trans cooler opinion

[GotWood]

I'm doing a couple upgrades to the wife's xj crawler that include a new trans cooler. I've looked at several in the $30 or so range but can't decide on a traditional flat or the tube style. I have found an 18" double pass that looks like it would do the trick, but this rig is anything but fancy. I want the best cooling for under $40.

As a bonus question, would you run through the radiator first or bypass it completely?

 

[XJsavage]

Whatever you do, radiator first, then cooler. I'm a fan of heat sink coolers but I've never seem one under $40.

 

[UTfball68]

6.0 super duty plate style coolers. Can be yanked at the JY for under $10. I run them on my rigs. A member here gave me the name of a guy in the Lexington area that builds 6.0's and I was able to get a couple for free a few years ago.

 

[BUCKEYE PERFORMANCE INC.]

I think the tube style heat sink coolers are better at low speed and they will fit behind the front crossmember in an xj. If it were me id stack 2 of them and use one for a power steering cooler.

 

[GotWood]

I think the tube style heat sink coolers are better at low speed and they will fit behind the front crossmember in an xj. If it were me id stack 2 of them and use one for a power steering cooler.

Why would they be any better at low speed?

 

[Dylan W.]

Why would they be any better at low speed?

They have more surface area to catch cooler air that isn't moving.

You could come up and yank the one off of the 14xj.