Teans cooler help
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I dont mean to hijack this thread but what is more important to cooling efficiency when it comes to the length and width vs the thickness of the cooler? I pulled a real thick cooler off of an F350 work van but also have a thinner one about the same size. Im torn between the two...any advice?
The more material making up the rad the larger the area for the heat transfer to the air so in theory both rads should cool the same but with the larger rad more cool fluid to return to the engine
in our circle track cars we use the largest rad possible so the only time the cooling fan gets turned on is during caution laps. During a caution the cars do not travel fast enough for adequate cooling. A spinning fan adds resistance and at high speeds can hinder the cooling with virtually putting a wall behind the rad slowing the air flow down.
I run the cooler separate from the engine radiator. It still warms up plenty that way but makes sure if the engine runs hot for any reason it's not going to heat the trans fluid up any.
I also know they say you don't want the trans fluid too cool but my truck runs anywhere from 88-110*F in the winter and it's all factory. GM must not be concerned about it.
I also know they say you don't want the trans fluid too cool but my truck runs anywhere from 88-110*F in the winter and it's all factory. GM must not be concerned about it.
I would think the instructions tell you to use the return side of the rad transmission cooler cause the pressure in the line coming from the transmission can get up to around 100 psi and that could blow a fitting or a rubber hose. Coming out of the rad the pressure is much less
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