Mod Tutorials

[TheGrandKababi]

Currently I'm making a zealous attempt to modify and rebuild about 30 different blasters of various types that are going to be sold to club members to support Child's Play Charity. On top of those, there's about another 20 or so of my own personal and friends blasters that have been tinkered with.

What I'm getting to is, I have a fair bit of knowledge when it comes to tearing Nerf apart and making it work better. But all this only does so much good, I want to share it.

My question to you is, do you guys want some step by step instructions set up for modification of common blasters? Pictures and written instructions to help you step through the process to make your blasters perform at their full potential. If you think this is a good idea, leave a comment, or even a suggestion for a blaster you want the tutorial for.

[siegefx]

Do you know any mods for the Stampede? The only one we were able to find is to put in a higher voltage battery.

[TheGrandKababi]

The easiest mod out there is to up the voltage because it'll raise all of the motors cyclic rate and in general, rate of fire and range. If you want to get a bit more kick out of that you can toss a different spring inside instead of the standard.

Most people use a K26 spring due to similar dimensions and the extra tension than the stock spring. If you do add in a stronger spring it'll require extra voltage to move the bolt at the same speed, so here are the basic combinations that most people agree on.

6kg load Spring
- Works with 9V but RoF will be reduced by 50%, recommend >12V for better RoF.

9kg load Spring
- 9V has difficulty moving the plunger, 12V gets normal RoF, recommend >15V for better RoF.

13kg load Spring
- 12V has difficulty moving the plunger, 15V gets normal RoF, recommend >18V for better RoF.

All these springs can be bought at the local Home Depot at University Heights as well as the battery sleds so that you can have different voltage combinations.

And if you do end up putting a spring and voltage increase into the Stampede, make sure that you pad the plunger head in some fashion. I personally use a 5mm thick circle of open cell foam to offer some compression but enough to pad the blow of the plunger on the plunger tube.