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Old 10-11-2004, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by woosh
Here's the link to my setup:

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/158237/2

It's more than 1 year old and have no complaints.

pros:
- keeps tranny fluid temp cooler on highways
- prolongs the tranny life

cons:
- If the vents are open, you can feel the warm air blowing off the cooler into the car. (you didn't think the cooling came without a price, did ya )
- (suspected, unproven) slight lag in fluid pressure build because of the added cooler and lines to the fluid path.
tell me about the mobil 1 synthetic ATF cuz im interested for it, on how many miles did you change your fluid?
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Old 10-11-2004, 09:12 PM
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Changed it to Mobil ATF around 14k, after seeing all the tranny posts. It was worth the money in my opinion. I did a flush using the 2 bottles and clear hose technique.

If you can search, I had a write up waaaay back, complete with gasket part # from Dave B. I bought 12 bottles, but used 10+.
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Old 10-11-2004, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by woosh
Changed it to Mobil ATF around 14k, after seeing all the tranny posts. It was worth the money in my opinion. I did a flush using the 2 bottles and clear hose technique.

If you can search, I had a write up waaaay back, complete with gasket part # from Dave B. I bought 12 bottles, but used 10+.
how many miles do you have on your max?
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Old 10-12-2004, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by woosh
Here's the link to my setup:

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/158237/2

It's more than 1 year old and have no complaints.

pros:
- keeps tranny fluid temp cooler on highways
- prolongs the tranny life

cons:
- If the vents are open, you can feel the warm air blowing off the cooler into the car. (you didn't think the cooling came without a price, did ya )
- (suspected, unproven) slight lag in fluid pressure build because of the added cooler and lines to the fluid path.
you should put a little bit more fluid in there if it takes longer to build pressure
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Old 10-12-2004, 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by GreekMaxima
i know man, i had 2k2 max and the tranny was bad..... now, i have a 2k3 max and i have no problem at all, i got ~40,200 miles on it
Dude, you better knock on wood, I started having shifting issues about month after I posted how smooth my tranny was.

My Max is sitting at Nissan right now being diagnosed.

I’m totally bummed out about this whole tranny situation.

Maybe Nissan should add ( Shift _ slip ) to there logo…….
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Old 10-12-2004, 05:23 AM
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almost 83k on my tranny..hahahaha
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Old 10-12-2004, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by RELENTLESS
Dude, you better knock on wood, I started having shifting issues about month after I posted how smooth my tranny was.

My Max is sitting at Nissan right now being diagnosed.

I’m totally bummed out about this whole tranny situation.

Maybe Nissan should add ( Shift _ slip ) to there logo…….
my 2k2 max had not even 30,000 miles and 2 times my tranny went bad and i had the max for oly 6 months, i have 2k3 maxima for 15 months and 40,200 miles and still going, im planing to put tranny cooler, VB stage 2 and maybe Mobil 1 ATF synthetic for more performance and my tranny will be stronger!!
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Originally Posted by GreekMaxima
my 2k2 max had not even 30,000 miles and 2 times my tranny went bad and i had the max for oly 6 months, i have 2k3 maxima for 15 months and 40,200 miles and still going, im planing to put tranny cooler, VB stage 2 and maybe Mobil 1 ATF synthetic for more performance and my tranny will be stronger!!

I’ll be very honest; if I could I would swap mine for a 6 speed in a heartbeat. I may even be in the market for one, depending on how the repair goes…

I went with an auto so that my wife could drive it too, but am now thinking it was the wrong move… If I do keep it, I’m defiantly adding a tranny cooler!

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Old 10-12-2004, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by RELENTLESS
I’ll be very honest; if I could I would swap mine for a 6 speed in a heartbeat. I may even be in the market for one, depending on how the repair goes…

I went with an auto so that my wife could drive it too, but am now thinking it was the wrong move… If I do keep it, I’m defiantly adding a tranny cooler!

im thinking for swap too, i wanted to trade in my max for a 6 speed but they told me that i still own too much money so they cant do anything, they said is better to wait 2 years.
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Since the 4th of April 04 I have made 14 visits to the track and 131 passes on my 2k2 auto trans.

Only mods are B&M cooler, Mobil 1 and drop resistor mod. Car has 45k on it.

Still running strong and I even got my fastest N/A time of the year on Sunday a 13.53 and a 1.98 60' which is my first sub 2.0 N/A.

About half of those runs were with nitrous running in the low 12 region and 1.7-1.8 60's so it hasn't been babied.

Maybe its just the luck of the draw.
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I’m very jealous right now… I haven’t even romped on mine much and the previous owner was an older lady!

In fact I was only able to put 5k on it in my two months of ownership..

Wanna trade???
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Old 06-22-2005, 08:49 AM
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if iam in stop and go traffic is the best cooler to get the one with a fan or it doesnt matter i just want the best for the car also what is a good cooler for the oil as well and will tat also be helped with a fan thanx
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Do you use the metal tube on the far right with the kit...or just clamp tubes?

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