- Nov 20, 2011
- 545
(Originally 7/29/09 on OS)
finally got my Scangauge, and got it to read trans temp... It's really not getting as hot as I thought it was... (though I was towing on mostly flat-ish ground, this time)... Towing a 3400# car ('97 Taurus) on a 2000# trailer...
(I have 3.42 gears)
Empty - I was running 190F
Pulling 2000# trailer, empty - 200F
Pulling 5600# trailer - 200 to 208F
This was on an 87F and sunny day, and it only went up 5F from going up the 1/2-5/8 mile 20% grade hill by my house, when I started at a stop from the bottom.
Of course, I was driving halfway-easy when the trailer was loaded, and on the big hill, I just stuck it in 1st, at about 4000rpm (light throttle), so the converter wasn't working very hard... On the hills on the interstate (where I was towing in 3), at 68mph, it never dropped lockup.
Having said this, driving both, it seems like the V8 has a little tighter converter than the I6, so it won't make as much heat when it's working. I actually remember seeing the SS guys putting in I6 converters, for the higher stall speed, I think?
I guess I'll really find out what it does when I tow in the mountains, this fall, and what it does in the winter (whether it gets up to temp or not)...
I guess a small cooler wouldn't hurt, but if it only gets up to 210F when towing, I'm not sure I'm all that worried about it...
Mike
finally got my Scangauge, and got it to read trans temp... It's really not getting as hot as I thought it was... (though I was towing on mostly flat-ish ground, this time)... Towing a 3400# car ('97 Taurus) on a 2000# trailer...
(I have 3.42 gears)
Empty - I was running 190F
Pulling 2000# trailer, empty - 200F
Pulling 5600# trailer - 200 to 208F
This was on an 87F and sunny day, and it only went up 5F from going up the 1/2-5/8 mile 20% grade hill by my house, when I started at a stop from the bottom.
Of course, I was driving halfway-easy when the trailer was loaded, and on the big hill, I just stuck it in 1st, at about 4000rpm (light throttle), so the converter wasn't working very hard... On the hills on the interstate (where I was towing in 3), at 68mph, it never dropped lockup.
Having said this, driving both, it seems like the V8 has a little tighter converter than the I6, so it won't make as much heat when it's working. I actually remember seeing the SS guys putting in I6 converters, for the higher stall speed, I think?
I guess I'll really find out what it does when I tow in the mountains, this fall, and what it does in the winter (whether it gets up to temp or not)...
I guess a small cooler wouldn't hurt, but if it only gets up to 210F when towing, I'm not sure I'm all that worried about it...
Mike