Fox Body Engine Water Temp

[Xkuzme1]

Question guys. New to me Cobra that used a 93 Fox Body donor. It’s got the speed hut gauges. Either My gauge seems to read artificially high, or my car is running hot. The gauge regularly see 120-140 degrees Celsius. Generally speaking it is 120-130.

Any ideas on where to start?

Today I’m going to let it warm up and take a temp gun and shoot a few areas to see if it is gauge issue or if it really is a heat issue. Seems to me that if it had got that hot, I’d have some obvious issues.

Are there any known “gotchas” with the cooling system that I should look for?

Thanks,

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