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- 84 BII "Li'l Samson"
OK guys, here are some numbers from my C4/C5 trannie behind a highly modded 302 in my lightweight B2. I'ts about 900 to 1000 pounds lighter then a stock B2. I would think weight would have something to do with the temps I'm getting. But first let me explain how it's set up. Tell my what you think.
I have a B&M Super cooler in front of a Ford Motor Sport aluminum radiator. I had to make a custom grill to mount it this way. The main reason other then clearance was to get as much unobstructed air flowing through the cooler.
Then the next thing was to get one of these air flow through tranny pans. This pic is the front of the pan. They really say that it does lower the oil in the pan considerably. But I had to make the exhaust go behind the pan. If I'm not mistaken, Explorers and some other trucks have the exhaust right up in front of the pan, I don't understand their reasoning behind this. Why have super heated air coming off the exhaust just to collect in the pan. The way I have it, all that exhaust is behind the pan and flowing away from it.
Now here is where I selected to mount the heat sensor. It's in the line coming directly out of the tranny before it hits the cooler. So this is the actual temp. of the fluid after it does it's thing in the tranny. One reason I did not install it in the pan was that this is also a trail rig and don't need no line being torn off.
Now for the bottom line. I'll add more specs as I get them.
Todays ambient temp. was 86 f. Riding on the interstate with no hills the temp on my Auto Meter gauge was 124 F.
In town stop and go the temp rose to 150 F.
I checked some temp. charts that were posted by Brooklynbay and they did not even make the chart. Hmmm. Water temp of the engine was around 160F. Now I know the outdoor temp was not very hot. But we'll see what it does as the temps go up. I'll do some trail rides and also climbing some hills on public paved roads also and record temps. It will be interesting how it does in the cold winter months.
I have a B&M Super cooler in front of a Ford Motor Sport aluminum radiator. I had to make a custom grill to mount it this way. The main reason other then clearance was to get as much unobstructed air flowing through the cooler.
Then the next thing was to get one of these air flow through tranny pans. This pic is the front of the pan. They really say that it does lower the oil in the pan considerably. But I had to make the exhaust go behind the pan. If I'm not mistaken, Explorers and some other trucks have the exhaust right up in front of the pan, I don't understand their reasoning behind this. Why have super heated air coming off the exhaust just to collect in the pan. The way I have it, all that exhaust is behind the pan and flowing away from it.
Now here is where I selected to mount the heat sensor. It's in the line coming directly out of the tranny before it hits the cooler. So this is the actual temp. of the fluid after it does it's thing in the tranny. One reason I did not install it in the pan was that this is also a trail rig and don't need no line being torn off.
Now for the bottom line. I'll add more specs as I get them.
Todays ambient temp. was 86 f. Riding on the interstate with no hills the temp on my Auto Meter gauge was 124 F.
In town stop and go the temp rose to 150 F.
I checked some temp. charts that were posted by Brooklynbay and they did not even make the chart. Hmmm. Water temp of the engine was around 160F. Now I know the outdoor temp was not very hot. But we'll see what it does as the temps go up. I'll do some trail rides and also climbing some hills on public paved roads also and record temps. It will be interesting how it does in the cold winter months.
