Swiftech Apogee Drive Mini Review

[Martinm210]

EDIT:
Waterlogged beat me to it....I'm too slow..

how would you add an aftermarket top to this? are the 3/8 barbs removable? I dont get it >_<

This is only if you plan to dispose of the block portion of the unit. The pump motor is a Laing DDC3.1=Swiftech MCP350.

So all you have to do is remove the pump motor and add a top and you get this:



Same thing except you don't have the little plastic feet on the pump motor case, but if you're mounting freely (which most people do to avoid vibration noise), it works fine.

In addition many people don't know that the Laing DDC 3.1 and DDC 3.2 are the same pump motor. They simply designed it so they can make a 10 watt version or an 18 watt version. To make this difference all they do is solder one contact acros the PCB to get 18watts.

So in the end, the motor that you get in the unit is the same pump motor everyone on the forum is running when they say DDC 3.2 or MCP355, etc. it's just that it has a slightly different cover and it's currently setup to run at 10watts, but you can change that very easily.

As far as saving the block base after removing the motor. That would be more difficult. You'd have to make your own pump top, or perhaps it would fit in an old apogee or mcw-60 block top if you had one of those lying around.