What do you guys think is the best transmission fluid?
What do you guys think is the best transmission fluid?
Valvoline dextron IV. If you flush it and change it often, like you should, use the cheaper stuff... like Valvoline.
Edit: forgot to include the type.
Last edited by PurpleMinivan; 10-22-2008 at 07:39 PM.
30' Ford Model A Tudor Sedan - Custom chassis - Big bore LS2 - twin B76's - Glide - 9" w/ 3.07 gears - 30" DR tire - 2k lbs cruiser
All the tranny guys tell me never use expensive tranny fluid and especially never use synthetics.
I'm gonna use dino oil always heard never to run synthetic. I put synthetic in my auburn lsd and it didn't grab right, it was to slick. I am assuming the trans kind of works in the same way because of the clutches.
2002 Silverado 5.3 Flex Fuel SCSB AEM BRUTE FORCE INTAKE, 160 THERMO, HOOKER LT'S, Y PIPE INTO DYNOMAX RACE BULLET, THUNDER RACING 220 .551 114 CAM, NEW 918'S, 7.4 COMP PUSHRODS, LS2 TIMING CHAIN, 3.42 GEARS, AUBURN LSD, CIRCLE D CONVERTER, ZEX 125 WET SHOT AND TUNED BY TIM AT REDLINE PERFORMANCE IN FESTUS, MO.
Dextron VI
Royal Purple makes great synthetic drive train oils
I think the Dextron cross over is called their Max ATF fluid.
2002 Tahoe 4.8 - soon to be turbo'd - SOLD
1989 Mustang - LX Vert - 351W-TT - 2inches of dust covering it
2012 Raptor - 497rwhp at 10psi
If you aint breaking - you aint going fast enough
walmart supertech dextron III, maybe not the best but the cheapest just as long as you change it.
11' Sierra 6.2 NHT
14.46@91 Stock
89' Mustang LSX
10.35@130 pump gas LQ4
Knothead Racing
how often do yall change the cheap stuff compared to the good stuff?
1951 3100
1984 C10
I use the Castrol multi use transmission fluid and change it about every 5k since my truck pretty much lives the life of a dragster![]()
See my truck data in the "My Garage" section here... http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/my-ga...tml#post191709
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Yup--really any Dextron IV or equivalent (as in the Walmart brand) is just as good. All regular tranny fluid is essentially the same. I wouldn't think twice about putting the Walmart brand in my truck. As stated before, synthetics are not really that good because they are too slick...
The same.
2000 ECSB 6.0L
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