Quote Originally Posted by coolmiester View Post
NP Meatpuppet - this is what the forum is all about

I have a few Laing D5 tops from various other projects including a few of the Norvl 1/2" OD which i thought i would try the mod out on first but on closer inspection i found the inlet and outlet to be 13.3mm which would be perfect for a G3/8 barb where as the normal D5 is 10mm.

I've no clue whether this would be beneficial or detrimental to the performance gained in a watercooling situation but Laing obviously do it for some reason and its got to be worth further investigation imo (shouts of Martin for help )

Cool, you're the first one I've seen with the noval top apart

According to Laing's charts the larger threaded top is supposed to be a little stronger in the 1.5GPM range, so overall it should do better.

I didn't expect to the inlet being that large though. Wow!

I had actually recommended to swiftech many many months ago that they offer these threaded top instead of the 1/2" hosebarb top, but they never responded.

Sure, I'd be interested after I get caught up. Have to wrap up the parts I have on hand now, then I wouldn't mind tinkering with the D5 again.

If nobody starts producing a top, I might even be force to buy a Koolance D5 top, just to see if it does anything.