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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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Am I running too hot?
What do you guys think? I am in florida. Outsite temp. was in the 80's and I traffic was heavy. I know, I need to put gas.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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Been there too. Miami here, rush hour on the turnpike. Top speed 2MPH. Mine almost passed the zero. Would like to know too...
 
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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Thats what mine looks like after driving her hard, exhaust sounds great at that temp.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 01:13 PM
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when stuck in rush hour in austin the temp crawls up that way. also, from sustained high revs.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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I guess is normal.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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check you fans at that temp all of them should be on...perhaps you would want to install the third radiator kit....not expencive and good insurance...help me out in the summer with traffic
 
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 04:20 PM
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When your gauge is where it is at in the picture, your coolant temp is 210F+. When it gets to the right side of the "0", your getting close to 220F. Just a poor designed cooling system. Third radiator will not fix the problem. Only increased airflow and/or coolant flow will. Do my fan mod and your coolant will stay below 200F no matter what the conditions are.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 1999Porsche911
When your gauge is where it is at in the picture, your coolant temp is 210F+. When it gets to the right side of the "0", your getting close to 220F. Just a poor designed cooling system. Third radiator will not fix the problem. Only increased airflow and/or coolant flow will. Do my fan mod and your coolant will stay below 200F no matter what the conditions are.
Whats your cooland mod?
 
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 05:28 PM
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Clean out the crap in front of the radiators, you'll be amazed at what you find - this did in fact keep the car cooler....
 
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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Whats your cooland mod?
Do a search for "fan mod" with me as the poster.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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reagrding the fan mod: sweet... and another switch in the cockpit is always welcome.

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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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Someone made a comment how hot I seamed to be running. My fans seem to run a lot, I then installed the K&N and it seemed to help a little. I went to the car wash (do it yourself) and have a good blasting in the holes to the little side radiators and blew out a lot of garbage (rocks, leaves) I would suggest making sure NOTHING is getting in front of the air flow.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 06:34 AM
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what should the temp be???
 
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 02:47 PM
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Over here temp. all year around goes an 78F average ,it is preety humid and my car runs at the same range 180+_
 
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 12:52 PM
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i'm in HI and car ran to right side of 0 in 180 in traffic- i was looking at 3rd rad but i put in fan mod switch so i can turn fans on high when i want. whenever i'm in traffic which is most of time in Honolulu, temp stays right on middle of 0 now. mod is very easy to do. try it you'll like it
 
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