pilotguy |
May 8th, 2009 12:41 |
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Originally Posted by notom66866
(Post 982248)
My M4 now looks the way I want her so I am going to start to upgrade her internally. I figure I'll start with a a 6.03 tightbore. Now this is my question, The gun started off as a g&g gr-16. Is it worth it to add a Modify high torque gear set to a g&g mechbox, or would it just be better to get a completely new mechbox?
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You won't need a new box if your just adding that gearset. By other box I assume you mean something reinforced which is problematic with the modular gearsets, it can be done but you need to talk to someone specifically on here about it. You can get Modify gears that are not modular that will work just fine in reinforced boxes but other than that, due to the extra beefiness of a reinforced box they won't work. Jugglez of airsoftparts.ca can probably answer that for you better than I. Just a note on the STOCK gears, they are pretty sturdy and if you aren't going to upgrade springs or the like, leave it for now they will be fine.
I would recommend replacing (at the very least) the stock piston that comes with your gun as I've taken a look now at two pistons from G&G GR16s (different suppliers on each.) One broke outright after 4000 rounds and the other is starting to show wear after 10k. That's weak in my opinion as I used to have an AK upgraded to 490 FPS with well over 25K rounds through it, a ton of full auto without any piston related problems. No problems actually. I personally upgraded both my G&G GR16s with Modify FTKs from airsoftparts.ca. There are pictures HERE at the end of the post, as well as a wee bit of a review on the internals and some pictures of the broken piston I'm speaking of.
Anyway, yeah, at least the piston and while your doing that you may want to consider just replacing the entire cylinder/nozzle section all together. Your call.
If you're using a metal body right now I would go to a metal hopup. I don't know if you have a metal body or not and who makes it, but in my case I have Dboys metal bodies and I find although the seal right now is OK the hop unit seems a bit more wiggly than it should be. I have metal units on the way so as of right now I can't say for sure if that will fix it but who knows. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but point being if your in a metal body you probably should replace your stock hopup with a metal one. Just my opinion.
Anyway, time to go check the mail...
Cheers and GL
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CRUNCH - There's nothing wrong with the internals of the gun. The airseal in the G&G guns are fine. Nothing that needs to be upgraded there. Start with a hopup rubber and a tightbore. Right there, that will increase both your accuracy and range pretty significantly. Your hopup may be plastic, but it works. No need to change what isn't broken and functions properly.
If you're going to dig into the mechbox to upgrade it for more velocity, all you really need is a bearing spring guide and a new spring.
Unless you're going for some crazy-ass spring, torque-up gears aren't required. You can get the similar effect (reduce trigger lag) by installing a larger battery and / or a high torque motor.
Personally, I'm a big fan of not fucking with things when they work the way they should.
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.... this is as well VERY true. :)
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