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I agree with you 100% on this, Tom. I did the transmission swap to the track pack version and the quality of the parts gave me a lot of confidence in their reliability over time on track. And I was really grateful to Ford for the low price on the replacement transmission. It still was an expensive ordeal, but they definitely stepped up to help owners.The track pack transmissions may be more common now since there have been so many additional model years. If you were to add a trans cooler, I would seriously try to find a good used transmission and go that route. I know 16Kobra moded his, but that was a time where a trans was a much less common thing.
There was a time when Ford subsidized the track pack transmission to tech owners for a song. I think it was a little over $2K. Steve16 had a tech, got the trans, then wound up getting ford to do a buyback on his car. I bought his transmission and it is still sitting in my garage.
Look at ebay, junkyards, auto recyclers, etc. The better way to go is a new transmission with the pump built in.
I still have my tech pack transmission in my garage. I have been considering a swap into my 2017 GT. It still needs a cooler, but the MT-82 will also get hot on track. The Tremec is an awesome transmission.
Oh, and the rear diff definitely needs cooling if the transmission cooling needs are taken care of.
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