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Unread 08-18-2001, 11:56 AM   #9
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I don't know. I had'n planned on it as its just a Big Momma rip off ( it would be like test driving a Dodge NEON and a Plymouth NEON... same car, different name.)

Their naming scheme for thair kits is just weak IMHO... I am waiting for theit Borla,APEXi N1, and Hooker cooling systems... since they named these after a exhaust system. But besides that it looks like just another watercooling kit company.

Not to knock Dtek, but they just havent impressed me with anything too innovative, They are just doing the same thing as everyone else. ( the painted radiator is the main issue I saw. The reason I am big on this is : When you get a radiator thats painted from a factory and you cant do anything about it, thats one thing. But I know for a fact these Big Momma knock off's come bare and are painted by the seller or Distro. Coatings and paint used by factories to resist corrosion is normally applied extremely thin and is made of materials that wont insulate well.
Painting radiators on your own, you are using Krylon, or Rustoleum or something, which are heavy, thick enamels. )

If you are going to spend that kind of money on a radiator they should atleast offer the bare one also for the people who don't want that drop in cooling.

I am going to review many more radiators, and maybe they will be in it, and maybe they won't. They havent contacted me about it so I don't know. And just FYI these are just my oppinions. I have not got one of these radiators in my hands or tested so the effects of Pain COULD be small. But there will be an effect on cooling at some point.
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