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Old 03-07-2010, 02:06 PM   #11951
WT Sharpe
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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate View Post
Funny thing is, the "professional" radiators they sell for this are just remanufactured Bonneville heater cores tapped for hose fittings; they sell for around US$45 for that and some black paint. I pay USD$20 at the auto parts store about a mile away, then get vinyl tubing & hose clamps from the hardware store down the street. Haven't had a leak from a finished system in the 4 years since I built the first one.

That whole Bonneville thing started by accident; seems a rather enterprising individual several years ago discovered that a '77 Bonneville heater core just happens to fit perfectly into one 5 1/4" drive bay and has just the right surface-area for a pair of 120mm fans. If you're short on space, a heater core from an '86 Chevette is exactly half the length and will correspondingly use a single 120mm fan.
What you have conceived and built is nothing short of phenomenal. It would never occur to me to boost an Intel chip's performance with parts from an old Bonneville. Kudos & Karma!
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