[DeTomaso] Trans cooler

[David in Durango]

(Flame suit on) (this might be considered an old man's rant)

Back in 2005, when TPR had ten (10!) Panteras running the BBORR, someone had a new IR temp gun.(Michael Frazier might remember who it was?)  It was decided to monitor the ZF temps at the end of the event.  I never heard what the results were, I know my car was about 175 degrees (95 cruise speed).  This is a LOT different than competing at LeMans.

(My Opinion) If one installs a cooler without monitoring temps first, it can only be considered a "racer-boy" modification.  I have never done that . . . .hahahahahaha.

If I could be convinced the Luminova units were fool-proof (maybe perfect is a better word) then I would run those - they offer big advantages over air-oil coolers.

When I had the ZF regeared, I had Lloyd install a temp sender.  I should have data soon.

I can't remember which years which cars had trans failures at LeMans (Mike Drew, do you remember?) but I would guess if a ZF would ever overheat, it would have been at LeMans.

David in Durango


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