Cooling Strategies For Racing Transmissions And Why It's So Important For Your Car

It is unusually cold in Mississippi today (actually, its the coldest day on record since the 1880s), but before we know it, the temps will be up in the 80s and it will be full steam ahead on the racetracks again. This is a great time to consider the strategies available to keep your racing transmission cool when the warm weather returns next year.

Excessive heat kills transmission and torque converter components. While it is well established and widely understood, we are often asked about the best ways to manage this problem.

Last month, our friend and 2014 NHRA Super Gas world champion Luke Bogacki did a great writeup on his experience with transmission temperatures in throttle stop racing scenario. You can see that on his public Facebook post here. In his testing, he found that elapsed times would vary greatly as transmission temperatures rose above normal operating temperatures. We have found this to be the case as well in our testing and feedback from other customers.