Recent content by Jimgineer

I smashed my record this past weekend, did a performance driving event and decided to shut it down at 230F as reported by the scan gauge. No idea what is actually dangerous, but I didn't feel very confident pushing past 230. Was driving fine and ECT was staying very reasonable (~205). I am...

Wow, that is impressive! Two questions for you, how do you track your temperature? How does your ATF temp compare to your coolant temp once everything is warmed up and steady-state? As far as the Magnefine, I love them and ran them on my CR-V most of its life, that car shifted like new when I...

Funny you should mention that, I am working on an adapter plate for mine to run a magnefine filter and a traditional cooler. I'm currently waiting on a knockoff cooler from china to use as a template for the adapter plate to give a fluid in/out from the transmission. They do seem to run hot...

Congratulations on your 2016 GT! I am glad to hear the Lubegard is working out for you. I am a total purist when it comes to ATF in cars with very specific callouts. I pretty much always run plain OEM fluid, my Mazda is no exception. They do kill you on the ATF FZ pricing though...

Honestly, the report was much better than I expected given the age of the fluid. I expected to see much higher wear metals. Shift quality was wacky. I still think lifetime fluid is a silly concept. That being said, I don't think I could make an argument that leaving this fluid in for 208k had...

Hey BITOG, I have always been interested in "lifetime" transmission fluid fills. I think they are bogus. I spent some time as a quality engineer in an AT plant and I became even more convinced that they are bogus. At any rate, I purchased a 2014 Mazda 6 in late 2019 with 208k miles on it and it...