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Old August-11th-2005, 11:21 AM
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good idea? and could i hook one up on a protege? looking to keep my car as long as possible and thi would help out with the life
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Old August-11th-2005, 12:11 PM
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yup good idea, you can get one that has a combo tranny oil cooler to extend the life of the oil and transmision.
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Old August-12th-2005, 11:44 AM
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know where to get any? or can i just go to a j-yard and pick one up off a truck and work from there?
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Old August-12th-2005, 12:28 PM
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check jegs.com get a universal one. Not on e too big though our car doesnt have much room in the bumper
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Old August-12th-2005, 01:09 PM
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Jegs has some great stuff.
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...89&prmenbr=361
and cheap!
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That looks pretty cool (and cheap), but how difficult is it to run the plumbing?
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Its very simple actually Iff you have an auto you already have the lines to cool the tranny fluid going though the stock radiator. Just pull them out of the radiator and into the new cooler.
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Old August-13th-2005, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Stueck
know where to get any? or can i just go to a j-yard and pick one up off a truck and work from there?
as long as it will fit inside your bumper thats a good way to do it cheap !
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Can anyone gimme some input on this? Positive or negative ... cuz I'm really close to buying this if it's not a bad product.

http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...pe=895&ptset=A
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good stuff...definitely worth $50
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Here's a pic of the end product installed on my car if anyone's interested.

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how would this work if i was to go turbo would the location prohibit use of inner-cooler?
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