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So... After booking two days of track fun for April 9-10th I decided I was going to tackle the transmission cooler.
I had 3 basic goals for this install.
1) and most obvious... Make it through a full session without going into limp.
2) mount the cooler as close to the OEM (track pack/R) location as possible to take advantage of the engineering that was already done by Ford.
3) don't cut, or drill anywhere on the vehicle.
Number 3 made this install pretty difficult but so far I was able to achieve goals 2, and 3. We'll find out if goal number 1, the most important goal was achieved this Saturday.
Install is pretty much complete now I just need to get some shorter bolts for the cooler brackets, flush the pump, and tighten a few lines. Also I'm still waiting for the air duct that goes in place of the block off panel my car had in the front bumper. Should have it in the morning, then I can put my bumper back on and do some street testing.
The cooler I used is a 15 row from Cx racing. It was the closest in design, and overall dimensions that I could find to the factory cooler.
The pump is a Mocal 2.1GPM part# MOC-17522HT
The best place I found to mount the pump, and stick to goal number 3 was to delete the w/w fluid tank and utilize the factory holes for the bracket.
Once the pump was mounted I began making the brackets for the coolers, once again only using pre-existing holes.
For the transmission I used the fill and drain plug locations. On the drain I used a 90 degree 1/2" male npt to 8an adapter. On the fill I needed to use a straight 1/2" to 8an adapter then a 90 degree 8an swivel on the hose side to clear the case.
I will say now... This is NOT the optimal way to cool the transmission fluid. Being that the fill plug and drain plug are so close to each other, the reality is some of the incoming cooled fluid is going to fall right back into the cooling loop. With that being said it should still have some cooling affect, and I believe because the temp sensor for the transmission is also in pretty much a direct path with the incoming cooled fluid, that it will prevent limp mode.
In the future I may have the case tapped for a more optimal location for the incoming cooled fluid. Really depends on if I end up getting an R or not.
I had 3 basic goals for this install.
1) and most obvious... Make it through a full session without going into limp.
2) mount the cooler as close to the OEM (track pack/R) location as possible to take advantage of the engineering that was already done by Ford.
3) don't cut, or drill anywhere on the vehicle.
Number 3 made this install pretty difficult but so far I was able to achieve goals 2, and 3. We'll find out if goal number 1, the most important goal was achieved this Saturday.
Install is pretty much complete now I just need to get some shorter bolts for the cooler brackets, flush the pump, and tighten a few lines. Also I'm still waiting for the air duct that goes in place of the block off panel my car had in the front bumper. Should have it in the morning, then I can put my bumper back on and do some street testing.
The cooler I used is a 15 row from Cx racing. It was the closest in design, and overall dimensions that I could find to the factory cooler.
The pump is a Mocal 2.1GPM part# MOC-17522HT
The best place I found to mount the pump, and stick to goal number 3 was to delete the w/w fluid tank and utilize the factory holes for the bracket.
Once the pump was mounted I began making the brackets for the coolers, once again only using pre-existing holes.
For the transmission I used the fill and drain plug locations. On the drain I used a 90 degree 1/2" male npt to 8an adapter. On the fill I needed to use a straight 1/2" to 8an adapter then a 90 degree 8an swivel on the hose side to clear the case.
I will say now... This is NOT the optimal way to cool the transmission fluid. Being that the fill plug and drain plug are so close to each other, the reality is some of the incoming cooled fluid is going to fall right back into the cooling loop. With that being said it should still have some cooling affect, and I believe because the temp sensor for the transmission is also in pretty much a direct path with the incoming cooled fluid, that it will prevent limp mode.
In the future I may have the case tapped for a more optimal location for the incoming cooled fluid. Really depends on if I end up getting an R or not.
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