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Originally Posted by Bontic
Nice work! My friend's KWA just stopped firing - sounds like broken connection - and I offered to multimeter it - glad to see I was right that that's the thing to do, but it's still under warranty so he will send it back.
I have been so impressed with my Kraken's performance so far, but do have a bunch of parts I ordered with it based on your upgrade package Amos. I have been deliberating whether I should crack it open and whack them in or just wait till it breaks. I got lucky with piston head seal, hopup, and barrel because it shoots with identical accuracy and range as the KWA M4 (a ~400 fps gun). My only gripe with it is the rate of fire. Will putting in metal bushings, a bearing spring guide, and rewiring for 16 gauge and deans make the rof significantly higher? I do have a large type battery on the way also; i had been using a small one.
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Yes, I can attest to the increase in a RoF. Just removing the fuze, changing to deans and changing the wiring from the junky 18~ gauge to a better gauge with silicon will increase the rof. There's absolutely no need to use a 9.6v battery in pretty much any gun, it'll only just put more wear and tear on the internals and gives you less power for overall use. If you want a higher rof, I'd also recommend a higher mah battery. Depending on the discharge rates of your battery, a bigger battery (higher mah) can increase your RoF.
For example: My RPK was a standard TM 16 (or 18, I can't remember)-gauge tamiya connector with fuze, and had a decent fire rate with a 1100 mah BB-Bastard NiMH Mini (converted to deans), internally it boasted a MS100SP, deepfire oilless bushings and systema steel shims, and kept the standard black plastic spring guide.
The big RoF increase came when I removed the fuze assembly, made the entire wiring assembly in one piece (AK's have a two piece wiring with tamiya connectors in between) and replaced the entire wiring package with 16 gauge (pretty much the biggest wiring you can fit with the limited amount of space in the gearbox) and replaced the 1100 mah NiMH mini with an Elite 1500 MaH NiMH mini. The ROF increase was enough that it now needs a sector clip to time the tappet plate and feed properly.
I'm getting similar RoF performance increase with a Kraken-based AK using a set of Systema Bushings, Guarder SP-90 Spring, Hurricane bearing piston head and bearing spring guide. If anything, just the switch from Tamiyas to Deans is a preformance increase enough, but I do say that the Kraken stock wiring has to go.