I have both the spacer kit originally from Australia (still allows you to keep the engine cover) before it was copied in the USA and also this relocation kit from Taiwan. Both are nice but this relocation kit is definitely better due to the lower operating temps. Also, the steps for moving it near the radiator are not difficult so don't let that dissuade you from purchasing. Thanks again to companies like this that are still making innovative products for Saabs.
This is all very well done but a lot of work compared to the ECU spacer kit. It likely offers better cooling though given it's totally removed from the block. It also allows you to keep the cover on if you like it, whereas the space requires it to be left off still for best cooling. The spacer drops the temp by ~20° I think I saw. I wonder how this compares.
If you still have your original ECM that came with the car, I would recommend eSaab parts, they sell re manufactured units from the same Swedish company that Hedin Parts uses. You provide your ECM in an exchange program then they'll clone the new unit with the tune from your original ECM so it's a plug and play option.
The amount of heat used to replace the chips exceeds engine temp. The chips that fail have an actual shelf life. Input peripherals as well as passives in series or parallel with the chips power inputs and outputs is what causes them to fail, not heat. That is a 100% gimmick and way to sell a product you dont actually need. Any EE design engineer understands how a stby circuit wears out a chip life and does not last forever. You all think it's supposed to last forever and that's not possible. The only way for a ecu to last a decent amount of time after failure is to replace the faulty chip and everything in that chips circuit. Including zeners, smt caps, resistors, and so on. The interior of the ecu during rework will cause the flex pc to encounter much, much higher levels of heat than it ever had in your engine. None of the people repairing these ecus are doing it correctly because they don't know what they are actually doing or have the build of materials or know the tolerances of the parts used. They don't. Think like an engineer, not a UA-cam channel video! I have personally installed thermistors inside my ECU as well as one on the block, head, radiator, hood, roof and under the ecu. The interior of the ecu never saw the temp of the exterior of cylinder head. Not one person on UA-cam has proved any of this and I may have to do it foy you. Best of luck folks!
Waste of time still gonna get hot ,I've never had an issue wirh mine and its 21 years old ,people panic to much and even if they do go there pretty cheap now to replace .
I have both the spacer kit originally from Australia (still allows you to keep the engine cover) before it was copied in the USA and also this relocation kit from Taiwan. Both are nice but this relocation kit is definitely better due to the lower operating temps. Also, the steps for moving it near the radiator are not difficult so don't let that dissuade you from purchasing. Thanks again to companies like this that are still making innovative products for Saabs.
Great video! That is where the ECM should have been installed from the factory to prevent all these issues we are now having, thanks again.
Just installed this on my Saab, took 1.5 hours and temps went from 189 F down to 122 F huge improvement. Car located in Texas.
I need a new ECU - where did you get your new ECU or did you just do the relocation only?
Hi, I order one for my saab 9-3,thank you from USA.
У меня всё получилось, делал как на видео
Спасибо автору
This is all very well done but a lot of work compared to the ECU spacer kit. It likely offers better cooling though given it's totally removed from the block. It also allows you to keep the cover on if you like it, whereas the space requires it to be left off still for best cooling. The spacer drops the temp by ~20° I think I saw. I wonder how this compares.
Nice job where i can get the ECU braket
Hi,maptun the ecu relocation kit is not the same one in the video,that you sell in website.
Ive bought the kit but yet to do the job as im scared my solder joints wont be the best needed to do the job once.
I use a small lighter torch now. Quick and solid.
The coolant bottle is over filled. JTLYK
Need a new ECU - any help would be appreciated. I'm located in texas
If you still have your original ECM that came with the car, I would recommend eSaab parts, they sell re manufactured units from the same Swedish company that Hedin Parts uses. You provide your ECM in an exchange program then they'll clone the new unit with the tune from your original ECM so it's a plug and play option.
The amount of heat used to replace the chips exceeds engine temp. The chips that fail have an actual shelf life. Input peripherals as well as passives in series or parallel with the chips power inputs and outputs is what causes them to fail, not heat. That is a 100% gimmick and way to sell a product you dont actually need.
Any EE design engineer understands how a stby circuit wears out a chip life and does not last forever. You all think it's supposed to last forever and that's not possible.
The only way for a ecu to last a decent amount of time after failure is to replace the faulty chip and everything in that chips circuit. Including zeners, smt caps, resistors, and so on. The interior of the ecu during rework will cause the flex pc to encounter much, much higher levels of heat than it ever had in your engine. None of the people repairing these ecus are doing it correctly because they don't know what they are actually doing or have the build of materials or know the tolerances of the parts used. They don't.
Think like an engineer, not a UA-cam channel video!
I have personally installed thermistors inside my ECU as well as one on the block, head, radiator, hood, roof and under the ecu. The interior of the ecu never saw the temp of the exterior of cylinder head.
Not one person on UA-cam has proved any of this and I may have to do it foy you. Best of luck folks!
What about the vibrations? I heard part of the reason they fail is because the engine vibrates a lot and that is bad for the computer.
Waste of time still gonna get hot ,I've never had an issue wirh mine and its 21 years old ,people panic to much and even if they do go there pretty cheap now to replace .
2nd ECU here. Always mounted on the block. Got a relocation kit last year and 0 problems
now, in Poland for example, ECUs costs their wieght in gold now