Thermal Grease on Ignition Module and coils?

[b3h3m07h]

Has anyone ever applied thermal paste to the base of their coils and base of the ignition module and if so how much cooler would the coils run? cheers

[acarmody]

What? Why? Are you attaching a heatsink to your coils or something?

I can't see how putting a highly conductive paste of the coil pack could possibly end well.

Thermal paste doesn't cool stuff down, it allows heat transfer to the heatsink.

[Brett_jjj]

Yeah,Ive never done this when replacing coils,there is nothing like that used on them when they come from the factory so they dont need it anyway...

[brinz96VS]

the only time ive needed thermal paste is in between the processor and heatsink on my computer.
can see why youd want to use it on your coils.

[acarmody]

Oh I've used thermal paste in my car before. I used some on the ground cable for the Oxygen sensors, wasn't sure if it would help, but it certainly wouldn't hurt.

But on the coils where you have a lot of volts, spreading a highly conductive paste around is just asking for trouble.

[wraith]

There's a difference between thermal and conductive paste....

[sweefu]

There's a difference between thermal and conductive paste....

+1 I've used conductive paste/grease on my plugs/leads before so I can remove the leads easily without ripping the insides out of them.

[Pub247]

My mates has a intel I4 heatsink and fan mounted on the ignitor in has car too cool it down works a treat especially when mounted in cabin. He was told by tuner you need a heatsink to draw away as much heat as possible to help them work better

[D3CID3R]

My mates has a intel I4 heatsink and fan mounted on the ignitor in has car too cool it down works a treat especially when mounted in cabin. He was told by tuner you need a heatsink to draw away as much heat as possible to help them work better

Heard you only have to do that if you want to overclock your coils aswell :-p