How many owners have the extra capacity finned aluminum pans?

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I'm seriously considering buying one of those high speed low drag aluminum pans for my trans. Not only are they gorgeous, more rigid, and hold more fluid, they just seem like a no brainer. However, they do cost a pretty penny. How many of yall have this pan and are you happy with it? Who did you buy it from?
 
I have one on the '93. I'm not sure of the source, it came with a transmission attached at DirtyDog Performance.
 
ViiiKiller said:
I'm seriously considering buying one of those high speed low drag aluminum pans for my trans. Not only are they gorgeous, more rigid, and hold more fluid, they just seem like a no brainer. However, they do cost a pretty penny. How many of yall have this pan and are you happy with it? Who did you buy it from?
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I don't have one, but for sure want one for my Mark VIII. I run a 3800 stall and just added a second stacked-plate trans cooler today. I think the finned pan would seal the deal as far as heat is concerned. I kinda like the drain plug idea too. :)

Bill over at SCP sells them. I don't know how he compares to others but here is the link:

http://supercoupeperformance.com/partBrowser.aspx?partId=204
 
I installed TCI pan in my Mark VIII last week and completly changed fluid to Mercon V. It just makes me feel better with 2 quarts additional fluid, cooling fins and it's good to have a drain plug in the tranny. I also have a TrickFlow pan in my '85 Town Car limo with AOD. TrickFlow is finished a little better than TCI, but only holds 1 quart more fluid as I remember well.
 

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I noticed you removed those two stupid round things behind the pan, those things make getting the pan back on somewhat difficult. Beautiful pan!
 
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Appears you were also smart and drained the TC as well. You did replace the filter.
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Yup, I always replace the filter when I drop the pan. I just hate to drop the pan with fluid stil in the tranny, so I drained the old pan (in a redneck way) with a little help from Black&Decker :D

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I noticed you removed those two stupid round things behind the pan, those things make getting the pan back on somewhat difficult. Beautiful pan!
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You mean those round rubber things which are also attached to exhaust system for some reason?? They are still there.
 

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Shevretti said:
Yup, I always replace the filter when I drop the pan. I just hate to drop the pan with fluid stil in the tranny, so I drained the old pan (in a redneck way) with a little help from Black&Decker :D
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LOL, that's one way to drain the pan without a plug! :D
 
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