Any point in getting an oil cooler for the transmission?
06-06-2004, 11:16 PM
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you would have to tap into the pressure feed off of the transmission's oil pump - your guess is as good as mine regarding the process ... and I don't recommend this idea at all - for many reasons ... the least not being that the oil pump likely cannot supply the volume required for the addition of an oil cooler and lines.
BTW - not many manual transmissions have an oil pump like the S2000's (most rely on static oiling), therefore you almost never see an oil cooler for a manual trans ... Automatics rely on hydraulic pressure so it's easy to set up.
There is no other way of cooling the oil unless you use an external pump (fed from the drain and returned to the fill hole). This risk of aeration is too great in this setup though.
Best alternative is to use a compatable synthetic like Redline MTL or MT90 that's stable over a huge range of temps, and perhaps use a heat sheild on the exhaust near the transmission in order to reduce the temp.
BTW - not many manual transmissions have an oil pump like the S2000's (most rely on static oiling), therefore you almost never see an oil cooler for a manual trans ... Automatics rely on hydraulic pressure so it's easy to set up.
There is no other way of cooling the oil unless you use an external pump (fed from the drain and returned to the fill hole). This risk of aeration is too great in this setup though.
Best alternative is to use a compatable synthetic like Redline MTL or MT90 that's stable over a huge range of temps, and perhaps use a heat sheild on the exhaust near the transmission in order to reduce the temp.
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