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What are your opinions on using one of these itemsin a 700R4 with a 2800 RPM stall convertor behind it?

Originally Posted by FATNLO

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What are your opinions on using one of these itemsin a 700R4 with a 2800 RPM stall convertor behind it?

Sure couldn't hurt.

The 3 extra qts of oil is good, but the "pan cooler" has a questionable worth.
put in a b&m oil cooler with fan.

I use the deep finned aluminum pans, [they don't leak], and the B & M cooler with a fan.

Your forum ID says FATNLO - and with that said, that might be a limiting factor as you may end up with that pan being the low point - which of course means that every speed bump, high crown road, lots of driveways and even highway debris are not your friends. Aluminum versions break, steel rubs through or tears the plug out. I had originally put a deep pan on mine while it was on the jackstands. Dropped it to the ground - voila - 2" clearance and it became a $150 aluminum skid plate. I have a very nice steel unit there now. Now, if you have clearance, the Derale's do work some, especially with additional oil, but you still need another cooler

Use a steel pan and a twin pass convection style cooler on the frame rail. This style cooler doesn't need to be out in the air.

I have a horrible story/experience with this exact pan on a lowered 66 Chevelle. Drove over some soft questionable material one night that turned out to be a big ol' pile of cow plop. About ten miles down the road, the smell was powerful bad. Gauges were all fine (including transmission temp) so we keep going. Got home and jacked things up and those little tubes were packed solid and it was baked in. Not a pleasant experience as that "crap" wouldn't budge for anything. Fix was a stock type pan and larger than stock remote cooler (as mentioned above).

For that pan to really dissipate the heat, the vehicle has to be doing highway speeds. The tubes do allow for some cooling but I would follow what everyone else said....get a good cooler that is mounted to the radiator or have a fan attached.

So, a bad experience when "The sh%t hit the pan".....
They work, but are more speed sensitive than a radiator style...although they only work with a fan or at speed too.
Like tha man said couldn't hurt, especially with the increase in fluid.
What temps are you hitting?

Originally Posted by glennsexton

I have a horrible story/experience with this exact pan on a lowered 66 Chevelle. Drove over some soft questionable material one night that turned out to be a big ol' pile of cow plop. About ten miles down the road, the smell was powerful bad. Gauges were all fine (including transmission temp) so we keep going. Got home and jacked things up and those little tubes were packed solid and it was baked in. Not a pleasant experience as that "crap" wouldn't budge for anything. Fix was a stock type pan and larger than stock remote cooler (as mentioned above).

Thought I'd heard about most every cruizin' incident that could be, but this one is a first!!! Thanks for telling us about it Glenn!!!!!