Custom liquid cooler for LGA 775 question

[merz.38]

Did some more machining work today and i successfully turned an air to air intercooler into a fluid to air radiator via some ingenuity, a hammer and some epoxy.

 

[Aldakoopa]

Did some more machining work today and i successfully turned an air to air intercooler into a fluid to air radiator via some ingenuity, a hammer and some epoxy.

Gotta love one of the most universal tools, second only to duct tape!

 

[merz.38]

Gotta love one of the most universal tools, second only to duct tape!

I know! That's what I'm saying! How many people can say they got to use a hammer in a non destructive way on a computer?

 

[merz.38]

And here it is with the epoxy dried and compression fittings in

 

[merz.38]

Finally got the pump in... it's rugged, centrifugal, has replaceable parts, and pumps 1800 gph...


And did found a place that sold aluminum by the pound locally, for 1.80, so I bought 13 lbs of it... and started to make a reservoir that will also double as an accumulator and look super badass when done.

 

[HARAMOSH]

pretty cool, im anticipating the final product.

 

[merz.38]

And finally the pump with fittings attached for integration into loop.

 

[merz.38]

So I finished up the fill tank // reservoir // accumulator.. etc I added ports for a fill hole, a fluid level gauge, a thermometer (for the future shown plugged), and an intake and exhaust.


















Woo! Machining is done! look for me to start assembly of everything in the coming weeks.....

 

[bmwbaxter]

Nice

 

[HARAMOSH]

Woo! Machining is done! look for me to start assembly of everything in the coming weeks.....

thats too long for me, if you could quit your job and call off your RL to get this done sooner it would be much appreciated. Either way very cool

 

[merz.38]

thats too long for me, if you could quit your job and call off your RL to get this done sooner it would be much appreciated. Either way very cool

I have exams lol, and this whole project hasn't been cheap. I kinda have to remake some money back somehow.

 

[HARAMOSH]

^^ yes I hear ya. I'm pulling OT at work so I can get my build done sooner.

 

[merz.38]

That's nice that that is an option for you. Ohio State likes to torture us by making us stay here for a whole week after classes end by not giving us an option of when we can take exams. So that's not really an option for me.

 

[HD5830Gamer]

I have exams lol, and this whole project hasn't been cheap. I kinda have to remake some money back somehow.

Same with my motorbike rad project lol probably going to cost $300 or more.

 

[merz.38]

Same with my motorbike rad project lol probably going to cost $300 or more.

That seems pretty cheap. I'm going to total everything up when I finally get everything else running on it.

 

[HD5830Gamer]

That seems pretty cheap. I'm going to total everything up when I finally get everything else running on it.

Not going to lie but i don't think this would cool good because the pipes are too thick, a tranny cooler or truck rad would be better than this judging by how thick the pipes are.

 

[merz.38]

Not going to lie but i don't think this would cool good because the pipes are too thick, a tranny cooler or truck rad would be better than this judging by how thick the pipes are.

One of my room mates had an extra intercooler sitting around that he wasn't using.

 

[HD5830Gamer]

One of my room mates had an extra intercooler sitting around that he wasn't using.

Point taken. Spare about $45 or $90 for a decent tranny cooler or actual car rad and use that instead. I'm telling you that the metal is way too thick.

 

[merz.38]

We'll see, I've already modified it to accept the plumbing i'm using for everything else. I had to spare some cost in some areas. All of the fittings I'm using are 10-30$

 

[merz.38]

I think I might be up to ~200$ in just high flow fittings at this point.