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Jul 25, 2011 | 11:51 AM

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Crazy heat wave over....

This past weekend was ridiculous in the northeast. I drove my car throughout it though. Didnt overheat with the a/c on but was running pretty hot. Just curious to see what water temps you guys were seeing in your modded fbods this weekend a/c on or off.

Jul 25, 2011 | 12:01 PM

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I don't have ac. My temps were only a little above normal with the fan on.

Jul 25, 2011 | 01:30 PM

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my temps were way above normal but so was the temperature outside. car normally runs around 180 with the a/c off. it was 100 degress at times and the car was running at like 235 with the a/c on.

Jul 25, 2011 | 03:53 PM

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Car never overheated but it sure did feel slow in that hot *** weather.

Jul 25, 2011 | 04:32 PM

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didnt have the car out but omg i have a 9 zone sprinkler system and my water bill is going to be ******* outrageous !!!!!

Jul 25, 2011 | 05:18 PM

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Car never overheated but it sure did feel slow in that hot *** weather.

so your car was running at its normal temp?

Jul 26, 2011 | 10:22 AM

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so your car was running at its normal temp?

A little higher than normal but not much. Nothing for me to worry about. Although I was not sitting in traffic either...

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Jul 26, 2011 | 11:32 AM

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My car was running pretty close to normal. If I had the ac on and I was stuck at a red light the temp would creep up a tad, but nothing to worry about.

Jul 26, 2011 | 11:52 AM

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my temps were way above normal but so was the temperature outside. car normally runs around 180 with the a/c off. it was 100 degress at times and the car was running at like 235 with the a/c on.

235 is up there man. I mighta shut mine down or at least turn heat on if she hit 230.

Jul 26, 2011 | 12:18 PM

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235 is up there man. I mighta shut mine down or at least turn heat on if she hit 230.

for an lt1 its not bad because of the reverse cooling. still i have a 160 tstat and programmed the fans to come on early so i was surprised to see the temps that high. but then again it was 100 degrees outside. i have to drive around for a while with the a/c off. if the temps start creeping to like 200 then i'll know somethings up. usually i run around 180 with the a/c off.

if the temp with the a/c off is normal but creeps up like 40 degrees hotter when the a/c is on what could be wrong?

Jul 26, 2011 | 04:43 PM

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I did a ton of driving this past weekend and never saw above 185. I don't have A/C though. I wouldn't be driving with 235 degree temps though. I was happy not to have any temp issues with the new turbo setup.

Jul 26, 2011 | 05:04 PM

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I was working in a garage all day every day with no AC. I think I lost about 3 pounds just from that lol. People kept bringing there cars in for oil changes and burnt my hand about 5 times hahaha