Tranny Pan

I run a TCI pan.
just an fyi, when they say it holds two extra quarts, they mean 2 extra over the car pan. The truck pans hold the same amount.

So.....my stock pan and the TCI pan hold the same amount? If so, what is the benefit of the aftermarket pan?

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derale seems to be the way to go. about 140, 4" deep, so will hold 2 qts more then standard truck pan. Claim 20-50* drop in temperature. Has tubes that help cooling, lot more surface area then 'fin' design.

Does the temperature drop really improve performance and tranny life? I don't do any racing or pulling so I'm wondering if going with one of these would benifit me in any way.

Well, the whole point of more fluid is lower temperatures. Same with adding tranny coolers. #1 killer of trannys is temperature. If 140 dollar pan makes trans last an extra 6 months, it's worth it for me.



I'm assuming if you have modded the truck you atleast beat on it a little bit. It may not be necessary, but sure wouldn't hurt. I have synthetic fluid in mine, a larger radiator, and external factory trans cooler. 165k on the clock and I beat on my pretty bad. Fluid is still bright red, and i haven't touched it in 65k miles (which is why I'm getting deeper pan before I put my cam/heads on)

I'll romp on it once in a while. I have a factory external cooler, but my truck doesn't have a trans temp gauge, so I don't know what it runs normally. I guess doing it won't hurt anything, so what the hell.

You will see a greater temp drop with a tru-cool 40k trans cooler.

as opposed to the deep pan?

how about a finned trans cooler? do these work any good with a stock external? 18" RED Anodized Finned Transmission Cooler trans oil : eBay Motors (item 330431073693 end time May-13-10 16:49:44 PDT)