Post by spyderp8balla on Jul 18, 2005 13:39:38 GMT -5
So, you have a very low budget, but you still want to get the max. preformance out of your Spyder. Yea, well here's a few mods to help you achieve max preformance out of the stock parts.
Modding Your switch for a lighter pull:
1. Knock the pins that hold the switch, and the trigger, in place.
2. Take out the trigger, and then push the switch out into the the spot where the trigger was, keep all the wires connected.
3. Take a knife and pry open the lil tabs on both sides of the switch to open it.
4. Now, if you look at the left side of the switch ull see a lil arm holding the back end of the spring...
5. Bend that lil arm to the right. - Note: the more you bend the lighter the pull will be.
6. Put the top on the switch and install the trigger and switch w/ their pins.
7. Turn on ur gun and feel the awesome pull.
Here's a pic from PBR, taken by SilentButDeadly:
Modding Stock Bolt
1. Take the bolt out of the gun and disconnect it from the striker.
2. With a pair of needle nose pliers firmy grasp the star shaped venturi piece from the front of the bolt.
3. (If needed)Some venturis were screwed in with loctite. If this is the case with you, and you can't get the venturi out, use either a lighter and warm up the bolt for a minute or two, or use a torch and it will take a lot less time to heat. Be careful, because the whole bolt will be hot. Either use an oven mit, vice, or clamp it down to hold it. You may want to cover the parts you are going to clamp or vice with a cloth to prevent scratching. BEFORE HEATING TAKE OF ALL O- RINGS! The stock spyder bolt has two or three O-Rings. If you don't take them off before heating they will melt onto the bolt. Heat in the air inlet hole, or right behind it.
4. Turn the venturi piece counter clockwise uintil it comes out. Make sure you have a firm grip. Also, put the bolt down against a table with the pin stopping the bolt from rotating if you can't get a grip on the bolt.
5. You can keep the piece after it's taken out or you can ditch it if you know you're not going to use it again. Notice how much space is in the bolt after the venturi wa taken out.
6. Put the bolt in the gun and put everything back together. You will now be more air efficient because the bolt will have better flow. You will need to turn down the speed of your marker now since velocity will increase.
OPTIONAL
7. You can make the front of your bolt more "paintball friendly", by simply sanding the face of the bolt, to make about a 60* angle.
Modding the V/A for Higher Flow
This home mod is a relatively quick and easy mod to
complete. What it does is it opens up the holes in
your vertical adapter so that the air going into your
gun has a higher flow. This is important because it
will allow your gun to run smoother and at lower
operating pressures.
*WARNING- When performing this operation you can hurt
yourself or your marker. I am not responsible for any
mistakes you make while you are going through with
this mod.*
Materials required:
-SAFETY GLASSES- WEAR AT ALL TIMES. I KNOW FROM
EXPERIENCE THAT IT IS NO FUN TO GET A CHIP OF METAL IN
YOUR EYE.
-Hand Drill
-1/8 inch drill bit
-a vice (make sure that it is lined with something-
thick cloth, wood, leather, etc. You do not want marks
on your VA c-
Step one: Removing the VA.
To remove the VA from your gun, you have to locate it
and remove the silver screw on the body. It is between
the trigger frame and the VA. Once you get it off,
remove any regulator, fore-grip, expansion chamber,
etc. that you have on it, including the valve pin
assembly and the LPC. It should look like this (minus
the valve pin, cup seal, spring, and lpc c- I have
identified the parts that we will be working with
during this mod.
Step Two: Drilling ASA.
*safety glasses on*
After removing the o-rings, set your VA in the vice
with the ASA pointing up. Look at your asa. If there
are two holes, you are going to want to just drill
those holes out and make them bigger. If there is only
one, ONLY MAKE THAT ONE BIGGER. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
DRILL ANOTHER HOLE(again, I know this from experience.
I had to replace a friend's VA... it cost me 15
bucks).
What you are going to do it to just drill out the
holes in your ASA to make them bigger. Do not drill
any additional holes. You want to drill just until the
hole is hollowed out. As soon ad you feel the drill go
through the initial hole(s), stop drilling.
My ASA happens to be from a spyder xtra, so it has to
holes.
This is a picture of where you should be drilling.
Step Three: Drilling LPC end
This is the hardest part. It is easy to mess up your
VA if you do not do it correctly.
This time, Put the VA in the vice so that the sides
with the o-rings are facing up. You will need to drill
all the way through the hole. Make sure not to hit the
threads on the other side. It will seriously screw up
your VA. Below is a picture of the hole that you
should be drilling this time.
Step 4: Cleaning up the VA.
First, knock off all of the burrs around your holes
with a wooden dowel. Submerge the VA in water and run
water through it to remove all metal shavings, you
don't want the running through your gun. After
everything is all cleaned up and dry, put everything
back together. You will experience an increase in
velocity, probably about 15 FPS.
Good luck Modding.
{Props to the Trooper of PBN for this}
Modding the stock valve and pin
OK, well this is fairly simple to do. Just sand down your valve pin, until it looks like this:
{Props to otter for the pic}
Well, now that the valve pin is done,you'll need to drill out the valve body.
1. Remove o-rings and get safety goggles, as well as a 5/16 drill bit with drill, and a vice lined with leather or something to cushion the valve.
2. Pick one of the holes you want bigger.
3. Carefully drill and make the existing hole larger.
4. Clean up the valve with sandpaper. get rid of all the metal chips sticking up.
{Once again, thanks to Otter, who I took some of this text from}
Polishing Your Internals
OK, this is very simple, and way underestimated. Polishing your internals is a great mod to help your marker operate smoother. To do, you'll need to:
1. Disassemble your marker.
2. Remove o-rings on bolt and striker
3. Sand all little rough spots and ridges in the striker, bolt, valve pin, and sear. Then polish it with simply Mothers Mag or another metal polish.
4. Replace o-rings
5. Reassemble your marker.
Modding Your switch for a lighter pull:
1. Knock the pins that hold the switch, and the trigger, in place.
2. Take out the trigger, and then push the switch out into the the spot where the trigger was, keep all the wires connected.
3. Take a knife and pry open the lil tabs on both sides of the switch to open it.
4. Now, if you look at the left side of the switch ull see a lil arm holding the back end of the spring...
5. Bend that lil arm to the right. - Note: the more you bend the lighter the pull will be.
6. Put the top on the switch and install the trigger and switch w/ their pins.
7. Turn on ur gun and feel the awesome pull.
Here's a pic from PBR, taken by SilentButDeadly:
Modding Stock Bolt
1. Take the bolt out of the gun and disconnect it from the striker.
2. With a pair of needle nose pliers firmy grasp the star shaped venturi piece from the front of the bolt.
3. (If needed)Some venturis were screwed in with loctite. If this is the case with you, and you can't get the venturi out, use either a lighter and warm up the bolt for a minute or two, or use a torch and it will take a lot less time to heat. Be careful, because the whole bolt will be hot. Either use an oven mit, vice, or clamp it down to hold it. You may want to cover the parts you are going to clamp or vice with a cloth to prevent scratching. BEFORE HEATING TAKE OF ALL O- RINGS! The stock spyder bolt has two or three O-Rings. If you don't take them off before heating they will melt onto the bolt. Heat in the air inlet hole, or right behind it.
4. Turn the venturi piece counter clockwise uintil it comes out. Make sure you have a firm grip. Also, put the bolt down against a table with the pin stopping the bolt from rotating if you can't get a grip on the bolt.
5. You can keep the piece after it's taken out or you can ditch it if you know you're not going to use it again. Notice how much space is in the bolt after the venturi wa taken out.
6. Put the bolt in the gun and put everything back together. You will now be more air efficient because the bolt will have better flow. You will need to turn down the speed of your marker now since velocity will increase.
OPTIONAL
7. You can make the front of your bolt more "paintball friendly", by simply sanding the face of the bolt, to make about a 60* angle.
Modding the V/A for Higher Flow
This home mod is a relatively quick and easy mod to
complete. What it does is it opens up the holes in
your vertical adapter so that the air going into your
gun has a higher flow. This is important because it
will allow your gun to run smoother and at lower
operating pressures.
*WARNING- When performing this operation you can hurt
yourself or your marker. I am not responsible for any
mistakes you make while you are going through with
this mod.*
Materials required:
-SAFETY GLASSES- WEAR AT ALL TIMES. I KNOW FROM
EXPERIENCE THAT IT IS NO FUN TO GET A CHIP OF METAL IN
YOUR EYE.
-Hand Drill
-1/8 inch drill bit
-a vice (make sure that it is lined with something-
thick cloth, wood, leather, etc. You do not want marks
on your VA c-
Step one: Removing the VA.
To remove the VA from your gun, you have to locate it
and remove the silver screw on the body. It is between
the trigger frame and the VA. Once you get it off,
remove any regulator, fore-grip, expansion chamber,
etc. that you have on it, including the valve pin
assembly and the LPC. It should look like this (minus
the valve pin, cup seal, spring, and lpc c- I have
identified the parts that we will be working with
during this mod.
Step Two: Drilling ASA.
*safety glasses on*
After removing the o-rings, set your VA in the vice
with the ASA pointing up. Look at your asa. If there
are two holes, you are going to want to just drill
those holes out and make them bigger. If there is only
one, ONLY MAKE THAT ONE BIGGER. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
DRILL ANOTHER HOLE(again, I know this from experience.
I had to replace a friend's VA... it cost me 15
bucks).
What you are going to do it to just drill out the
holes in your ASA to make them bigger. Do not drill
any additional holes. You want to drill just until the
hole is hollowed out. As soon ad you feel the drill go
through the initial hole(s), stop drilling.
My ASA happens to be from a spyder xtra, so it has to
holes.
This is a picture of where you should be drilling.
Step Three: Drilling LPC end
This is the hardest part. It is easy to mess up your
VA if you do not do it correctly.
This time, Put the VA in the vice so that the sides
with the o-rings are facing up. You will need to drill
all the way through the hole. Make sure not to hit the
threads on the other side. It will seriously screw up
your VA. Below is a picture of the hole that you
should be drilling this time.
Step 4: Cleaning up the VA.
First, knock off all of the burrs around your holes
with a wooden dowel. Submerge the VA in water and run
water through it to remove all metal shavings, you
don't want the running through your gun. After
everything is all cleaned up and dry, put everything
back together. You will experience an increase in
velocity, probably about 15 FPS.
Good luck Modding.
{Props to the Trooper of PBN for this}
Modding the stock valve and pin
OK, well this is fairly simple to do. Just sand down your valve pin, until it looks like this:
{Props to otter for the pic}Well, now that the valve pin is done,you'll need to drill out the valve body.
1. Remove o-rings and get safety goggles, as well as a 5/16 drill bit with drill, and a vice lined with leather or something to cushion the valve.
2. Pick one of the holes you want bigger.
3. Carefully drill and make the existing hole larger.
4. Clean up the valve with sandpaper. get rid of all the metal chips sticking up.
{Once again, thanks to Otter, who I took some of this text from}
Polishing Your Internals
OK, this is very simple, and way underestimated. Polishing your internals is a great mod to help your marker operate smoother. To do, you'll need to:
1. Disassemble your marker.
2. Remove o-rings on bolt and striker
3. Sand all little rough spots and ridges in the striker, bolt, valve pin, and sear. Then polish it with simply Mothers Mag or another metal polish.
4. Replace o-rings
5. Reassemble your marker.