How did you bend the dimple plate?
CK5
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Is your vanity bent
On your transmission, do you have a lockup torque converter? I know with my 700r4 and the 4l80e, as soon as the torque converter will lock the trans temps drop quick. One of my favorite things about the 454 is it has the grunt to pull with the torque converter locked up. Even neater yet, the 4l80e controller will lock the torque converter offroading. I can program it to lock sooner than you normally would on the highway.
With the 700r4, I had the lockup set up on a switch so I could lock it up more.
With the 700r4, I had the lockup set up on a switch so I could lock it up more.
rocks, big fck'n rocks making contact with the tubes bending them in/up.
no idea what converter I have, had a friend build it that owns a shop and he knew what it was going to be used for. He's actually a wheeler too. I can be in 4wd/1st gear all day and it stays at 180 however if I'm grunting up a hill in partial throttle 2k rpms, third or 2nd gear it starts to slowly heat up to 220 (pan temp). I have the trans lines routed through the radiator trans cooler, then through an auxiliary Derale with a fan and then back to the trans. While driving home from the rubicon a couple weeks ago I remembered that I routed the -8AN trans lines in/out of the trans through one tight heat sleeve so I'm wondering if I'm getting heat transfer from the hot fluid leaving the trans against the return line. Obviously this is not the reason why the trans is heating up but I'm wondering if this would keep it cooler.
and I'm going 4L80E sooner than later
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EVERYTHING is bent lol
I suppose that's possible. I have mine done the same way. I would certainly say it doesn't help. I need to heat wrap my exhaust crossover because I'm sure it's adding heat. I know you already did that tho. I have my coolers setup the same way. I do pull my temps right at the inlet to the radiator cooler, my logic is this should be the hottest point. But that could also be flawed logic.
I don’t know if you have it in yours, but I put a tube back in there to try and reinforce it to try and stop that from happening.
I built that same tube on mine...hit those tubes on the front multiple times and it's still in the same place.
I thought that this had a TH400?
So that would mean no lock-up. Am I that forgetful?
So that would mean no lock-up. Am I that forgetful?
Hear me out here. How about a trans that doesn't shift itself?
My crossover is not wrapped, just the trans and fuel lines.
That was part of the plan, never got to it, will now obviously.
Yes TH400
I expected this....but no.
Sounds like the temps may not be as big of a deal as I thought......
from the TCI website http://www.tciauto.com/tc/trans-life-expectancy
The ideal operating temperature for automatic transmission fluid is between 175 and 225° F. At approximately 240° F, important additives in the ATF begin to cook. The result is the formation of varnish inside the transmission. At approximately 260° F, internal transmission seals (which are typically manufactured from a polyacrylate material) begin to harden. The end results are leaks, both internal and external, simply because the seals lose their elasticity. At approximately 295° F, transmission clutch plates begin to slip because the oil is breaking down further. At approximately 315° F, seals and clutches effectively burn out. Carbon forms in the oil and for all intents and purposes, the transmission is junk. Just for your information, a typical transmission will die within 2000 miles if subjected to 300° F+ heat.
from the TCI website http://www.tciauto.com/tc/trans-life-expectancy
The ideal operating temperature for automatic transmission fluid is between 175 and 225° F. At approximately 240° F, important additives in the ATF begin to cook. The result is the formation of varnish inside the transmission. At approximately 260° F, internal transmission seals (which are typically manufactured from a polyacrylate material) begin to harden. The end results are leaks, both internal and external, simply because the seals lose their elasticity. At approximately 295° F, transmission clutch plates begin to slip because the oil is breaking down further. At approximately 315° F, seals and clutches effectively burn out. Carbon forms in the oil and for all intents and purposes, the transmission is junk. Just for your information, a typical transmission will die within 2000 miles if subjected to 300° F+ heat.
Cool water crossings, and pics of you making it?
nope, those are falls you hike up to, 1/2 mile or so off the trail. I joked about bringing my truck up there but I'm not one to do that kind of stuff.
Oh, my bad. I thought you were cool.
Its commiefornia, no body gets to be cool like that.
no we have plenty of them too, those are the assholes that giving the tree huggers ammo to shut our OHV trails down.
