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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 06:21 PM
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Tranny oil cooler or Engine oil cooler.....

I have enough saved up to by one of these, which one do u guys reccomend will benifit my car more in the long run, also what company .....thanks

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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 07:48 PM
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Get the oil cooler. your tranny already has a cooler in the radiator. Not sure as to any brand being better than another. Also, run a cooler thermostat, such as 180*. This will work good all year round, and with cooler radiator temp comes cooler trany fluid temp.

OR

Savve up some more & install both. Install the trany cooler before the radiator
a) Trany fluid out to cooler in.
b) Cooler out to radiator in
c) Radiator out to trany in.

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Old Dec 14, 2001 | 02:33 PM
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Tranny cooler. The 700r4 runs hotter than other RWD transmissions, and it's a good investment against blowing your trans.

Almost forgot- mine's by B&M...

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Old Dec 14, 2001 | 03:21 PM
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