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Aluminum Transmission Pan?



Depends in your application. Race car.... sure. Otherwise just get the Dorman stock replacement pan with a drain plug. You can find them for under $40 shipped.
 
I got one. I wish I'd shopped around. There's one available on ebay that is very similar but has two extra fins and a threaded boss for a temp sensor. My ZZP pan was not flat at all. I checked it on a surface plate it was as wavy as a Pringles chip. It did lay flat after I bolted it onto the trans, I guarantee that it's not good for the gasket though.

It does seem like it will function well as a fluid cooler - lots more area compared to the steel pan - and the fins hang down in the breeze under the speeding car.

I'll keep you updated about trans temps when I finally drop in my new trans. I bought it to counter the extra heat I expect to make with my TCI torque converter.
 
jlgp2007nc said:
Depends in your application. Race car.... sure. Otherwise just get the Dorman stock replacement pan with a drain plug. You can find them for under $40 shipped.
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Good lookin on that piece the pan is 27 bucks w/drain plug off rock auto part # 265814
 
rodguezsciii said:
ZZPerformance - 4T65e Aluminum Transmission Pan #ZZ-ATPAN-98

$209.99 .....Worth it?
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No. The worlds fastest FWD 3800 ran a modified stock pan.

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jlgp2007nc said:
Depends in your application. Race car.... sure. Otherwise just get the Dorman stock replacement pan with a drain plug. You can find them for under $40 shipped.
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the question is for an item used to cool down tranny temps....I'd prefer it over a regular tranny cooler....

Shmoke said:
I got one. I wish I'd shopped around. There's one available on ebay that is very similar but has two extra fins and a threaded boss for a temp sensor. My ZZP pan was not flat at all. I checked it on a surface plate it was as wavy as a Pringles chip. It did lay flat after I bolted it onto the trans, I guarantee that it's not good for the gasket though.

It does seem like it will function well as a fluid cooler - lots more area compared to the steel pan - and the fins hang down in the breeze under the speeding car.

I'll keep you updated about trans temps when I finally drop in my new trans. I bought it to counter the extra heat I expect to make with my TCI torque converter.
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sweet....keep me updated....
 


Installed my Dorman pan today at work with no issues. New filter and gasket as well. The pan doesn't come with a drain plug gasket and doesn't seem to need one, but I just threw one in for the hell of it. Free shop supplies haha. Dex VI in abundance as well so I can drain and fill as much as I want!
 
jlgp2007nc said:
Installed my Dorman pan today at work with no issues. New filter and gasket as well. The pan doesn't come with a drain plug gasket and doesn't seem to need one, but I just threw one in for the hell of it. Free shop supplies haha. Dex VI in abundance as well so I can drain and fill as much as I want!
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the plug on the pan is a + ....but last year I saw some pretty hot tranny temps, and wanted to know if anyone else has had success with the Aluminum pan....
 
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