Quote Originally Posted by disruptfam View Post
pics please
Ok.....

Here are some updated pics:

First is a picture of my hold down plate angle point. One of the thing I think happens alot in poor mounts is inconsistent pull on the four bolts. I think the stepdown base concept is great, but I think it also has more variability in mounts because of the smaller footprint and ease in putting more force on one side of the block. Mounting the hold down plate to put all it's force in the very center of the block (in this case all force is on the center barb) and providing a means to allow flex like this washer should really help with this. Anyhow, this is just a crude version, but it works really well. I could easily pull one side down over a 1/4" more than the other and no torsion is applied to the block. Alot of heatsink hold downs have gone to a single point force setup, waterblocks should too..



Next up, had to see the nozzle/accelerator jets in action...


And here is the block installed, quick and dirty hold down plate until I figure out something cooler, but it works.


In operation:


Hard to tell this early, but it's giving my bowed and nozzled Fuzion a run for it's money. Within a couple of degrees, hard to tell if I'll gain that in settlemeant/curing or possibly a remount. But I do know I gained about 4-5C from bowing and adding a nozzle to my fuzion so the block is already performing better than my fuzion when stock. Not too bad for my first home brew attempt..

I'll run the numbers in a couple of days, the CLP should be cured pretty well and bubbles out of the lines by then.