Hey fella's,
I currently drive a Mazda6s 2003 Automatic and have begin to look into purchasing a transmission cooler for the beast.
I've noticed under extended spirited driving that the transmission starts to lose its snappy response. Of course the easiest answer would be "shoulda got a manual," but I didn't, so I must look into ways of insuring optimum performance in my automatic.
I'm well aware heat is a definite killer of a tranny, and I seem to have one of the signs that might indicate the fluid is reaching a temp which is higher then one would like.
I was wondering if anyone had any particular recommendations or brands of coolers they like to use, or have used in the past.
I'm also investing in this cooler due to the autocrossing I do with the car, and possibly track events in the future.
Like so.
The fluid thats currently being used is Pennzoil Mercon V, which is what the manual calls for.
I will be switching to Redline D4 when I install the cooler.
The designation for the transmission is a
Jatco JA5A-EL.
Its commonly found on a wide variety of imports.
Here's some photos of the current stock cooling rig in gif format.
I'm currently looking at some perma-cool maxi-cool coolers with a remote fan. Though I know the fan wouldn't be necessary normally...I do think it would be valuable while going through the 4-6 autox runs I may be seeing almost every weekend this coming summer.
Any thoughts and ideas will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[ December 09, 2003, 04:58 PM: Message edited by: crossbow ]
I currently drive a Mazda6s 2003 Automatic and have begin to look into purchasing a transmission cooler for the beast.
I've noticed under extended spirited driving that the transmission starts to lose its snappy response. Of course the easiest answer would be "shoulda got a manual," but I didn't, so I must look into ways of insuring optimum performance in my automatic.
I'm well aware heat is a definite killer of a tranny, and I seem to have one of the signs that might indicate the fluid is reaching a temp which is higher then one would like.
I was wondering if anyone had any particular recommendations or brands of coolers they like to use, or have used in the past.
I'm also investing in this cooler due to the autocrossing I do with the car, and possibly track events in the future.
Like so.
The fluid thats currently being used is Pennzoil Mercon V, which is what the manual calls for.
I will be switching to Redline D4 when I install the cooler.
The designation for the transmission is a
Jatco JA5A-EL.
Its commonly found on a wide variety of imports.
Here's some photos of the current stock cooling rig in gif format.
I'm currently looking at some perma-cool maxi-cool coolers with a remote fan. Though I know the fan wouldn't be necessary normally...I do think it would be valuable while going through the 4-6 autox runs I may be seeing almost every weekend this coming summer.
Any thoughts and ideas will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[ December 09, 2003, 04:58 PM: Message edited by: crossbow ]