Yes...call TCI for some sound advise, I doubt you'll get it here, lol!

 

It's not designed with performance mufflers or CAI's either...but you change them for the better! And it's not designed with a performance tune but you change it with a tuner. Everything around this truck is designed to prolong it's life at the lowest economical cost...it is "DETUNED" all the way across the threshold, lol! So if you changed your muffler or your CAI and you're going to critisize me, then you should critisize yourself as well, lol! EDIT: Anyone who claims that a 180 tstat will not help the tranny run cooler is either stubborn or stupid...I would hope that you are just stobborn, lol! I wasn't going to drag this out but I changed my mind, lol!. Your theory of ambient temps are backwards because if it were correct, your vehicle would run hotter in the winter and cooler in the summer. Sorry, but your knowledge of physics leaves something to be desired so put a sock in it, lol!

 

1954radio, you need to stay away from the pickle jar.

 

Absolutely possible! Any decent transmission shop shoud be able to install (piggyback) another cooler in there.

There's lots of space under these trucks, many with good air flow for cooling.

 

"Truth Be Told" I'm gonna let this one go, lol!

 

And, spend some time with a basic physics textbook....... You missed this one

 

and I quote..."ambient temperature has little affect on this stuff"...and you come right back and contradict that by saying..."there's lots of space under these trucks, many with good airflow for cooling"... First of all, ambeint temperature has "everything" to do with "this stuff" Just as it does around your computer, it has the same effect on the engine and transmission in your truck. Why...because ambeint temperature has "everything" to do with "controlled" temperatures. Your computer can run up to 10 degrees cooler in an airconditioned room than in a heated room. Why...because it is positively affected by "ambient" temperature...just as your engine and transmission are, and the temperature inside your car, lol! I don't wanna poke at you any more because you surely don't deserve it and I'm sorry about that! But you gotta watch what you say around old people like me, we're stubborn as hell, lol! Besides, we'll never admit when we're wrong so give it up, lol!

 

I'm not going to argue the point. You proved me right with the converter being attached to the engine transferring heat. Since it is attached to a big rotating heat sink called a flexplate that is attached to the crank and not the block your point is mute on a 180* thermostat. If we were talking engine oil temps, then your theory would make sense.
Even with a 180* thermostat, the exhaust is still the producer of much of the underhood heat.
This conversation is over.

 

And your ambient temperature is a plus 10 degrees cooler and that makes a big difference and you "are" arguing my point. And it's the aluminum bellhousing acting as the heatsink, "not" the flexplate...so "your" point is mute, lol! Sure...it's getting heat from the engine, but like I peviously said, it is the aluminum absorbing the heat. I've never heard of a steel heatsink, I've always thought they were aluminum or copper, lol!

 

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