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How often do you drop your trans fluid?
« 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.
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Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
« Reply #1 on: January 31 2014, 09:59:50 PM »
When it explodes. Last grenade was 2.5 years ago...pin is pulled.
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Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
« Reply #4 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
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Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: How often do you drop your trans fluid?
« Reply #6 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.
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