i was woundering how many of your tranies get really hot or between the seats gets hot. my 88 does not get hot at all but my friends 86 gets really hot and can be used as a hand warmer kinda handy.

My GSL-SE was like that, it was rediculous how hot the tranny got, and that was with two separate tranny's.

Mine gets pretty hot too.

interesting topic. are you sure its not the exhaust making that heat since it runs rather tight to the trans. my fc had a hot trans tunnel only when the turbo was glowing orange.,,,,,,,,, just a thought

im not sure whats causing it i just though it would be the tranie because its right there

[quote name='ryderx' date='May 8 2005, 08:43 AM']im not sure whats causing it i just though it would be the tranie because its right there


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\my brothers 88 Se get so hot you dont need the heat on in the winter. SO i never trully understood why some trannys get really hot and others dont.



Is it tranny overheating?

change to a full synthetic gear oil , i prefurr mobil 1 80/90. that might help.

humm my friends is the se too mine is the glx i think maby its only the se??

[quote name='ryderx' date='May 8 2005, 09:04 AM']humm my friends is the se too mine is the glx i think maby its only the se??


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hey there can be a connection. I have a GXL and no tranny overheating lol, bro got a SE gets hot like FIRE..

think it has to do with shifter insulation. my friends FD does it too.



there was a thread like this a couple months ago.

my 83 GSL didnt do it, 84 GSL-SE did, 89 vert didn't, 88 AE doesn't, 88 vert doesn't.

my exhaust leak is right there under that, plus the metal the short throw shifter is made out of culd let it get hotter. and my tranny boot, the ones down in there, it is missing one of them and the other isnt attached or nething, plus my shift boot isnt in there, if my boot is down there it isnt blowin hot.

the 90 vert i had got hot there too, nice hand warmer https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/happy.png

The whole hump in the floor for the tranny gets hot its an 89gtu. It only does it in the summer this may be from an exhaust leak.

ok a cold tranny is good becuse that means the power handing of it increses so dont worry about ti not getting hot this is a better than not thing

Most of the heat is because some DUFUS removed the factory heat shielding to save the 3 lbs it weighs. GEt under the car, look for the heat shielding, check the condition of the shifter boots and insulation, get your exhaust leaks fixed

the exaust caused it on my 90 Vert... When we built the custom exaust setup it didn't get hot anymore...