During the hotter summer days, yes, i did notice that after i got off the highway and sat at a stoplight it would hit the "L" of "normal" on the temp gauge. Now that its cooler it rarely does this, it never went out of the normal range so i dont worry about it. As for power loss, i didnt notice it. I was thinking of making some kinda heat shield, but winter is rolling in so I'll wait till spring.
Mark


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Black 98 Mystique GS Spree Ztec ATX (arg) Dropped w/ H&R's, KKM intake, Accel Thundersport 300+ plug wires, Autolite Platnium Pro plugs, Alpine CD, pulled out rubber fender boot, Fog to DRL mod, Accel ignition coil, Mobil 1 Oil (good stuff!) looking for new rubber soon....more?


2002 WRX
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