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Originally Posted by Oreo Cat
This is an interesting thread, I'm in a similar situation. I have a SC'd e90 m3 DCT that I want to run cooler. I have a larger DCT fluid pan waiting to go on and was planning on the 3 vent track spec hood louver setup. my next step was going to be a larger oil cooler or radiator, but now maybe I should consider doing the trans cooler first?
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Yes the vents are epoxied under the hood. They are puretech Sweden vents. The track spec hood vents were a little too aggressive and big for me.
I personally didn’t have any trans issues before I got my do88 dct cooler. I just had the bigger pan. To be honest I just thought it looked great and I got a good deal.
Attached below are photos of temps now cruising to work. I have a 3.85 differential and this was at 85mph around 4k rpm. 70 degree ambient temp. I saw it touch 199 a few times when I let off to 3200ish rpm.
I’m running liquimoly 10w60. I found that my dashboard gauge closely followed the oil temps vs radiator.
Overall pretty happy with the results! I doubt it’s as good as other people’s systems but it has significantly brought down my car’s temps