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Tech Area => Transmissions => Topic started by: trashmechlv on January 27 2014, 07:01:11 PM

Title: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
Post by: trashmechlv on January 27 2014, 07:01:11 PM

For those of you who beat on your cars at the track (and street for that matter). How often do you replace your trans fluid? Do you have a magic number of 1/4 mile passes when you drop the fluid? With a 200r4.

Title: Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
Post by: Scoobum on January 31 2014, 09:59:50 PM

When it explodes. Last grenade was 2.5 years ago...pin is pulled.

Title: Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
Post by: trashmechlv on February 01 2014, 06:22:53 PM

I guess when it explodes it drops the fluid by itself. Lol. I was going to do filter and add a drain plug to the pan.

Title: Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
Post by: Charlief1 on February 01 2014, 11:24:47 PM

Get a remote filter kit for it. When you change the oil spin the tranny filter off and add a quart. It will filter better than the stock one and allows you to keep the fluid fresher without making a bunch of mess if you don't hit the drain pan.

Title: Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
Post by: Steve Wood on February 02 2014, 12:32:19 PM

Normally, it should be changed about every 20,000-24,000 miles or two years.  If you go to the track, I would suggest at least once a year.  If you have a high stall converter and are building a lot of boost at the line, I would suggest about every two trips if you are making a bunch of runs

Title: Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
Post by: Scoobum on February 09 2014, 07:37:50 AM

In all seriousness... if you're gonna be beating on your junk at the track...then you should have a transmission temp gauge. You wouldn't believe how fast the trans temp rises when you put your car up against the footbrake...an d heat is the number one killer for a transmission. A separate trans cooler is never a bad idea.

Title: Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
Post by: trashmechlv on February 09 2014, 04:42:12 PM

When I ordered my converter from PTC The guy I spoke to (cant remember name) recommended the big 29000 gvw B&M trans supercooler so thats what I got. A temp gauge would be a good investment for sure.