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Jun 12, 2006 | 12:16 PM

raptor05

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Towing 10000 lbs

After everyones advise I finished up most of my upgrades for towing. I installed airgbags, hellwig sway bar, bilstien shocks all the way around, rancho steering stabilizer, AFE stage 2 intake, MBRP 4in exhaust with muffler delete pipe, 3 gauge pillar, and a DP-Tuner 4 posistion chip. I have had great results from all of this. Shifting is much better with the chip and the power is unbelievable. I do have a question though. What is a good temp for my tranny? Mine is about 190-200 when pulling long hills. Would a deeper tranny pan work? Thanks again for all the help.

Jun 12, 2006 | 02:04 PM

Monsta

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190°-200° is fine considering you're pulling a long grade.

Jun 12, 2006 | 02:13 PM

Casey

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A deeper pan would make it take longer to heat up the trans, but it would also take longer to cool once it was warm. Coolers are the only way to cool a trans. The pan is just to hold fluid, not cool it.

Jun 12, 2006 | 02:19 PM

Stewey

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You pull the same weight I do. You're tranny temps are within acceptable operating parameters. No need for a deep tranny pan...IMHO.

Jun 12, 2006 | 03:54 PM

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I used to tow with trans temps that are 100 to 100 above ambient when it was about 80 above. Changed to the 6.0L cooler and it dropped to about 70 above ambient.