What's the highest temp you've seen on the gauge cluster?

[WolfDampf]

 

[Capri to ST]

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I think you're going to win. The highest I've seen is 101°.
I hope this was after you were parked. Might be time for a sunshade.

 

[XR650R]

I saw 93° today. That's astonishingly rare here for this time of year.

 

[WolfDampf]

I think you're going to win. The highest I've seen is 101°.
I hope this was after you were parked. Might be time for a sunshade.

It was during stop n go traffic in Houston TX.

 

[Capri to ST]

It was during stop n go traffic in Houston TX.

That's amazing, thanks for letting us know.
How did the car handle that extreme heat?

 

[WolfDampf]

My weather app said 98° at the time. The car got a mountune radiator so coolant temp never went above 190° with the AC on. With AC off it hits 235°. Of course charge temps were high so I waited for that to cool before stepping on it again once I reached the open road

 

[M-Sport fan]

My weather app said 98° at the time. The car got a mountune radiator so coolant temp never went above 190° with the AC on. With AC off it hits 235°. Of course charge temps were high so I waited for that to cool before stepping on it again once I reached the open road

With the Mountune radiator installed, and the AC off, it still hits 235*F?!?!

Most on here claim their cars run hotter, factory radiator or not, with the AC on, but for me, just like you, that high speed fan kick on keeps the coolant temps down below ~200*F for me, on the factory radiator, regardless of how hot the ambient temps.

Granted, in the summer I change the coolant to water ratio to ~30/70, and add a cavitation preventative (Kool-It additive), but that is only going to help, marginally at best.

Turn the AC off, and it will steadily climb up to about 218*F max for me, currently.

 

[WolfDampf]

With the Mountune radiator installed, and the AC off, it still hits 235*F?!?!

Most on here claim their cars run hotter, factory radiator or not, with the AC on, but for me, just like you, that high speed fan kick on keeps the coolant temps down below ~200*F for me, on the factory radiator, regardless of how hot the ambient temps.

Granted, in the summer I change the coolant to water ratio to ~30/70, and add a cavitation preventative (Kool-It additive), but that is only going to help, marginally at best.

Turn the AC off, and it will steadily climb up to about 218*F max for me, currently.

Yessir it does indeed climb way higher than I would've thought it would with the mountune radiator. But so long as the ac is on its down below 190.