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ECUPirate · 04-22-2002, 01:02 AM

yeah, you need two complete circuits. Unless you are running a great big pump w/ tons of flow, and you are certain that each path is receiving adequate flow, you want to avoid running you blocks in parallel. Also, as Kevin mentioned, you are dumping lots of heat into your system, and the Escort core isn't all that big. I've got the Ford Econoline van core. It's about twice the size of yours... it holds 2 120mm fans.

Here's what I'd do. ...

get a bigger, better pump...at least an Eheim 1048, maybe a 1250. mine's a 1250, and right now I've only got the CPU maze 3 w/ 1/2" hose. Use the new pump first feed the three chipset blocks, then to the rad, then to the res, and back to the new pump. Run the old pump from the pump to the HDs and back to the res. The problem here is that the HDs will heat up the res, and that water will have to flow through the CPU before it reaches the rad. You could position the rad between the new pump and the chipset blocks, but then those blocks would heat the res, thus heating your HDs. You could add a second rad to the HD loop, and have the two rads dump into the res. From the res to each pump. (Res should have two in's and two outs, or one in and two outs, depending on 1 or 2 rads.)

hmmm..?

04-22-2002, 01:02 AM	#13
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	yeah, you need two complete circuits. Unless you are running a great big pump w/ tons of flow, and you are certain that each path is receiving adequate flow, you want to avoid running you blocks in parallel. Also, as Kevin mentioned, you are dumping lots of heat into your system, and the Escort core isn't all that big. I've got the Ford Econoline van core. It's about twice the size of yours... it holds 2 120mm fans. Here's what I'd do. ... get a bigger, better pump...at least an Eheim 1048, maybe a 1250. mine's a 1250, and right now I've only got the CPU maze 3 w/ 1/2" hose. Use the new pump first feed the three chipset blocks, then to the rad, then to the res, and back to the new pump. Run the old pump from the pump to the HDs and back to the res. The problem here is that the HDs will heat up the res, and that water will have to flow through the CPU before it reaches the rad. You could position the rad between the new pump and the chipset blocks, but then those blocks would heat the res, thus heating your HDs. You could add a second rad to the HD loop, and have the two rads dump into the res. From the res to each pump. (Res should have two in's and two outs, or one in and two outs, depending on 1 or 2 rads.) hmmm..? __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan