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**CrazyWeasel** · July 10th, 10:05 AM

Here is the Ultimate Upgrade FAQ as requested by many. *I'll have to post the links to site and reviews when i get time, sorry -Crazyweasel*

Trigger Frames
Yay, I get to make my own section, hot dawg - Crazyweasel

* Zenitram Z-Grip- A grip with an angle to it. It's suppose to give a more natural feel to holding the gun, and I'm very sure it also is magnetically enhanced. Mainly preference like the OTB Frame.
* Greg's Mag Mod- Send you're gun to Greg at ICD, and have him do a magnetic trigger job for your gun. I believe cost is $65 but I'm not sure.
* Zenitram 45* Magnetic Trigger Frame - Same as Greg's mod only it comes as a whole fram, not a mod.
* Off The Break 90* Frame - A 90* frame similar to those on Angels. It comes with a short pull that is also magnetically enhanced. Mainly preference, but I've heard it's easier to acheive higher rates of fire.

High Pressure Regulators (HPR)

* CP Regulator-A great regulator for its price and works extremely well! Fits on BKOs Review-
* MacDev Gladiator-One of the best regulators on the market and the choice of many. Fits on BKOs with a little bit of hoaxing.
* DYE Hyper Regulator-Practically a Gladiator copy and is $40 more and CLAIMS to be Titanium when it is actually Aluminum. Does not fit on BKOs.
* AKA Sidewinder-A very nice regulator and the choice of many. The middle size (4 inch) works best.
* Bob Long Torpedo-A competitively priced regulator but does not work as well as the other higher end regs. Fits on BKOs.
* Air America Vigilante/Messiah- A good, stable regulator. Not positive if it fits on BKOs.
* Palmer Stabilizer-A positively awesome regulator with the quality that Glen Palmer always put into his products. The BEST regulator for CO2 (if you would like to use CO2, it is best to get the Male and Female Stabilizers to run on your gun) Fits on BKOs.

HPR ASA Adaptors

* Zenitram BKO ASA for Cocker LPR-A great ASA adaptor because it allows you to use an Autococker LPR on a BKO.
* Zenitram 15* ASA Adapter-The one and only angled ASA for the Bushmaster. Gives it a fresh new look and makes it look like a totally different gun along with the Z grip.
* Check IT ASA-A quality ASA with two guage ports so that you can have the guage on either side.
* MacDev ASA-A longer ASA so that the air can expand.
* Lapco ASA Adapter-Different in the fact that it does not have a guage port and is in the shape of an L.

Low Pressure Regulators (LPR)

* Vaporwork FMD with Rock- this is the type of upgraded LPR you get from the Vaporworks package, and now come hoseless. They are considered to be just as good as Sonics, and Vice versa.
* Zenitram Autococker LPR Adaptor-A $35 adaptor that allows you to use ANY Autococker LPR on your Bushmaster.
* Vaporworks Autococker LPR Adaptor-Same as the Zenitram and the price is within a dollar of the Zenitram.
* MacDev Sonic LPR-A solid regulator from MacDev and is a bargain considering that it comes with an LPR guage for the price of the Autococker LPR package.
* ShockTech LPR Plunger-A valuable upgrade if you are considering keeping your stock LPR.

Valves

* Vaporworks Vapor Valve- Read Below
* Zenitram Valve- Read Below
* AKA Tornado Valve- Read Below
* MacDev Red Valve- Read Below

Most valves work about the same. Here is some in-depth info from Sho otpaint:

Quote:

I am not bias.

I have tested four different valves at this point.

Vapor
Red
Stock
My own valve.

With the red valve you will see about 10-20 FPS increase over the stock valve. Only down side to the red valve is the stem. I had to replace the stem on my red valve because it some got bent under normal use.

With the Vapor valve installed I saw about 15-25 FPS increase over the stock valve. In direct comparison to the Red valve I saw a 5-10 FPS increase with the Vapor valve. Nice thing about the Vapor Valve is the lifetime no leak gurantee on the cup seal!!!

After getting bored one night I took a stock valve and started moding it. By lopping off the top half of the valve I saw a increase of 10 FPS. By cutting a new cupseal I saw another 5FPS increase, the cupseal had a convex cut on it to help channel the air into the valve more readily. I then cut a oring groove on the stem of the valve. This yield another 4-5FPS. With this information in hand I went to making a valve of my own design.

The valve I created consisted of a ramped air passage inside of the valve. It was a stepped ramp similar to ramps used in the ports of an automobile.
Next we undercut the area between the orings.
Next we removed the top half of the valve between the orings.
The input of the valve was opened, dont remember exact measurments, to .500.
Then we cut a new cupseal with the cone shaped seal going into the valve.
Final project was cutting a new stem for the cupseal to sit on. We cut the stem down in the area that would be inside of the valve when it was open as well as added an oring to seal the back of the valve when the valve was opened.
After all this work we saw about a 25-30 fps increase in velocity. Our biggest problem was making the valve seal. We had repeated problems with it sealing.

So unless you want to put a lot of time into it and make your own I would recommend the Vapor Valve. It showed the biggest increase in FPS with our markers over any other valve that we have tested.

Rams

* Solenoid Pressure (SP) Modded Ram-The SP mod is an innovation in electronic markers. It is the Level 10 of bushmasters because it reduces the solenoid pressure so that if a ball gets stuck in the breach, the bolt will bounce off of it instead of chopping it. Only for BKO's i believe.

Bolts

* OTB Blind Bolt- A bolt with a rubber like tip that is supposed to bounce off balls and eliminate chops. Also made to eliminate blowback. No "hardcore" reviews out yet.
* Z-4 Bonebreak Bolt- A new bolt by Dan Bonebreak. Claimed to eliminate blowback and be made by a slick material, although I haven't read many reviews.
* Vaporworks Vapor Bolt-A reliable O-ringed bolt from Vaporworks. THE bolt to get if you have blowback problems.
* Tantrum Bolt-A little bit pricey and not worth the money when other bolts are have the price.
* Shocktech Stubby Bolt-A nice bolt but is so short that you need to use a straight shot to field strip it.

**CrazyWeasel** · July 10th, 10:13 AM

Rises
Rises are mostly preference and are mostly preference. High rises do have a technical advantage if you have a Revolotion or EvLution because it will hold more balls.

* Vaporworks No-Rise
* A+ Clamping No-Rise
* MacDev Sonic High/Low Risers
* NWPB Teardrop High Rise
* Demonic High/Low Risers
* Check-It High Rise

Chips and Boards

* Shocktech Board-The Shocktech Board is programed at 66.6 Balls Per Second but is somewhat useless in the fact that no one can shoot that fast nor can a gun cycle that fast. It works similarly to the Chaos.
* Vaporworks 2004 Chaos Board-The same great board that we have come to love but now I believe it allows an uplink to your PC for fast customization. *Uplink sold seperately*
* Vaporworks Chaos Chip- This can be used on pre-2k3 models where the chips is replaceable.
* Vaporworks Chaos MAX Board- I don't know much about this but someone said it can be programmed for different firing modes.

BKO Volumizers(Not useable on 2k4 BKO's)

* AKALMP BKO Mightey Max-Increases the amount of regulated air inside the BKO doubly so that you have no shoot down and higher flow.
* Vaporworks BKO Volumizer/Ram Cap-Works just about the same as the Mightey Max but holds more air.

Credit to £LB at PBnation, with a few reviews and edits thrown in by me. If see anything I need to change, just PM me and i'll edit it.

**Big Weapons** · July 10th, 05:08 PM

PM someone to sticky this... we need a mod in this forum 0?

**sakurai** · July 10th, 08:39 PM

Good Job man........

Johnny_Fred · July 11th, 05:21 PM

ya, sticky this

**CrazyWeasel** · July 11th, 05:25 PM

I PM'ed Duo...Might PM austin, i dont wanna be annoying....

**sNoW PIrAnHa** · July 11th, 05:40 PM

I like, nice job, cept you FORGOT THE CCM RISE you sicken me... ya so touch up that one thing. Umm the 15° asa adapter is made by zenitram, not sure if you mentioned that. Change the chips title, to chips and boards. You forgot the vaporworks FMD with rock and zenitram RMA Low pressure regs. Also forgot zenitram z grip.

**CrazyWeasel** · July 11th, 06:06 PM

Thanks for pointing it out, like I said i just copied and pasted this from PBN and added the Trigger Frames thing...

Tell me about the CCM and Zenitram Reg, not much familiar with both, Ima update the other two things.

**DuoDSG** · July 11th, 06:33 PM

Excellent post! Sticky and +1 rep point for you!

**sNoW PIrAnHa** · July 11th, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazyWeasel

Thanks for pointing it out, like I said i just copied and pasted this from PBN and added the Trigger Frames thing...

Tell me about the CCM and Zenitram Reg, not much familiar with both, Ima update the other two things.

CCM make awesome no rises and high rises for just about every gun. They're adjustable and will fit any hopper. The zenitram MRA is just an LPR that looks like the FMD with rock. heres the description: "Tired of your stock under-performing LPR? Want ROCK solid stability and no shootdown? Here is Zenitram's hoseless micro-rock adapter kit. Now you can have the most tried and true LPR controlling the action of your BM2K without worrying about elbows and hoses. The MicroRock is one of the oldest available LPRs so it's tried and true. Palmer gives a lifetime warrantee on his products. The Zenitram adapter sleeve is designed to let you screw the WHOLE ROCK into it, no taking it apart or anything. The sleeve also lets air surround the MicroRock and there's also an internal airchamber between the bottom of the MicroRock and the floor of the sleeve. This gives you all the air you need to go as fast as you can without shootdown. Available in Black. Fits Bushmaster, Defiant and 2004 BKOs. Don't forget a Macdev Gauge Tool for precise tuning of the LPR output pressure."

So it seems like the exact same thing as the FMD with rock just with a zenitram adapter.

Edit- you also forgot the techpro 125bps blastermax board, check it out on tantrum for a description

**sNoW PIrAnHa** · August 12th, 01:25 AM

Oh ya Kapp makes asa adapters too. They're 20 dollars online, are straight and come in 4 colors.

**The_Duke** · September 19th, 07:17 PM

which upgrades fit on the b2k4

**"BUSH" master** · September 21st, 08:44 AM

What type of board would be the best for a 04BKO w/pds.

TasteTheRainbow · September 21st, 06:56 PM

I love how you paraphrased my old thread and think you are the ICD master.

**"BUSH" master** · September 21st, 10:01 PM

Who me?

**sNoW PIrAnHa** · September 21st, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by "BUSH" master

Who me?

no, crazyweasel. Also put the techpro blastermax 125 bps board up there.

AKA 2 liter inline regulator

AKA's newest regulator, the 2 Liter has undergone extensive testing against all the other regs on the market today and came out SUPERIOR. At only 2.75 inches tall, this regulator at the moment is at the top of it's class. It features unmatched recharge/flow and pressure compensating for unmatched stability. If you want the best of the best for your marker, this is the reg to have. The adjustment is on the bottom of the reg and the hose goes in either of 2 holes around the middle of teh reg. Available in BLACK. Fits Bushmaster 2000, Defiant, BKO, Freestyle, Cyborg (basically any gun with screw in regulator (ASA) threads.

AKA soda can 2 LPR

AKA took their highly successful original Soda Can, made it better and have released it for new guns. I rigged up an original Soda Can for the autotocker to my Bushmaster and it blew all other LPRs away. The SodaCan 2 now that it screws directly into the front of ICD markers is the king of LPRs which is to be expected from AKA a leader in flow technology

You also forgot the kapp ASA adapter.

And you should add DV8 (I have yet to learn what this is)

edit- I took most of the stuff about the AKA regs from tantrum. With a little added in by me.

labelskate102 · September 22nd, 01:05 AM

good job piranha.

**ComFortlyNumB** · September 25th, 07:28 PM

check-it also makes a vavle, and Dv8 is a PDS, new board, and LCD screen thing, that can be installed in your gun, also VaporWorks also ports rams for Bushys

*Triggers*

*ACiD Trigger- made for 2k3+ frames, OTB frames, and Zenny Frames ($30)

*Vapor Trigger- For 2k2- frames, made to get rid of side-side play ($25)

*Check-It Razor Trigger- For 2k2- frames, ($20)

(Will add more if I find them)

Spyder_Pimper#1 · October 3rd, 04:42 PM

im gonna get a b2k4 with pds what would u suggest getting for upgrades.

**Mangobutter** · November 1st, 11:07 PM

do dye sticky grips fit on b2k4's?