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Originally posted by venkman:
absolutely beautiful attention to detail (like the airflow "spoilers" on the back)
incredible job, man 
just one question: was 3/8" as far as you could get the swiftech connectors to open up? i know some people on the ocp forums have 1/2" connectors on theirs, but i don't know how the ID's of those connectors are. just wondering, since you seemed to have such meticulous attention to sizing elsewhere.
definitely topnotch. i love to see stuff like this
david
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The original swiveling connectors of the Swiftech have an ID of about 4mm (0.16")!!!
The threads in the Swiftech are 1/4", so I had to use 1/4" nipples. A 1/4" nipple has originally an ID of 1/4" (6.35mm) and an OD of 1/2" (12.7mm).
By drilling the nipples to 10mm ID (0.4"), it leaves about 1.35mm (0.05")of brass for the threads, not that much as you see.
Another possibility is to drill the threads of the Swiftech to the OD of the copper tube (15mm in my case) and then epoxy them into the 15mm holes.(which I will maybe do if the waterflow is not as I expected).
CD