Transmission Line pressure

[Doug]

This is probably a STOOOOOOPIDquestion but..

Can you use steel braided -AN hose and fittings from your tranny to your cooler or does line pressure dictate hard lines?
What kind of pressure numbers do those lines see?

Is there a difference in line pressure with manual valve bodies and trans. brakes?

As I am sure you all have read, I am planning on purchasing a trans from Pro-60.. Yes, the man with the gorgeous yellow Bel-Air, A man of un-equalled intelligence and skill... Truely, a national treasure.. (is the price going down at all Mike?)

Obviosly, I have never even used a trans brake and I want to make sure my new little TCI gem stays witin her ioerating temperature.

What do y'all think?

[Rapid Randy Baker]

Yes you can use steel braided line. However you will need to adapt the fitting from the trans to a male flare. I don't remember what the trans has for fittings, but the are something a little different.

But, yes your steel braided lines will work. You must run a cooler on the trans anyway. Especially with a loose converter as it builds a bunch of heat on the street.

Moroso has a real trick looking finned aluminum one. Mount it so air can get to it.

[Lippy]

Your right on that one Randy, a loose convertor on the street will build tremendous heat in the summer in stop and go. There are some real neat coolers out there as Rapid said, a buddy of mine has a pro/st 66 nova, he has one of those aluminum tube looking coolers with the fins about 2ft long under the car with braided lines, looks nice and cools too.

[gary b]

we use a b and m with a fan and temp switch built in on street car works great. we also use braided lines got the fittings from local parker hose fittings store..

[Mike-Casella]

The price won't go down, but the extra's keep piling up. Did I mention the cooler that goes with the tranny? You have two to chose from. One is a TCI # 823500, and the other is a Perma-Cool # 1023. They have the AN fittings on them so you can run braided lines to them without using adapters. The heat build-up while using a tranny brake is 100 degrees per second which is why an overflow tank is a must. No, I don't have an extra one of those. BTW, the line pressure is minimal.

[Doug]

The price won't go down, but the extra's keep piling up. Did I mention the cooler that goes with the tranny? You have two to chose from. One is a TCI # 823500, and the other is a Perma-Cool # 1023. They have the AN fittings on them so you can run braided lines to them without using adapters. The heat build-up while using a tranny brake is 100 degrees per second which is why an overflow tank is a must. No, I don't have an extra one of those. BTW, the line pressure is minimal.

LOL.. What else ya got???

Thanks for the info.. You guys are great!!

[Mike-Casella]

There is only one things left. A shield.

[Doug]

Not sure if I need one, I have to check the rules.

[Mike-Casella]

It's cheap insurance.

[Doug]

It's cheap insurance.

Ah.. I see your point.