Ok, so I have had a little time to get it set up, bleed and leak tested and therefore I thought I would share.

Right off the back if you are going to use a fitting that has a fat bottom such as a compression fitting I would suggest going ahead and swapping the original o-ring out with a thicker one. I found that on my BP 3/8" ID, 1/2" OD fittings that the original o-ring was not thick enough to may a good seal, so I simply replaced them with thicker o-rings, problem solved.

Next, I would suggest filling the loop as much as possible and leak test before bleeding. The reason I suggest this is because if you mount the res in your 5 1/4" bay as recommended and intend on tilting the case onto it's back to fill/bleed, then it's a good idea to know it isn't going to leak while doing the bleeding. It's much easier to concentrate on the bleeding part without having to worry if you have a possible leak in the case.

Now I originally planned on leaving enough tubing on to allow for me to pull the res out and fill/bleed from there. I have a rather large case that weighs about 50lbs when the rads are filled and so I didn't want to tip it on it's back. Well, I didn't like having the extra tubing, wasn't very clean looking, so I shortened the tubing and decided I would just put the case on it's back. So bleeding can take some time depending on the location of your rads. Since mine are on the front, getting the air out required me to put it on it's back, fill, bleed, close it up and then put it back right side up. At this point I would run it again and get more air out of the blocks and then put the case on it's back and repeat. This took me roughly an hour to complete due to the case and configuration I was dealing with, most probably will not have this issue.

Now as far as the bleeding goes, if you have a variable speed pump then I would suggest starting off at 1 and move up to 5 working the air out as I described above. You could just bleed using 1, however I find that I have to increase the speed in order to knock the air loose from the blocks and rads. As you fill the res up, allow the res to over fill a little so the air comes out the hole and doesn't get sucked back into the pump and it will as you speed the pump up, no getting around it.

So, it's setup, yes I still have a couple small bubles about the size of a pencil head, but it should be ready for me to play with when I get off work tonight. I hope my sharing my experience will help others getting theirs setup quicker and easier.

I am looking forward to Skinnee's review, although I have a good idea on how it is going to come out based on my observations so far, but I think it will be very informing, not to mention thorough.

Thanks