Liz Art Lab

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Cooling Tower
Pump

The pump and filter look like some kind of module:

That needs this modified plastic kids plate:

To fit in:

The center of The Old Rad:

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Cooling Tower
PSU Mod

This power supply needs a slim cure to fit in the Cooling Tower top:







PSU mod done!

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Cooling Tower
Top

The bottom part of the Top section of the Cooling Tower is the original back cover of the heater that needed to be cut and brushed to get a nice finish:

After a clear coating, it goes where it should be:

The part that goes around the PSU come from a garden flowers pot that was cut, painted and clear coated:

The upper section is the original front cover of the heater that needed two holes for the inlet and outlet and then, a brushed finish just before layers of clear coating:

The Cooling Tower is almost done:

This acrylic container needs some work.

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Cooling Tower

5 little holes

This Cooling Tower is almost done, last thing to do; inlet and outlet plumbing:


The acrylic container now... It just needs 5 little holes... 4 for the fittings:


And a big one for the heat exhaust:


This center hole is the exact size for this original heater fan grid:


The Cooling Tower is complet:


I am pretty impressed by the look!

[canada2005]

That is a nice restoration on the rad. Looks fantastic. Very unique build.

[DazMode]

Atter madness

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Hey COLLARD, very nice find. If that’s an old automotive heater core, I have the feeling that you will be getting quite a few offers for it. Good luck with this year’s competition

Thank you! Yes, and I have no doubt about it but I will never sell The Old Rad.

this is going to be awesome.

Merci François!

Awesome!!!!

Thanks!

That is a nice restoration on the rad. Looks fantastic. Very unique build.

Thank you very much! Really appreciated!

Atter madness

Ahaha undoubtedly!

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Interlinks
In/Outlet

The space on top of the Cooling Tower is where 80% of the fittings are. Two of the four Pass Through are for the inlet and the outlet (the others two are for the brackets).

The in/out H shape interlink bridge need an epoxy filled male-male extender to separate each other:

Just here:

The Interlinks:

Green to The Old Rad, Blue from the pump:

And, does it fit on the Cooling Tower?

Oh yes!

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Interlinks

Stands

The second Interlink have a structural purposes and hold two stands.

Those inserts fit perfectly inside this Allen key hole. Small dipp in the epoxy and good to glue:

Tube modeling time:

Et voila! Stands done:

Interlinks done:

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Hardware

PC

I bought this nice trio (ASUS ROG Strix Z390i gaming + Intel i5 9600k + Trident Z RGB) from a friend:

Added this NVME:

Plus this Noctua:

For testing and software installation:

Before installing this sexy EK monobloc:

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Hardware
GPU

The plan was to buy An ASUS 3070 EKWB or a 3080 FE with the EK Quantum waterblock but, I never got the chance to buy one at MSRP.

So, I traded this Zotac 1070 mini with a RX580 to a friend this winter. I bought a 1070 ti waterblock (the 1070 one is not available) believing it will be compatible but no, its not. Those capacitor are bigger:

I had to modify the capacitor angle on the board:

And make an angle on the bloc to give some space to the caps:



I also had to remove a small amount of acrylic around those cap holes:

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Hardware

Mobs on

This mobo is ready to take his place on top of the Interlinks. Those stands and the back of the board just needs velcro stripes:

Ready?:

Yes! The inlet tube is almost perfectly aligned:

4 screws:

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Hardware
GPU on

Now, the goal is to put this GPU on:


To hold this GPU and hide the cables, I had to make this bracket:


Nice result:


Can't wait to see if the water tank fit on!

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Water Tank
Make a hole

The concept of this reservoir is pretty interesting and the most difficult part of this project.

I used the same acrylic container than the Cooling Tower. Except that the hole in the center needs to be much bigger:

This time, I used this hole cutter and had to be very gentle:


Big hole well done:

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Water Tank
1 hole 4 rings

The bottom of the Water Tank needs one more hole:

I modified (cut) those Darkside acrylic passthrught:

Glued their ring under the bottom of the Water Tank:

Use some Teflon on the critic one:

It fits perfectly!