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The exhaust runs right there with the 3rd cat right there as well. Mine gets very hot too. I'm planning on gutting that 3rd cat to see if it helps. I think it may be getting a bit plugged up and that would create an excessive amount of heat.
It's the exhaust and transmission like MrBrock and Lexus95 said. Mine doesn't get tthat hot, but if I step out of my car, I can feel tons of heat coming from the exhaust. I recently got bigger piping so maybe that's it.
I hated that heat. But after i installed my varis hood the temps in that area really came down. its amazing how much heat come out of the hole even when its parked.