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1993 sle wrote:the trans died because......well i cant say i here people will get offended...it wasnt from the heat of the headers
I have a feeling it died due to natural causes, which were accelerated by a heavy right foot and extra power added . Just my guess, LOL.
Bye Bye: RIP sandrock
Sirius wrote:Think about it. You’re tooling down the road in your Prius, knowing full-well that this thing being green is as big a sham as federally mandated ethanol-enriched gas, Russia pulling out of Ukraine, and Obamacare.
Double the life of your tranny? Of the clutches maybe but i don't see 10* cooler operating temperature doubling the life of a trans.
I've never seen mine go over 190 and even with an under drive water pump pulley my coolant stays within -/+ 5 of 180.
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Well the 10 F rule applies to the life of the fluid which can be directly related to the life of the trani.
My coolant runs at a constant 160 F and the trani never goes over 170 even on a hot day.
When I ran with the 180 stat, the trani temp would run about 10 F hotter and even saw 205 on a hot Oregon day.
2000 SSEi - SilverBullet - 78,000 kms, 4" "straight shot" custom headlight ram air inlet, TOGs, 1.9's, Lsd, 2.9-3.4"MPS 10-15 psi, Ported GenV, EGR eliminated, OR pushrods, oil volume kit, trani cooler & shift kit, Titanium retainers, 90 lb springs, 160 Stat, 42# injectors, Fuel pump voltage increase, Wideband O2, 3" to dual 2 1/2" Magnaflows, Snow Meth/water injection, after SC temp gauge, 255/50WR17, timing commander set 15-18*@WOT, 2 speed Fan over-ride, disabled DRL, Solid motor mount, Meziere Electric water pump, adjustable fuel pressure regulator, Drilled & slotted rotors/ceramics, GXP sway bars and STB, Upgraded and rebuilt transmission with ZZP 2500 rpm stall TC, Pioneer Bluetooth stereo with sub and 800 W amps, PB 13.5 quarter, (April 2014 car of the month)
2000Silverbullet wrote:For every 10 F drop in temp, it will double the life of your trani.
You are trying to say that if a person lowers there trans temp by 40 degrees they with quadruple the life of the trans? I'm kidding. Blackhawk wasn't a believer in changing fluid on his Bonnie and he sold the car with that same trans IIRC. Somona didn't run a cooler and made nearly 300,000 miles on his original. I ran a cooler and my trans only lasted to 176,000 miles.
Crunge, take a look at the wheel speed sensors and any wiring you may have gotten close to when working on the headers. Maybe something got bumped or pinched.
2000Silverbullet wrote:
For every 10 F drop in temp, it will double the life of your trani.
You are trying to say that if a person lowers there trans temp by 40 degrees they with quadruple the life of the trans? I'm kidding.
Ya, but but all kidding aside, if you follow that thinking if you lower the temp by about 80 degrees to room temperature it will blow out all the seals and won't last long at all.
As will all things, there is an optimum temperature above or below which will affect performance and life.
In my opinion that optimum temperature is 160 F
So the safe range would be 130 to 190 F but for every 10 F above or below 160 you will affect fluid life by the doubling or halving for every 10 F.
2000 SSEi - SilverBullet - 78,000 kms, 4" "straight shot" custom headlight ram air inlet, TOGs, 1.9's, Lsd, 2.9-3.4"MPS 10-15 psi, Ported GenV, EGR eliminated, OR pushrods, oil volume kit, trani cooler & shift kit, Titanium retainers, 90 lb springs, 160 Stat, 42# injectors, Fuel pump voltage increase, Wideband O2, 3" to dual 2 1/2" Magnaflows, Snow Meth/water injection, after SC temp gauge, 255/50WR17, timing commander set 15-18*@WOT, 2 speed Fan over-ride, disabled DRL, Solid motor mount, Meziere Electric water pump, adjustable fuel pressure regulator, Drilled & slotted rotors/ceramics, GXP sway bars and STB, Upgraded and rebuilt transmission with ZZP 2500 rpm stall TC, Pioneer Bluetooth stereo with sub and 800 W amps, PB 13.5 quarter, (April 2014 car of the month)
. Just my guess, LOL. 
I'm kidding. Blackhawk wasn't a believer in changing fluid on his Bonnie and he sold the car with that same trans IIRC. Somona didn't run a cooler and made nearly 300,000 miles on his original. I ran a cooler and my trans only lasted to 176,000 miles. 
