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Hey,

I am looking around trying to find a transmission cooler for my C4.

Can someone give me some information about choosing which size to buy?

I am looking at a Davies Craig cooler, specs are

Thickness - 19mm

Height - 216mm

Length - 280mm

$170...

Any info would be great.

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Spoke with PWR, 2 x 19x255x280 needed.

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I'm also interested to know what/which oil coolers people on here are recommending/using..

I was gonna ask about which tranny cooler people would recommend for my S1 GTS-T, but this bassicaly covers my question.

I was considering a V8 cooler from something like a Commodore or maybe a Soarer, cause i assumed if it was made for the reasonably high torque they put out then it would probably be fine for me as well..

I had a close look at my standard tranny cooler, and i gotta admit - it was a piss poor effort from the factory at Nissan.

So yeah, start throwing cooler ideas & opinions into this thread so anyone else with an auto can have a gander..

turboedsloth Grand Master

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stick the biggest cooler you can fit in the spot where you want to fit the thing. the bigger the better. the coolers that get stuck on the front of BA falcons when their radiators shit themselves are great and if you buy the whole kit you get brackets, 2m of hose, hose clamps and tech screws to bolt it to the car.

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Spoke with PWR, 2 x 19x255x280 needed.

What sort of horsepower & torque do you have for them to quote twin coolers like that ?

Is the standard tranny cooler inside the bottom of the radiator ?? Because i thought it was the piss poor cooler in front of my radiator on the drivers side, but am now thinking it's only the power steer cooler.. It'd be a bitch to pull it off and replace it then find out its only the power steer unit..

I only ask coz i have been getting frothing of my fluid (can hear it frothing through the lines @ 150+ kph at full throttle) and am looking at putting a large(ish) front mounted tranny cooler on to see if that helps with some synthetic fluid as well.

I searched this entire forum, and there's surprisingly very little regarding transmission coolers in here...

I've been to the wreckers, and found 2 different coolers that "might" be ok. One is a 'honeycomb' type from a VP Commodore - looks like it flows a fare amout, but wouldn't have a clue on it's cooling capabilities. The other is a tube & fin style from a VT Commodore - looks like it'd cool reasonably well, but not sure how well it'd flow...

We need more info in here on tranny coolers eg; sizes, where from (brand/shop/other vehicle etc.), results, etc. If people are running aftermarket coolers, please share with us as much details as you can for future searches in this forum.

Cheers

turboedsloth Grand Master

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i have dealt with drivetech coolers for a few years now and never had a problem with any off them, have fitted one of their oil coolers and power steering coolers to my car, every cooler i fitted to vehicles when working for my ex boss was drivetech, very well made unit, kits come with brackets,hoses,clamps etc. personally i wouldnt use second hand shit because you dont know if they are blocked/broken/bent. with the size of cooler required it all depends on how much space you have, as for style well thats up to you.

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