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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks
I meant fine as far as safe, yes you are definitely going to lose power in hot conditions, in part because of the higher intake temperatures but high engine temps don't help either. Cooler is better overall, no doubt.
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Oh for sure.
My experience has been that our engines will definitely back off the power purposely when temps get above an acceptable level. Part of the engineering dance to deliver the power level we have (which is easy to lose sight of... remember the venerable R34 GT-R or the Supra RZ? Yeah we make 50+ more HP than they did. Just think about that for a bit.) while maintaining reliability and hitting certain cost points (not having racing radiators and giant oil coolers from the factory, etc).