[milkcow500]

It's still up in the air, but I'm still thinking of what radiators to use for my next case, which I will make out of acrylic.

I was going to go with a couple quad feser rads or the new black ice SR-1's, but now I'm thinking of just getting a larger car radiator and just putting it at the bottom of the case with the heat being pulled out of the bottom.

Anyone know of any copper car radiators I could use? Would an mcp 655 even be strong enough also? I know 77 bonnie heatercores are really nice, but they only come in single or dual, and I obviously want something a little larger.

 

[Shiryu_Libra]

you could use a rad for a auto tranny like this am no saying you should buy this one, but am mean,... you could buy something similar

perhaps this one... more cheap

those rads are aluminum

 

[Shrimpykins]

http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...hread-56k.html

Should be what you need to know. I think car radiators are meant to prevent overheating, not so much as get really low temps. Would probably get better performance from a rad designed for watercooling.

 

[milkcow500]

Yeah I've seen that thread. This is just an idea I'm throwing around right now as I've always heard dualcore bonnies were equivalent to most triple radiators built for computer watercooling systems.

 

[fstfrddy]

Bonnie cores make excellent Rads, I still use one. You can get even larger heatercores. Just go to Auto Zone or Advance online and start punching in different cars to see their heater cores. If IRC the Mercury Sable/Ford Taurus core is a big square one looks like it might fit 4 120's on it. Look under truck cores too. Do not go for the Tranny coolers. They are usually made of aluminum and have thick tubes to be able to withstand the high pressure of the hydraulic fluid.

 

[tenchimuyo93]

how about this?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Autozone Part Number: 433369 Weight: 31.5 lbs Warranty: LLT Application: With A/C Notes: 4 row, 28 3/8" x 17" x 2 5/8" core size Make: GM Core Size: 28 3/8 x 17 x 2 5/8 inch. Number of Rows: 4 Inlet Tank: 3 1/2 x 18 5/8 inch. Outlet Tank: 3 1/2 x 18 5/8 inch. Inlet: 1 9/16 inch. Top Left Outlet: 1 3/4 inch. Bottom Right Mounting Type: Channel Transmission Oil Cooler: 12 inch. Engine Oil Cooler: N/A Notes: TOC adapters included in kit

Attachment 117968

70 Chevy C-10 6.6L Radiator.

id say that would be overkill.

 

[milkcow500]

oh man that's a beast haha. 31.5 lbs haha. Is this a copper/brass radiator or an aluminum one? Would an MCP655 be able to push water through this or would I need an strong pump built for car radiators?

 

[Shiryu_Libra]

unless you have the money for a electric pump like this one

 

[G|F.E.A.D|Killa]

ahahah this thread is win. if you increase the pressure make sure your not going to blow the seals on your block.

 

[tenchimuyo93]

thats a copper/brass one there. and like Shiryu_Libra said. gonna need alot of pump.

for a fan id use Be Cool Radiators #134-75068

Quote:

16'' Curved Blade Puller Fan Black 3140 CFM @ 27.0 amps .420hp Motor

though you might wanna mount it outside. its as loud as a Delta or maybe a tick more so.

 

[doat]

I had this idea when i was getting into water cooling, you can use an oil cooler or transmission cooler.

 

[milkcow500]

lol so what size car radiator/heatcore would I be able to use with one or two mcp655s?

 

[fstfrddy]

your going to need a helluva pump to use a full size car rad, like an Iwaki or something like that. If you do get a car rad get one for a manual transmission. It will not have the transmission cooler built into it. You don't need that.

 

[fstfrddy]

If you are going to use two MCP655's why not just get two Bonneville cores and daisy chain them or put one pump between them.

 

[wimcle]

Given that a single 68 bonnie cools my 920 + gtx280,
and two of them would no doubt cool some tri-sli monster...

There's overkill, and there's overdoing it

 

[milkcow500]

I just have two mcp655s right now and wouldn't mind spending extra for a weaker pump for my video cards since an mcp655 isn't necessary for it. I wouldn't mind getting an iwaki pump if it has a 12v connection to my psu. Anyone know another good car radiator (preferably a tiny bit smaller) and a good 12v psu powered pump to go with it?

 

[tenchimuyo93]

the "Radiator" im listing now is a single core onebut i did find a dual core version ealrier.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Autozone Part Number: 439505 Weight: 7.0 lbs Warranty: 3 MO Notes: 1 Row, 13 11/16" X 13 3/4" X 1 1/4" core size. Pro-Formance radiators are for manual transmission automatic transmission, requires external oil cooler. Make: HONDA Core Size: 13 11/16 x 13 3/4 x 1 1/4 inch. Number of Rows: 1 Inlet Tank: 1 7/8 x 14 3/16 inch. Outlet Tank: 1 7/8 x 14 3/16 inch. Inlet: 1 1/8 inch. Top Center Outlet: 1 1/8 inch. Bottom Right Mounting Type: Pin

cools a built 1.5~1.8L pretty well.

though im sure your really looking for a heater core. in which case i'd stick to the bonniville one.

 

[milkcow500]

That's nice, but I'm thinking of something a little smaller probably (smaller in width at least). Should I be looking at heater cores since they are known to be not very restrictive? There's so many different types of radiators that I'm seeing and I'm just not sure which way to go.

 

[Shiryu_Libra]

you could use the Rad from a VW Golf...
it's a 2 row, 25 9/16" x 16 3/8" x 1 5/16" core size

 

[octopus13]

I thought you were going to test out the new HW Labs rads for us?