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g.l.amour · 10-23-2002, 01:08 PM

well, so i found out the hard way. to make a very long story abit shorter...

knowing is everything.

bill a's work is great, but can't list everything.

i went from hayden,+ generic HC (series) , maze2, 3/8", 1048;
to dual large bigmomma style rads, rest staying the same. i was xpecting some nice temp drops, but didn't get any. i then switched to 1/2", didn't change too much either.

i know from BillA that big momma's don't restrict flow too much, about the hayden and the generic, i can't know nothing.

so i was thinking that i needed more flow, with the dual rads 'n all; got myself an eheim 1250. didn't change anything, xactly the same temps (prolly not, but i ain't using special equipment for testing, so large tolerance). so guessing some of it the hard way (lots of $'s spent), the maze2 was already at its relative peak performance with the 1048 pump; throwing in an 1250 just makes the 1250 run at shitty efficiency. the rads shouldn't be the ones to blame, judging the graphs they don't restrict flow too much.

i feel stoopid for spending all that money on 0 change in performance, don't make the same mistake as me camelot one. look in on your rad performance, if that doesn't restrict flow too much, i guess getting the swiftech block will serve u alot better than getting the larger pump.

anyway, step by step, i feel the mist clearing away, really really really too bad, i had to learn the hard way. sooo thx for making me(us?) understand the fundemantals BillA. sometimes it might seem it is all in vain, well, trust me, it isn't.

10-23-2002, 01:08 PM	#10
g.l.amour Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: on da case Posts: 933	well, so i found out the hard way. to make a very long story abit shorter... knowing is everything. bill a's work is great, but can't list everything. i went from hayden,+ generic HC (series) , maze2, 3/8", 1048; to dual large bigmomma style rads, rest staying the same. i was xpecting some nice temp drops, but didn't get any. i then switched to 1/2", didn't change too much either. i know from BillA that big momma's don't restrict flow too much, about the hayden and the generic, i can't know nothing. so i was thinking that i needed more flow, with the dual rads 'n all; got myself an eheim 1250. didn't change anything, xactly the same temps (prolly not, but i ain't using special equipment for testing, so large tolerance). so guessing some of it the hard way (lots of $'s spent), the maze2 was already at its relative peak performance with the 1048 pump; throwing in an 1250 just makes the 1250 run at shitty efficiency. the rads shouldn't be the ones to blame, judging the graphs they don't restrict flow too much. i feel stoopid for spending all that money on 0 change in performance, don't make the same mistake as me camelot one. look in on your rad performance, if that doesn't restrict flow too much, i guess getting the swiftech block will serve u alot better than getting the larger pump. anyway, step by step, i feel the mist clearing away, really really really too bad, i had to learn the hard way. sooo thx for making me(us?) understand the fundemantals BillA. sometimes it might seem it is all in vain, well, trust me, it isn't. Last edited by g.l.amour; 10-23-2002 at 01:14 PM.