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- Oct 6, 2004
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- Oklahoma City, Ok
Alright,
Just thinking of ways to make an effective yet inexpensive WC'ing system...
Tubing - $10 (including freight) for 10' MasterKleer from McMaster.com
Clamps- $4 (local hardware shop 10 pack)
T-Line - $3 (optional)-(T connect + plug)
Reservoir $8(optional) - Acrylic food container + 2 hose barbs (requires drilling and tapping)
Via Aqua - $22
DD Maze4 - $40 (including frt)
Heater Core - $20 ('77 B-ville from Autozone, no barb mods)
Reinforced Homemade Shroud
2 120mm Fans - $20
So about $119 (or $124 w/res) for a pretty decent (way over the $100 pre-fabs) WC'ing system that can be modded, adapted, and adjusted later on.
My original rig cost over $200 due largely to the pump cost (+$30), pre-modded '86 Chevette HC +$25), Typhoon Res (+14), RBX wb (+25), Clearflex (+$5). The only reall 'downgrade' would be the pump dropping (IMHO a drop at least) from a Hydor L35 to the Via. Nets out around a $100 difference or basically half the cost.
Does this seem about right? Have I missed anything?
I have a friend who is interested in WCing but is on a definite budget. He isnt going for a top end system. Simply wants something fairly powerful now that he can component by component replace later.
Just thinking of ways to make an effective yet inexpensive WC'ing system...
Tubing - $10 (including freight) for 10' MasterKleer from McMaster.com
Clamps- $4 (local hardware shop 10 pack)
T-Line - $3 (optional)-(T connect + plug)
Reservoir $8(optional) - Acrylic food container + 2 hose barbs (requires drilling and tapping)
Via Aqua - $22
DD Maze4 - $40 (including frt)
Heater Core - $20 ('77 B-ville from Autozone, no barb mods)
Reinforced Homemade Shroud
2 120mm Fans - $20
So about $119 (or $124 w/res) for a pretty decent (way over the $100 pre-fabs) WC'ing system that can be modded, adapted, and adjusted later on.
My original rig cost over $200 due largely to the pump cost (+$30), pre-modded '86 Chevette HC +$25), Typhoon Res (+14), RBX wb (+25), Clearflex (+$5). The only reall 'downgrade' would be the pump dropping (IMHO a drop at least) from a Hydor L35 to the Via. Nets out around a $100 difference or basically half the cost.
Does this seem about right? Have I missed anything?
I have a friend who is interested in WCing but is on a definite budget. He isnt going for a top end system. Simply wants something fairly powerful now that he can component by component replace later.
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