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Old 10-02-2007, 07:25 PM
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the other day me and dozerdan were cruisin around lookin for some races and we hooked the laptop up and my tranny temp was 160 degrees..and thats with a 3200 stall..
Old 10-02-2007, 07:31 PM
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No, 160 is not bad at all. Mine run as high as 170 in very hot summer traffic and I have a large cooler.
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i thought it was pretty good...mine runs 156 on a stock stall with 28000gvw cooler
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Mine runs about the same and my truck is basically stock with a decent sized aftermarket cooler, and my dads nnbs crew cab runs about the same and his is bone stock.
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Its all good... until it gets to 200.... thats still not bad... 220* and you better be tryin to cool it off...

Mine runs bout 140-150 cruising even on a 100* day..
But if i hammer on it around town it will creep up to 190ish and it will slowly cool down to 170ish..

once it heats up that much it hardly ever gets back down to 150..
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same here, in the mornings I can drive 15miles to work and never get over 120, on the way home when its warmer, it'll see 150, beating on it, hotlapping it at the track it will get to 190 pretty quickly but the cooler/line setup I have on mine keeps it nice and chilly... its only a 30K cooler but its mated to -6AN hoses and mil-spec fittings all around. I took my radiator out of the cooling circut as well... once it gets above 170 it wont take long to cool mine off to 150, this is with my 3600 converter...
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Yeah your fine. I saw mine hit 230 this summer towing my 6000lb. enclosed trailer up a long hill. It cooled down to 180 after I got over the hill. Thats with a 3000 stall.
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haha i thought that was pretty damn good for drivin around town cruisin..plus i was stuck in second gear for a while cause my trans was messin up..its gotta 40,000 gvw cooler
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Originally Posted by dirt_track_racer_81
haha i thought that was pretty damn good for drivin around town cruisin..plus i was stuck in second gear for a while cause my trans was messin up..its gotta 40,000 gvw cooler
Messed it up already?

How hard is it to install a trans temp gauge?
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Originally Posted by dirt_track_racer_81
haha i thought that was pretty damn good for drivin around town cruisin..plus i was stuck in second gear for a while cause my trans was messin up..its gotta 40,000 gvw cooler
I think that it's about time that you get someone who knows how to build a transmission build you one...

Originally Posted by viciousknid
How hard is it to install a trans temp gauge?
As easy as putting in an Escalade gauge cluster.


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