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Can I use my AC condenser as a tranny cooler?

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Old Jul 31, 2000 | 11:34 PM
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Can I use my AC condenser as a tranny cooler?

Can I? Anyone kind enough to tell me what I need to do?


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Old Aug 1, 2000 | 12:01 AM
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Yeah you can. It wont be that hard. Just run the hoses like a normal trans cooler but to the condensor. Anyways I don't know if it would be that good. It might restrict some pressure. Might make you go slower. But it would definetly cool way better. But I think you would need about 11 or more extra quarts of oil

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Old Aug 1, 2000 | 04:22 PM
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Do you disconnect the tranny lines going to the radiator and poke them into the condenser or do you run them in series?

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Old Aug 1, 2000 | 06:36 PM
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hrmm never thought of this one, although i wouldnt reccomend it without checking and being 100% sure, but i think it would restrict too much flow, and wind up starving your tranny...
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Old Aug 1, 2000 | 09:12 PM
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Do yourself a favor and buy a B&M supercooler. You'll improve the cooling of the radiator, lose weight from the front end, and have less pressure drop on the transmission line circuit.

Here's my supercooler install page:
http://www.isthq.com/~dan/transcooler.html



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