Please feel free to laugh at me if this sounds obsurd. lol


Ok so here is my theory.
The ECU of the car is just a computer. Computers run more efficient and faster when they are cooler (i'm a computer technician i know this stuff)

So in theory if you could make the ECU run cooler and more efficiently would that help your car run better? i have no idea how it would help the car run better, but im sure it would do something right?

A faster more efficient ECU would equal........ ????? what exactly?


someone please answer my question, cos i got an idea if my theory is correct. lol

 

Water Cooling and a 12mm Fan!!!!! aaaahhhhhh

 

Maybe better throttle responce, I honestly don't think much will happen.

 

lmao. no water cooling. but maybe a few heatsinks or some sort of ventalation

im just curious to what difference it would make. I know on any regular pc, it makes the difference between an extreme gaming pc, and well............a dell. lol

 

do u honestly wanna put some thermal glue on ur ecu?

 

well im not gonna if will make no difference. But if it helps i would do it. yeh. Theres no real difference between the ECU and any other computer component right?

So theoretically a cooler, more stable ecu would run better. im just wanting to know how much difference that would make?

If it helps, i can quite easily throw a couple of heatsinks on there.

 

I don't think it gets hot. Its under the glove box. Feel it after you have been driving. The location makes it easy to route an AC duct at it it you wanted.

 

ok, i will have a look. and i will let you all know my diagnosis.

If the chips on the ECU feel hot after ive drove it, i will stick some heatsinks on them, and then check again afterwards. And they will be cooler.

Im just wondering what advantages there would be from a faster ECU?
if the ecu could process faster how would that help?

 

Cooler or not i don't think it will really make a difference....

Think about it..the reason a cooler running home pc runs faster is because all parts inside are electronic and all parts are only bound speedwise by how fast they can transmit and recieve data.

However in a car you are mating mechanical parts with computer parts so you could in theory speed the computer parts up but you will still have to deal with the time between the computer telling the mechanical part what to do, and the mechanical part actually doing it. I think the lag time right now, no matter how hot the ecu gets, is at it's very minimal. Unless you can increase the response time of the mechanical parts of the engine, i dont think any change to the ecu will make a noticeable difference

 

I don't believe it'll make any difference...

 

ok. thats all i needed to know.
in that case i shant bother. lol

 

Haha sorry to discourage!

 

lol no problem. i was just curious

 

after much consideration i believe you could cool down the ecu and make it run more efficiently ...IF you could overclock your cars ecu. the only reason that a computer runs better from being cooler is overclockin, putting a bigger heatsinc on it will not make it run cooler, it will help if it is being overclocked to keep it cooler, but the fact that it is meant to run at the setting it is w/ the temp its at is a good indication that nothing will happen but a waste of time, effort, and money

 

not neccicerally. I have a pc and i upgraded the heatsink and it ran 50 degrees cooler that stock, increasing my performance ALOT, without overclocking.

i highly doubt the processor on the ECU runs at anywhere near the same speed, or generates as much heat. But i can imagine it would get a little toasty, even putting a heat sink on a router processor can increase your network speed. So in theory it would increase your ECU speed and stability, whether it was overclocked or not. Granted the ecu can run at high temps, doesnt mean it won't run better with lower temps.

But like i said, i hightly doubt the ECU is very powerful, and even so, a faster ECU would deliver the signals faster, but if the mechanics cant keep up, there is no real point.

I might do a temp test on the ECU though, see how hot it runs, if it feels warm to the touch, than that is hot enough for a heatsink, and a faster ECU could help a little bit if you had ALOT of performance parts & turbo or something.

yes or no?

def no for most of us, but what about an ULTRA modded car?