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How hot can the engine bay get?

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Old 10-19-2002, 09:21 PM
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Default How hot can the engine bay get?

I want to add some electronics in the engine bay, and want to know the max temperature i should account for.

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Close to 150 degrees I would imagine.
Old 10-19-2002, 09:33 PM
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higher than that on a warm day....
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C or F? I figured up to 200F or something.
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Not to much more than that.
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Default The S4 gets so hot, I've been thinking about adding a grill for Hebrew National Hot Dogs!!

On warm days, a limp mode of sorts is always close by.
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System is in the house late on a Sat night!!
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Still drunk from last night.... :-/
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Default Me too...

but gots to be honest... I'm feeling a bit of tonight too!!!
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Default Hey...

I might be in CO sometime in the next couple of months (why?? I don't know... there's no waves... oh, wait there are plenty of slopes for boarding)... I'm going to reach out for you if I do. One of my homies lives there and I might be visiting him.


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