Tranny Pan

[foggy]

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.

[medic2967]

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

[oleshifty]

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.

[medic2967]

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.

[oleshifty]

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)

[medic2967]

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.

[foggy]

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

[medic2967]

as opposed to the deep pan?

[snowboardman137]

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)