Trans Cooler Mounting Tech Tip Tuesday

Full discretion, do not mount these under the car unless you are using a proven cooler and one with a fan. Air movement is critical!
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[@hierarchymotorz5388]

I think a good video would be battery relocation, shut off switch install and more in depth of routing power and ground cables for them.

[@crosbycesar6035]

I guess it's kinda off topic but does anybody know of a good site to stream new movies online?

[@Hammerback972]

Kinda "bot" topic. Chodes

[@TennTitans]

When mounting under the car and the fans are on the bottom side(towards the ground) it’s ideal to set the fans up to pull. Making a pass or driving down the road the underneath side of the car creates a low pressure area. So pulling will pull air down through the cooler. Then the fan isn’t trying to fight against the low pressure and burning fans up and not cooling to the best of its ability.

[@dillonshoffner3750]

I just mounted mine yesterday! NA car with no ac so I put it up front. Love the content! And your products! Keep it coming

[@averyalexander2303]

That can certainly work. If you can mount the cooler at a little bit of an angle pointing the fan towards the back of the car so ram air can do more of the work when you are moving, that's even better. I mounted a thick 30 row engine oil cooler with a fan and shroud under the back of my Honda when it still had the auto and tilted it back as much as I could without it hanging down, which was around 2 inches. I wired the fan to a 180 degree thermostatic switch, but I don't remember it ever heating up enough to need the fan. As I remember, the temp normally sat at around 150-160 degrees max when driving down the highway on 100 degree days and I think the highest I ever remember seeing it was around 170.

[@supercoupe28]

Doug, your reading my mind. Just bench raced this idea with my uncle yesterday. Thanks for helping me seal the deal. Trans cooler to the rear!

[@mattstewart2682]

Content Idea. Button and switch layout in a Race Week style car like your Nova. It would be interesting to know how and why you have the switches where you do. Same goes for the buttons like Trans Brake, Bump, Scramble and Line Lock. Great info your sharing, sometimes its tough for us "normal" folks to get the answers your providing.

[@compulsion_mike]

Motion for the win! I’m in the middle of my first Turbo LS build between their affordable parts, fast shipping, and these tech tips they are making my build a breeze! Thanks a million guys! 💪🏽

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

Thank you sir!

[@BoostedRide]

Awesome. Made a good guess on my build. Always enjoy every Tuesday to learn if I guessed right or not haha!

[@gregsimon9061]

Always love your tech tips, thanks for the videos.

[@BADQ]

Hey man thanks great videos you produce, I need to do that to my aussie HQ Monaro, instead of having it up the front! now I have my own hoist it should be nice and easy to mount.

[@georgegarside-dv6xy]

appreciate this video a lot. simple offer of another option, well explained, short and informative. good job

[@gasratzcustoms]

Thanks for video. This helped us decide where to mount ours on our C10

[@GBodyGarageRacing]

Thanks Doug! I was going to ask if you ran it as a pusher or a puller. But i scrolled down to see someone else asked that question and you replied. Thanks!

[@SketchysGarage]

Great video with some good tips! Keep up the hard work 💪.

[@CamaroThings]

I literally look forward to my lunch on Tuesday to watch these.

[@PetesTurboGarage]

Great video just mounted one on my mkiv supra same area to go with my built trans.

[@canadianmarauder1923]

Good tip and ya got me thinkin this might work on my 03 marauder.

[@nyplantingsgardendesigners5645]

Good vid. My C6 Z cooler is going behind the bumper cover. Gotta get it done.

[@nsboost]

Same transcooler I have... and I mounted it under the passenger seat on my ws6 🤙

[@75novaguy73]

Not sure if ill buy one of these but looking at them for sale on the website and such did give me a great idea for id like to do so thats a win win!

[@JUNKYARDGTO]

Wow that cage looks perfect

[@superiorautomotive143]

Thanks for your content !

[@vrg69]

Really good info going to do my twin turbo mustang that way

[@BadLuckGarage]

Great video and ironic timing. Im actually in the process of relocating my cooler to the rear of the car where the muffler would normally be(1990 camaro) and Im having trouble deciding which Derale cooler to run. Which one are you running on the Nova? And do you think I should mount it on the floorboard instead or do you have any experience mounting them in the rear as I'm considering? Just wondering about your personal experience.

[@Donovan.Creamer]

I checked my derale cooler just like the one you’ve got in the video and it’s a pull fan only. You can reverse polarity but the fan blades only move air well one way. Which is pulling.

[@MrLangleylad]

Great info , thanks

[@cantyoufeelthelove]

Thank you!

[@Sparkles_x64]

This caught my eye as a potential fix for my 2012 Nissan Rogue, TSB states an additional external cooler is required and the break-fix la cheapa cooler I installed in the recommended location (in front of the rad) just really didn't help all that much. So my question is, even though the underside of the car is a pretty good place for something that will often be on a trailer, what about applications like mine where standing water may be a concern, or just a lot of moisture in general?

[@guitarplayer1969]

Great video. Helping my son mount on to his old SUV. What size Rivnuts and bolts did you use for this install and it was no big deal drilling through the undercarriage of the vehicle?

[@irishk5blazer]

I'm going to get one of your coolers when I get to that point. My question is this well be a sand toy but theres always rocks and logs hidden. I have room in front of the rad. Would that be the best placement or bed mount it. I'm just thinking air movement thru the grill will help.

[@deebo1056]

Do you like to use a thermostat fitting so it turns on and off on its own, or make the Holley do it?

[@jeffreycoppensjr4728]

Would it be possible or even needed to have a cooler setup for a winters quick change rear diff? That would be really cool for a drift car.

[@JackLawson-WingSmallForward]

Great advise-what trans did you run on RMRW and what Derale trans cooler/fan combo did you run on the Nova?

[@poorqualityvideo91]

Just my personal experience, I had bought a derale cooler for my 80e and floor mounted it like this and had nothing but heat issues, would never come down below 195 after it got to temp, even tried mounting it up front at an angle underneath the bumper of the truck and still wouldn’t cool down. Bought the tru cool 40k, mounted behind my intercooler and haven’t had an issue since. So I would not reccomend doing this with a 4l80e

[@dominicnigro8142]

At what level would you recommend running a fan with the trans cooler. I’ve been contemplating mounting my cooler in this fashion and currently do not run a fan. Transmission is a AODE, 3200 stall, turbo car making 800 rwhp currently on lower boost and should be in the 900+ range once I finish sorting it out. Thanks!

[@paulmitchell8005]

I've got a 4l80e going into a project soon and was wondering if running a 8an hose line is to big? Would that cause a pressure drop?

[@ClayAbernathy]

Im running this cooler under the car mounted horizontally similar to what Doug shows here. Its on a G8 and it tucked up in a pocket where the stock fuel tank used to be. Im seeing temps up close to 250 degress without abusing the car (just cruising around in stop and go traffic). Trans is a 4L80. I added spacers close to an inch and a half to make sure it had space around it for air flow. I also tried reversing the fan. Any ideas on why I cant keep the temp under control? Sensor is mounted in the line between the trans and the cooler.

[@bobbykitchensjr.2347]

What year is that blazer ? Will be buying a 04 extreme shortly to build over the next year.

[@beckerlegjames]

Would mounting under an off-road pickup truck that is going to do easy trails with some water crossings work well for this set up

[@gabedebaltz490]

I have a F150 that has the trans cooler plumbed into the radiator and has it's own heat exchanger up front of it. What is your suggestion then? Do you just block off the radiator port? I would like to boost this truck and relocating the trans cooler is going to have to happen for the intercooler to sit up against everything flat and flush. I was going to just drop it below the radiator behind the bumper in front of the bumper cutout in the center. I am struggling with how to make that happen as I have never done that before.

[@noahperkins1180]

I'd love to see a tech tip about transmission temperatures, and what's normal, and what's a normal warmup timeframe. My powerglide with a high stall gets warm QUICK.. Curious how normal it is.

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

how loose is the converter? Where is your temp sensor?

[@noahperkins1180]

@@MotionRaceworksOfficial it's around a 3600 stall.. the temp sensor I have is in the pan.. the temp reading on the converter I did using a thermal camera because I had only run it for a few minutes after being in 20 degree ambient temp and converter was hot to the touch. I'll also say I'm running hydraulic fluid not atf at the recommendation of my trans builder..

[@noahperkins1180]

@@MotionRaceworksOfficial and the thermal camera read 175 degrees on the converter after about 3 minutes of idle and about 100' of moving around the building

[@nsboost]

You need to get a sensor/gauge on it. By touch isn’t gunna tell you anything. If it’s over 120* you won’t be able to touch it. You ever get under your daily and put your hand on the differential after driving home from work? You’d be surprised how hot it feels

[@rogerfoy7936]

Question is it ok to run the lines from the radiator, then to the transmission cooler ?

[@michealwriska2920]

Hey can u do a tech tip on Alternators one wire GM for a small block Ford or GM

[@Pitbull14218]

So just drill holes and bolt it to the floor? Almost feels wrong putting bolt holes in the floor or the car lol I’m debating bolting mine to my transmission crossmember although not sure how I’ll bolt it in a way that is sturdy enough doing it that way. What about rivnutting it to the floor?

[@oxidationnationcrustyrusty4498]

Do you sell that cooler with the shrowd and fan on your website?

[@thadalverson751]

Great video but mounting one like this will that be efficient for keeping it cool when pulling a trailer?

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

That’s how we have it mounted on our Raceweek nova and it pulls a small trailer and keeps temps 160-170 going down the interstate

[@ashleypope3363]

So just silastic the bolt holes??

[@ELLeeOh]

In an install like yours is it better to have the fan as a puller or a pusher? I have one on my n/a 1976 Ls swapped chevy van in the same location.

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

I run mine as a pusher even on the floor

[@ScriptureConsolidated]

what about water on the fan, you ever hit puddles and lose continuity in the power or get fan interferences?

[@CmoneyGarage]

In situation like that ,what do you guy normally do on the fan , push or pull?

[@TheUWNTSUM]

I'd like to know this as well? I set mine up to pull with the fan on the bottom like this, but I have yet to drive it.

[@zacharyblum9862]

When it’s spaced around 1/2 inch away from the body do you recommend pushing or pulling?

[@RileyMy5090]

That my question mined pulling and I have some hear issue but could have been my tune getting fixed currently

[@TheJcmcd]

Any issue with doing this on a daily driver. I have a 94 s10 and I swapped to electric fans and aluminum radiator. I don’t really like the transmission cooler in the radiator the design and how it has to be plumbed. So I’d like to go to a cooler like this.

[@arcticcatm1000sp]

How would it work mounting in the spare tire location on a 2003 gmc sierra? Is that to far back? It is a RCSB truck.

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

No sir

[@lawrencebeeler6273]

This video is 4 months old but I still hope you'll see my question, transmission cooler only works with the engine running correct?? Or am I missing something

[@stanlee7635]

Correct nothing circulates with the engine off

[@Ssmontecarlo53]

When you mount the cooler with the fan under the car do you want the fan to push or pull

[@joecameron3406]

I'm opening room under my s10 pickup to put transmission cooler underneath putting blazer tank in rear this should be called tech tip Tuesday hot rod learning channel 2-3 weeks to first fire it's always all the little details like this that seems to take longer than expected

[@leroyt2590]

Do you have it running continuous or on a temp switch?

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

I run mine continuous turned on at the same time as the radiator fans

[@kirkball2286]

Fan pushing or pulling, which way is more efficient?

[@SliderRacingTx]

Pulling is the best way!

[@lifeofmaximus8408]

What cfm is yours

[@robertfoley6430]

I have a 2010 Camaro SS with a 6 speed manual that I road race an I see almost 200 degrees and thinking about a trans cooler. Just got to figure out placement.

[@CamaroThings]

If it is a track only car use the flat wall where the "spare tire" would be. Seen a few on the Camaro5 forums done that way.

[@robertfoley6430]

@@CamaroThings on the bottom side???

[@garyaldrich6924]

Is it better to have the fan pushing or pulling when mounted that way?

[@aussiek2000]

pulling

[@garyaldrich6924]

@@aussiek2000 thanks

[@edb75001]

So, running it on a rainy day w/ water and mud on the streets won't clog up the coils or screw up the fan under there?

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

There would have to be excessive excessive amounts of mud for that to happen. Have ran these in every condition on public highways with no issue

[@edb75001]

@@MotionRaceworksOfficial Then that's it... you've convinced me to at least try it, lol. Appreciate it!

[@SARJENT.]

Have you found better results with the fan pushing or pulling?

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

Pushing

[@SARJENT.]

@@MotionRaceworksOfficial I am a high functioning retard, so I am clear with understanding, pushing from the ground up towards the floorboard? I should've asked the initial question better. Thank you. The videos are great.

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

Correct towards the floor board. The air will find its way out.

[@SARJENT.]

@@MotionRaceworksOfficial thank you.

[@yoursistermustang]

question........with it in the back do you have the fan pushing or pulling?

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

Pulling

[@yoursistermustang]

@@MotionRaceworksOfficial thanks

[@egonzalezzz222]

@@MotionRaceworksOfficialSO is it Pushing OR Pulling? I've read your responses and you've said both. It's a little bit confusing man.

[@deadshotmotorsports7856]

As long as your drive shaft doesn't brake and hit it and throw fluid under your back tires ya its a great idea.

[@TheTheomax]

If the drive shaft breaks the trans cooler would be the last thing on my mind. At the least it has to have a drive shaft loop which is required at 13.99 and faster with slicks and 13.00 and faster with street tires. So you are correct it's a great idea!

[@deadshotmotorsports7856]

@@TheTheomax let it happen and it want be your lease concer lol. Thats why most of us mount them in the bed or behind the drive shaft.

[@worstcrewchiefever6646]

I was thinking that as long as you are running it back under the car, wouldn’t behind the rear tires make more sense?

[@Thumperr6]

What about all the dirt water and mud...driving in the rain

[@ziggy70ss]

Now just to get them back in stock

[@jaredspear8140]

I’m thinking 85-90 is a lot in the lighter side of things from what I heard coming into Noble, Ok!! Everybody I spoke with said they were passed like they were sitting still yet their speedo read 80!? Lmao

[@MotionRaceworksOfficial]

hahaha, hypothetically!

[@jaredspear8140]

Right that’s what I meant hypothetically!! Lmao

[@goodtimevids6754]

I just went with a manual transmission problem solved

[@nsboost]

That’s great if you’re slow 🤪

[@tillman40]

Or if you just have driver skill

[@robertpierce9385]

Without the star shaped rotors the selling would be better

[@douglashoule9666]

now i know where to put my fan, when i can afford a real car. lol

[@Mike-xn1bh]

This guy looks like Luke Bryan

[@krisvaladez858]

I couldn’t get mine to stay cool under there to save my life

[@nsboost]

Just get rid of your trans temp gauge 🤣🤣

[@vermiciousknid5840]

Try reversing the direction of air flow to see if that makes a difference. I have a B&M cross flow cooler & my setup works better with fan pulling the air through the cooler. Some setups may work better as a pusher. Experiment & see if it makes a difference.