What did you do to your TRX today?

[CockNFire]

Put on weather tech mud flaps today wish the colors matched a little better

 

[Me Badd]

1) I change my oil grade from 0w 40 Amsoil to 5 w 50 . Oil Pressure increase to 45 psi from 36 psi normal driving.
2) I order a 650 cfm pull- push fan. Installed on the back side of the oil cooler, wired it to pull the air from the front. Drove it normal for about one hour in the hill country in Austin today
95*. I was not impressed with drop in oil temp, temp still running in low
200 to 210 , no WOT just normal hill driving . I thinking about pulling off the front bumper installing the fan in front and trying pushing the air instead of pulling it.
Just wondering if any of you have tried that?
3) install the Mishimoto thermal valve
tramny runs a lot cooler 175 to 180 normal driving .
Tranny happy , Oil Not Happy !! Lol
Your thoughts anyone and have a great and safe weekend.

 

[OnTheReel]

1) I change my oil grade from 0w 40 Amsoil to 5 w 50 . Oil Pressure increase to 45 psi from 36 psi normal driving.
2) I order a 650 cfm pull- push fan. Installed on the back side of the oil cooler, wired it to pull the air from the front. Drove it normal for about one hour in the hill country in Austin today
95*. I was not impressed with drop in oil temp, temp still running in low
200 to 210 , no WOT just normal hill driving . I thinking about pulling off the front bumper installing the fan in front and trying pushing the air instead of pulling it.
Just wondering if any of you have tried that?
3) install the Mishimoto thermal valve
tramny runs a lot cooler 175 to 180 normal driving .
Tranny happy , Oil Not Happy !! Lol
Your thoughts anyone and have a great and safe weekend.

Still stock engine thermostat? In my experience it’s really hard to keep the oil at or below the coolant temperature on any vehicle. Hell, even with a 180 T-stat my oil temps will stick around 200 in those ambient temps. But good move to the 5w50, really makes the temperatures you’re seeing a total non-issue, IMO.

 

[Me Badd]

Yes sir I have a 180* thermostat ..I wish the main fan would start when the coolant temp hit around 195..
Really thought that the aux fan would help,
But not much...if sny..I guess Hellcats engines just like to run hot

 

[OnTheReel]

Yes sir I have a 180* thermostat ..I wish the main fan would start when the coolant temp hit around 195..
Really thought that the aux fan would help,
But not much...if sny..I guess Hellcats engines just like to run hot

For stop and go traffic & idling around the fan’s impact should be more noticeable. Highway speeds with decent airflow it’s just not as big of a factor.

This would probably be the ultimate solution:

PWR Engine Oil Cooler – Direct Fit For Hellcat Engines

High-performance oil cooler with billet tanks and turbulated core for Hellcat engines. Direct-fit design for reliable cooling under extreme conditions.

www.pwrna.com

Nice piece for sure. But haven’t found it necessary, at least not for my purposes. And I’m pretty picky on my temperatures. I watch like a hawk and know what I want to see…

 

[Me Badd]

Thank you sir, I wasn't aware that these were available. I definitely will call them and see what they have to say about their cooler lowering the oil temp. Oh did you see the add about the 26 TRX with 2 new engines options? I hope it is true..
Red Eye 797 & 1000 hp ...and a bunch of new colores.....

 

[Cory]

I installed the Swafworks hidden winch with the Zeon 12s Platinum a few months back. Really like the setup. Decided I needed to relocate the wire for the wireless controller. I connected it to an auxiliary switch. Makes it much easier to turn on the winch. Sadly during testing the winch wouldn’t rewind. The blade connection on the relay had broken off just below the surface of the housing. Really unsure how it would break so easily. Taking the housing apart and putting it together is pretty simple. I did notice when putting the new relay together the insulation pushed against the housing and putts a side load of the blade terminal. I trimmed the insulation so there is no rubbing or loading of the terminal.

 

[Me Badd]

Question Corey was the front bumper hard to get off and realign ? I'm still thinking I can put a fan on the front side of the cooler to help the the oil temperature decrease butt didn't want to have problems realigning bumper.
Yours look perfect !

 

[Cory]

Question Corey was the front bumper hard to get off and realign ? I'm still thinking I can put a fan on the front side of the cooler to help the the oil temperature decrease butt didn't want to have problems realigning bumper.
Yours look perfect !

I recall the bumper has guide pins so you get very little adjustment.

 

[Me Badd]

Wow..awesome thank you so much.
in that case I'm going to give it a try appreciate the information , sir

 

[Fifty]

Worked on the designs for the new rear links, track bar, and sway bar links that will be coming out for testing July 19th!

 

[Rameth]

Put on weather tech mud flaps today wish the colors matched a little better

I feel this on the Amazon ones too!

 

[vipermike626]

Couldn’t figure out why my AC had been terrible for the past few months. Researched new fans, bigger compressor, checked the forums for similar issues…nothing. Changed the cabin air filter to the stock filter, AC blows artic cold.

PSA DONT USE A HEPA CABIN AIR FILTER.

I use the K&N filter seems to work great

 

[2021HBTRX]

Swapped grills for the clean look tired of the giant RAM in front. Simple swap and honestly seemed similar quality bolted right back in place. Not for everyone, but after a BigRay emblem comes in I prefer the look.

 

[MurderedCat]

Swapped grills for the clean look tired of the giant RAM in front. Simple swap and honestly seemed similar quality bolted right back in place. Not for everyone, but after a BigRay emblem comes in I prefer the look.


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Nice.

 

[IdahoKTM]

Swapped grills for the clean look tired of the giant RAM in front. Simple swap and honestly seemed similar quality bolted right back in place. Not for everyone, but after a BigRay emblem comes in I prefer the look.


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Going to replace the giant RAM letters with the gigantic TRX emblem?

 

[2021HBTRX]

Going to replace the giant RAM letters with the gigantic TRX emblem?

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No sir, but maybe on the tailgate I will

 

[Kicker]

Put a Uniden R8w radar/laser detector because the PoPo give me funny looks and I figure it's only a matter of time before I get stopped.
I also have a front and rear dash cam that records speed, time, and GPS location in case they want to make something up.
Around here the small towns have nothing better to do than catch speeders on roads that go from 25-40, up and down and up and down and it is too easy to get into a moment that you are not paying attention to the signage and then it's a "gotcha" moment.
So to me, dash cams and detectors go hand in hand.

 

[Snowbaruu]

Put a Uniden R8w radar/laser detector because the PoPo give me funny looks and I figure it's only a matter of time before I get stopped.
I also have a front and rear dash cam that records speed, time, and GPS location in case they want to make something up.
Around here the small towns have nothing better to do than catch speeders on roads that go from 25-40, up and down and up and down and it is too easy to get into a moment that you are not paying attention to the signage and then it's a "gotcha" moment.
So to me, dash cams and detectors go hand in hand.
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Did you just get the radar detector or did you get laser jammers too?

 

[Kicker]

Did you just get the radar detector or did you get laser jammers too?

I don't think I can afford the jammers. Maybe I will look into those after the Compustar in installed, Already have IGLA so don't ask. ;-)

After more reading, the jammers do not work very well with the R8. Lots of glitches, have to pull the power cord to get it to stop jamming.
Uniden is thanking their beta testers for helping work this out for the "next couple of years" WOW.

Funny thing is these are the same people that make the lidar for the cops.