ha ha.. same here mitchell, my lil rush evo run at around 210..lol, if honest i use temp gun on my big bloke engines, savage and so on.....
lil cars spit test i find fine, like the other guys have said, they can get hot!!..lol
i use 2 spit test, count 3, if still there cool!, then if it didnt, wait 40sec on idle, pull away, if bogs slightly ur runnning slightly rich..GOOD!!...lol, then just check how the exhauste is spitting a lil fluid, (fine spits).. and u have a trail of smoke bhind ur cars bum.. ha ha!!
hope this helps!!