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Never had mine that hot but it would get hot. I had PRC out of IN build me a shroud and used a Spal fan on it. That took care of most of it but it would still heat up going down the interstate 70 mph. I could slow down to 50-55 or idle and the temp would drop. Problem was the shroud was so thin the air became stagnet at the lower part of the radiator where the air couldn't move up and out. I cut some holes down at the dead space at the bottom and never had another problem. I also have a friend with a 41 that would heat up and he was missing the upper air dam. Once he installed it the air was forced to go through the radiator instead of up and around it. All things considered I doubt it is getting that hot as mentioned above but I would verify it.