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Originally Posted by Styrak
What kinda battery are you going to be using? Might want to throw a mosfet in there while you're at it.
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I had a TriggerMaster MkII Mosfet in there at an earlier point and ran 11.1's occasionally, but usually kept it to 9.6. The following year I yanked out the MOSFET and old wire harness/fuse and re-wired it again, plain-jane style. Ran 7.4 LiPo's and 9.6 NiMH after that (9.6 NiMH give me great response for the setup, but I know I can do better).
I will probably reinstall the TriggerMaster again when I finally have everything in front of me ready to go. I have half of my new wiring assembly ready, but I will need to put new contacts in for the MOSFET if I'm going to use it again.
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Originally Posted by -Shade
My 2cents 
- Learn about and use a LiPo battery if you aren't. (Massive performance boost)
- Get a high TPA torque motor. ZCI makes a good 28tpa one. Make sure you get a SHORT motor if it's a Socom-16 or regular M14. LONG motor for the EBR.
- The Cyma shell is built like a tank.
- Cyma gears are good, but you can get faster ones by SHS and Prometheus. Pair those with the motor and you're great for trigger response.
- SHS makes a cylinder head and nozzle for the Marui style M14 as well - make sure your compression is good
- Obligatory: Polish the cylinder, correct AOE, shim, etc (DIY youtube videos)
- Make SURE when you take apart the gearbox you put every screw back where you found it. There are two in particular on the right side of the gearbox that, if switched, will extend into the gearbox and jam your gears.
Sample List:
Mosfet/Lipo (NukeFet is bestest - GATE fets for an arguably easier install)
ZCI High torque motor
SHS/Rocket M14 nozzle
SHS/Rocket M14 Cylinder Head
SHS/Rocket blue piston
SHS/Rocket POM piston head (or Lonex POM if you want to spend more money)
Any V7 ball bearing spring guide
SHS or Prometheus high speed gears (if you want)
You may want a weaker spring as all of this may increase your fps
Hope this gives you some ideas. |
Definitely, I was pretty happy with the higher-output LiPo's back when I rocked them in the M14 but ultimately took the MOSFET out to make more space as the wiring was a big spaghetti-mess. 9.6 NiMH's still give pretty snappy response, so I'll probably keep rocking those unless I decide to incorporate my TriggerMaster back into the setup.
Thanks for the heads-up about the CYMA shell; I might end up rolling with that one since all my other CYMA guns are rock-solid too.
Was thinking about picking up an SHS set of gears for the M14; and since I poached my CYMA sector gear to replace one in my CYMA AK (yes, they are in fact identical), I might just go ahead and grab the SHS set. I was very happy with their V2 set.
Definitely going to grab a new cylinder since the old ones have taken a bit of a beating. I think I'll go with a dull-finish though so the o-ring and lubrication have some texture to keep the seal alive. I have found that polished cylinders are fabulous for a time, but once the grease-barrier between the cylinder and oring "pops", your compression is all over the place until you re-apply fresh.
Have you had luck with the SHS pistons? I've used one in my AK and while it was constructed well, the rails were very fickle and it would often torque in the cylinder. Eventually ditched it and went back to my Lonex red. Will definitely look into their piston-heads though as I don't want to go hunting for another Lonex one. I have a Guarder V7 nozzle ready to drop-in so here's hoping it works well with what I end up buying.
Excited to check out the motor you mentioned, too. Thanks for the suggestions; gives me a few things to start checking out for sure. Ty Ty