This morning it was 28 degrees in my town of Franklin, MA so I figured Bill and a lot of you auto guys would be interested in knowing how the tranny cooler reacts to freezing temperatures and not allowing overcooling.

I have the:

130-70264 SuperCooler 24,000 GVW (11'' x 6'' x 1.5'') - $49.99



I intalled it this summer being that it was so hot and I didn't want to overheat my tranny no more than I have in the past with dragging and tons of highway running.

Anyways, I let the car warm up for about a minute and started on my way. The onramp to the major highway is about 2 blocks from my home so by the time I entered the ramp, I still wasn't at normal operating temperature. The car shifted as it would when your autotranny fluids are still cold (just a small jerk when shifting). After normal operating temps were a acheived, the tranny shifted a smooth as silk. This means that the bypass valve within the Supercooler is doing its job even though my particular cooler is designed for a load of 24,000 GVW.

My supercooler is positioned in front of the radiator, right behind my valance opening (behind my aftermarket fogs) to get the most unrestricted airflow.

In the past, coolers have caused problems with shifting in cold weather and I've heard of drivers blocking the cooler with cardboard to allow the heat to build up so the tranny would shift smoothly. The problem is gone with the B&M Supercoolers. Hope this helps with anyone concerned about using a cooler in cold weather.

 

Great feedback, deez......

 

I have the B&M cooler too and I've never worried about overcooling. I run Redline D4 ATF and I think that stuff flows well no matter what the temperature.

 

How do you think it'd affect the car in say, one of our canadian blizzards? Sounds like it'd be probable to still be safe.

 

You guys do see more over the drop-dead cold weather than we will see in the NE but I'm confident you will be fine. It's not neccessary to get the one I bought though. Jime is running the say cooler and he hasn't complained about it.

 

thanks for the info deezo

 

As long as synthetic ATF is used, it is less likely to be an issue. Also, taping or placing a rubber band around some cardboard in front of the cooler will help make the cooler "inefficient" and won't overcool the fluid......

 

good info I have that same cooler sitting in my living room as we speak. Guess I need to get it installed

 

When did you move to Franklin?

 

2 Mondays ago and I'm loving it.

 

well assuming people arent racing in the middle of winter and beating on the auto trans, placing a cardboard infront of your cooler wont really make that much of a difference.... thats just my assesment of the situation.....

anyone else care to comment ?

 

i have the shiny one your returned...the racing one..

 

good deal! My car likes the garage! I don't know what model I have...it looks exactly like yours and it's big huh huh. It's B&M.

 

Some auto transmissions have an internal thermostat that keeps transmission fluid from circulating to an external cooler (such as the one in the radiator) until the transmission warms up. Maxima transmissions don't have one?

 

The Maxima auto transmission is not one of them.


B&M's SuperCooler series of tranny coolers is the only major tranny cooler maker I'm aware of that includes a viscosity driven "valve" that prevents cold fluid from flowing across the entire plate surface of the cooler.

 

I remember you told me you had that one but did you say you spent money on all of the hardware to contect it. I have everything you need to set it up.

 

Why chrome instead of pink?

 

shut it..


deezo--><---jeff

 

no one asked you.. go away...

 

Lots a luv in da room today!

 

no one asked you either.. go away!!

 

I thought I asked you.



Is that a sore spot or something you don't want to talk about? Are your friends making so much fun of you that chrome re-establishes your manhood?

 

you are only a moderator.. you don't count


NNOOOOO

it is a sore spot when you realize that it is going to cost more in fittings to connect the cooler than the actual cost of the cooler.

i ended up getting fittings at home depot and had to keep the "racing car fittings" as a memento to how much $$ i actually spent..

 

chrome (damn too early to get the right words out) can reflect the color(s) from the pink lights

 

boy oh boy.. everyone has jokes today...




i would do this to you..
DanNY--><--ME

but it would turn into this .. cause you would like it..


DanNY--><--me

 

heehee..hey you're powered by pinky not me!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by redmaxpa007
[B]

no one asked you either.. go away!!



Bad, bad, boy!!!

 

Great, first a pink car now

 

notice i am not liking it.. DanNY is..

 

 

 

yall gonna make me act a fool... up in here

 

Damn! Jeff is losing his mind. I was saying that I had the fitting and that if you needed them, I would send them to you.

 

Hehe someone is defensive today.

SuDZ

 

what did you say!!

 

I would say jeff should have used his phone a friend a long time ago..

 

that's cuz for some reason or another he's being called "gay" (ghey, gey, or ghay) in about 5 different threads.

don't worry redmaxpa.....i don't think you're gay, gey, or even ghey for that matter.