How do yall keep them cool and how big of a stall are you running? I have not left the road much since my stall went in so how do they do off-road?

 

I think a Yank TT2600 wouldn't be bad, the key thing is to have a tight converter with a nice oversized tranny cooler. A loose verter would suck offroad...

 

Well i have a 3200 and plan on going up to a 3600. Even with the two coolers i have i can still manage around 180-190 in stop and go traffic or on backroads.

 

unless its a straight mudder I wouldnt go with a stall much over 2500 or so, if you do I would definately run two coolers

 

I've got a 3400ish stall and in low range (which you should be in if your really wheeli g) the stall feels more like 2500ish. In deep mud it kinda sucks because the suction makes it jump back to 3400. Unless your rock climbi g it's not to bad, you just need to learn how to use your brake to finesse.

 

Engine temperatures have VERY little to do with transmission temperatures. Chances are with big tires, lots of right pedal use and a high stall converter in a heavy truck, trans fluid temperatures are between 225-250*F or higher. Rule of thumb in the transmission field says 10 degrees increase in fluid temps takes 10,000 miles off the life of your tranny. Do the math when normal operating temps should be between 180-195*F.

High stall converters should be reserved for the racing type of off-road only, in my opinion. When you're hunting in the backwoods or crawling over rocks, you want crisp pedal response (which being in 4LO helps) and torque on demand right away, not when some converter says you can have it halfway up the tachometer.

 

my old hot shot truck i used to have problems with the trans heating up on me so me and a couple buddies built an auxiliary trans cooler that might serve good for this purpose. The drag race trans pans that have the cooling loop in the bottom put one of those on the trans and add lines up to the front and run 3 trans coolers in series and we added an electric pump in after the coolers. it worked good soon as the trans started to heat up going up hills flip the pump on and it would keep her cool even on the hard pulls