Quick question for you C4 guys

Ford_Racing

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I'm fixing to order an aluminum radiator for my Stang. I'll be running a C4 Trans King with transbrake and manuel valve body with a 4500 stall. Do ya'll run your tranny cooling lines through the radiator and then a cooler, or do you run just a cooler up front. Thanks

 

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you realy dont want to run it thru the radiator, you want to have its own cooler out in front of the radiator.

 

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I have them in series, with the auxillary cooler second.

It can be done either way, aux cooler only, radiator first or second.

For a street or track performance car, the standalone cooler is ok. I drive this thing all 12 months, so in cooler weather, I have believed that that having the radiator cooler in line to warm up the trans fluid is a reasonable idea.

 

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The reason I ask is because the guy doing my motor says you want to run it through the radiator so that it keeps it at operating temp. He claims that just a cooler in front of my radiator only, cools it too much therefor causing the tranny to wear out quicker. Any thought?

 

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I am just running a cooler in the front becasue the radiator was cheaper that way,, but if I had a choice I would run it through the radiator and the cooler,, heat kills auto trans,, and I dont think you can be too cool under operating conditions,, plus you get a bit more fluid capacity with the extra lengh,,, Bee

 

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lets say one day your motor overheats, then your tranny might geta little warm as well. run it seperate. thats what ive been told by many tranny builders.