just lost my 2nd torque converter in 45k

[bears4x4]

I think about the only other thing is a tans cooler upgrade. My question to you or maybe someone else is if there is a big bennefit of the ATS tc over the billet tc?

Warrenty. Others 12 month. 12k
Ats 5yr 500,000 warrenty, it has to be better

 

[JRJ04]

I would second the cooler upgrade.

I had the 6.0 cooler installed a while back and it dropped my temps 30-40 degrees.

Heat will kill your tranny...and the odds are already against you unloaded because of the bigger tires you are running.

 

[rammertide07]

JRJ04, with my set-up, my temps has reached like 130* unloaded and the outside temp has not been above 55* and down to 20*. Is that normal?

 

[rammertide07]

Warrenty. Others 12 month. 12k
Ats 5yr 500,000 warrenty, it has to be better

Or maybe its just as bulletproof as a billet tc and all they are selling extra is a longer warranty. A billet tc cost around half as much as the ATS. Anybody got statistics on this? I was wanting to get the ATS tc as well, but the price made me look toward the billet.

 

[JRJ04]

JRJ04, with my set-up, my temps has reached like 130* unloaded and the outside temp has not been above 55* and down to 20*. Is that normal?

Yep, I'd say you're in pretty good shape. Thats about what im running right now with the 6.0 cooler and stock tranny. Before I installed the cooler, I ran about 190 with outside tems being near or over 100. I've seen it get near 220 when I was running it real hard in sand on the beach. That was just too hot for me so I upgraded.

Ever since then, I've never gotten above 160 in traffic in the summer and hit 190 once when I got stuck in deep sand.

Just keep an eye on it when the temps start climbing outside and if/when you ever put a load on it.

 

[rammertide07]

10-4!!! Great to know

 

[DaveBen]

The rule of thumb is outside temperature + 100° F for normal running temps.

Dave

 

[rammertide07]

The rule of thumb is outside temperature + 100° F for normal running temps.

Dave

But doesn't that rule of thumb change when you do different upgrades to keep the trans cooler???

 

[rammertide07]

Warrenty. Others 12 month. 12k
Ats 5yr 500,000 warrenty, it has to be better

Ok, looked at xtremediesel.com and it says the ATS can handle 2000lb/ft of torque. My billet can handle 1800. A stock 7.3 is putting out 525lb/ft at 1600rpm. With my upgrades I think it might have added somewhere 2-300lb/ft. So I'm somewhere around 800 with 1000 more to add. If it was a pull truck and decked out with propane/nitrous and dual turbos...yea I'd do ATS. But your truck and money. Just letting you know the numbers to help you decide.

 

[bears4x4]

Well my truck is stock but I have the lift with 35's, I pull loaded trailers 7k + at time and a lot of city driving, I'm just thinking that a lil over kill in the ability of handling torque will compensate for stop and go traffic, I am doing a programmer now for adjustments for tire size and firmer shifts, turbo in the future and injectors when the time comes, which will probably be within the next 50k miles, I'm figuring they will need it at 350k ???? - just don't want to have to drop the trans again any , any time soon again, like 5+ years or 100k in miles
What are yalls thoughts