I'm considering buying a finned aluminum deep transmission pan from summit. I'm trying to get some feedback from those of you who have one of these.

The links for the ones I'm considering are below:

B&M Pan Kit

Summit Pan Kit

Hughes Performance Pan Kit

The only real difference I see is the Hughes kit has a much different filter extension.



Ill be back on here more often again in a few days....when final exams are over. Ive been buried in tests and projects the past two weeks. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

I bought the TCI stock depth, be aware that its at least 1/2 inch more shallow than stock. And when I put it on I broke off a shift solenoid. So since summit is only 25 minutes away I returned it and went to Napa and bought their actual tranny plug kit and installed it on the stocker and glued that back on the 4l60E. So check out the TCI at summit but definitely don't get the stock depth.

 

yeah, im planning on getting one of the deeper ones that adds at least 1 or 2 quarts capacity

also, steel pans dont diffuse heat as well, aluminum's thermal coeffecient makes it better at dissipating heat, especially finned

 

The only caution I have with deep tranny pans is th pan is now closer to the ground. If you wheel your truck, you risk hitting the pan more.

The better alternative is an auxilary tranny cooler.