It sounds like you need some local knowledgeable people to help you along.

Even Mr dragster got it right!😆 Joking 👍

 

Run a cooler, I use the B&M stack plate. Don't cheap out on the hoses! I had Orme Bros. Make me a pair of teflon lined hoses and use AN fittings on both ends.

 

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...31000?seid=srese1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-pXHh-P4-gIV-xitBh1ZEAhrEAQYASABEgLhYvD_BwE I've heard good things about this style. Compact and light weight too.

 

A heat sink is at best a "better then nothing" solution that should only be considered for drag racing. If the car is driven anywhere other then dragstrip it needs an adequate cooler.

 

Back in the day , nobody ran coolers .

Looped the two together !

 

I believe the Corvette of the time had no cooler with a Glide.

 

Gee, he just called and, I think, selected the heat sink style. I better call him about that. Thanks fellows.

 

Dude is 0 for 2.

 

If its just a track car you dont need a cooler on a glide. When i bought mine from ATI the cooler holes were plugged. I have never ran a cooler on my car. Street car would probably be best with a cooler of some sort or maybe a radiator with the trans cooler in it.

 

Don't need a cooler on a glide for drag racing, huh.....? maybe if the plan is to not go rounds.

 

This is what I ran on the truck when it was a puller and still driven on the street. Lots of rotating mass and a relatively loose 5500 converter. I called Derale, told them what I was doing and they came up with this. Worked great in summer heat and is being used on the drag truck as well.

 

If you have room and don’t end up with a cooler that has a fan built in, check out tru cool. I put one on my 1/2 ton with 4l60e that I pull the trailer and car with. It’s like 22” wide, 9” tall and 1.25” thick. Was pretty cheap too, for what it is. Been on there nearly 2 years , driven several thousand miles and no issues

 

Trans cooler could help with consistency bracket racing?

 

MitchH,

East Tennessee. Builder has put that heat sink style on it. Looks like a long cyclinder with fins on it. I wanted the TCI fin type or that new one out that has its own fan. Probably will change it out over the winter. What you have?

 

 

Bought it new, then changed my setup and it is just sitting around. If you can use it let me know….

 

Ok, gonna get our heads together and see if we want to go with that or the type that has its own fan. How much?

 

Whatever shipping is......

 

Ok, deal. Email me at jburress1955@yahoo.com Need your address to send a money order to you and I will give you my address. Thank you.

 

Jeff you can add a fan to that style and even make a aluminum shroud like the one posted very easily