Miata Mailing List: August 1993, Message #86
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   From: Al Jenab 
Subject: RE>Re: After-market Grill Trouble
   Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 07:28:43 -0400


Ken Buck writes:
"that's why they call it a 'grill', obviously!
throw on some hamburgers and get ready to eat!"

HA!  The early morning humor police have been given your e-mail address.
%^)

"on a related note, i don't have any extra grills, but i noticed
a while back this summer that while (allegedly) cruising at 80+ mph
the engine temp was climbing a bit, a little past the halfway mark.
the ambient temperature was somewhere around the 90's,
i don't recall if it was extra humid at the time or not.
if i reduced speed to 75 or so, the temp would go back down to
normal, but it would climb back up if i increased cruising speed
again.  i haven't noticed this behavior before or since, but it
hasn't been that hot here lately either (generally low 80's or less).

so: have others noticed similar behavior?
do those who live in warm climes notice the engine
running hotter after extended high-speed cruising?"

Umm, no.  One of the things that has amazed me about the Miata is its
refusal to overheat in even the most extreme conditions.  Like for
example in sunny, 95 degree, near100% humidity days at the track when
I'm about to die from heat stroke, this car will crank out lap after lap as
if the needle of the temp gauge were nailed on "cool".  I suppose 110 mph
blasts
down the main straight may tend to provide some more air flow, but I've
never noticed it get even slightly overheated.  This includes riding back
from the track, with the top up and the AC on full blast (with me all
sunburnt & dehydrated), creeping through DC area traffic on the way home.

-Al