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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 04:28 PM
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Angry Runs hotter at higher speeds

Hey guys, I've been having a problem for a lil bit now, figured I'd ask for your advice.:

My TII runs fine in town and never see's temps above 1/4 on the stock gauge. I get on the highway and I'll see temps 1/4 to just above 1/2 sometimes(that's where I letoff, on a top speed run it got a bit hotter before I shut it down). The temp climbs so damn fast too, I could be doing 50km/hr and then peg it to 130 and the temp gauge would be just above 1/2 and would stay there if i didn't slow down.

Could it be my thermostat? FMIC? Need to flush the rad(via fc3s-pro's writeup?). My missing big plastic thing that goes underneith my engine?
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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 05:43 PM
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your FMIC is making it worse. make sure all your plastic ducting is around the rad. you might need an aftermarket one to go with the FMIC
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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 07:55 PM
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The big plastic thing under the motor would be a good place to start. You want as much air as possible to go through the rad. Need one? I've got one I'd sell cheap.
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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 08:08 PM
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I've got the big one laying around. I'm also gonna make a air duct from the bottom of my front bumper to my rad cause I got nothing there reflecting any air(is this normal?).
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