Adding a second trans cooler?

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May 15, 2015 | 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by QwkTrip

Your position stands on the assumption engineers make only good decisions.

Knowing actual temp is better, but only if you know what to do with the info. Personally, I'll take both the real temp AND the idiot light, same way my truck is today.

the engineers I trust. but their decisions and input is filtered by the marketing managers, whom I despise and explicitly distrust.

all we would really need is a full range gauge, with the cautionary and warning zones. I understand not wanting to put numbers on it as some might think that 195 is dangerously hot, based on old-school ideology, but to not even give us a meaningful gauge is inexcusable IMO.

this goes for the oil pressure gauge as well. why even waste the space on it if it only has two positions? just make it a full swing gauge (like the other manufactures do, BTW). or if you want to get all fancy about it, you could even calibrate it for RPM, such that it would read high or low for an appropriate amount of oil pressure for the engine speed. the way it is now, you could have 7psi of oil pressure spinning 5,000 rpm and everything is "fine", by the gauge anyway.

but I digress.
if you want such functionality you will have to buy a dodge or a chevy.