TOO HOT?, How hot does your teener run? Options

[BMartin914]

Just picked up my new 914 this morning.

Drove about 40 miles back home at an average speed of about 70. Ambient temp was probably 85 and the humidity very low, probably around 10 - 15%.

My (stock) temp gauge was almost touching the red a good part of the way. Just on the edge of red when I got home.

Should I be worried or do most teeners run this hot in this type of weather?

I wouldn't expect it to behave like a water-cooler but is it running TOO hot?

[914ghost]

My 1.8 runs at 200 to 230 degrees for the most part, at ....1200 feet, roughly 80-90 degree day, doing 70 to 100 mph on the freeway. Going up the steep side (eastbound) of Snoqualamie pass it creeped upwards of 250 deg...goosbumps. . doing 80+ mph
Thats seems reasonable to me.
It would think it would be a fr*kin miracle if it ran at 180 driving like that.
I like my aftermarket VDO guage, it gots numbers- and its ...*fairly* close.
I heated cooking oil and dropped the sensor (under car, HOT oil in pan, sender grounded and hooked to sender wire) in the oil and read the guage and read a candy thermometer at the same time to see what it was like. It was off up to about 8 degrees and got more accurate as it cooled.
Works for me...
Bob O