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Old 09-06-2009, 07:38 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Since I just paid for a brand new OEM cooler, will an additional aftermarket cooler do the trick?
That runs the risk of too much restriction in the line, and probably not as much cooling as a 6.0L cooler.

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Mark K: I was thinking more along the lines of how the Superchips programmer changes the shift points and makes them crisper...and whether that would hasten an early demise to my tranny.
Crisper shifts in general are better for the trans. Without instrumenting the trans and calculating the energy that the clutch has to absorb on a shift I can't say for sure if the modified shifts are better or worse than stock.
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