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Old 05-09-2010, 10:02 PM
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I have the factory trans cooler, but there is a chance ill be installing my circle D stall, transgo and vette servo this week. However I don't have a trucool 40k yet but wondering if i'll be safe until i can afford to get one? Will my trans temps be safe? Don't want to heat up the 60e!
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Yes the factory cooler isn't going to cut a 3k verter and daily driving. Get a tru cool 40gvw cooler.. 120 buks is cheap insurance..
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It's not goig to last long. Mine lasted a couple months, and my tranny went out! Tru-cool 40k FTW
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Yes, it will work just fine. That's a 278mm, it will be very efficient and not produce as much heat as a smaller converter. I have a 3600 258 and the stock cooler is more than enough to keep fluid temps right around what they were from the factory.
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You just got the TB convertor rite???

I picked up the brackets from a a memeber on here just for the 40k...

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yea its the 278 "reworked" tb converter
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the tranny cooler is extra insurance,so i would pick it up
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x3 on the trans cooler... you really can't go wrong.
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heat kills transmissions. a bone stock truck can benefit from a tranny cooler.
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Id go ahead and run it..A few of the tbss guys that bought them have run it without a cooler.. Just dont be runnin the crap out of it lol..You still have the aeroforce to see what the temps are??
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