Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 3:54 am
I posted this in WaterWar.net and decided to post it here too for you that Don't surf there. It's my Water Warriors Hydro Power mod, equivalent to a K-Mod for a CPS. What I wrote this for is especially for a Blazer, but if you do this to a Pirahna or Lightning just use one spring platform thing.
I recently bought a Blazer and didn't like the power, so I made this mod for it.
First, open up your Blazer. Be careful not to break the pressure gauge wires or you can't use it. Next, take out the PCs (they are both attached to each other). Now, unscrew the case of the PC. Now, take two springs, about 2 inches long each, with a resistance of 7 or 8 pounds (EDIT FOR SSC: Use more resistance, around 10 probably for the most power). You could use more resistance, but I didn't, and did not know if it would work as well, as the Blazer is already hard to pump. Get out the hot glue. Now, hot glue one end of one spring to the middle of the inside part of a large juice bottle cap (about 1.5" diameter is good). Now, drill a small hole in the center of the cap, going through the hot glue. Do the same with the other spring. Now, get two identical bottoms to plastic containers and cut circles about four inches in diameter out. Hot glue the other ends of the springs to the centers of these. Now you should have these on each spring platform from top to bottom: cap, glue, spring, glue, plastic disc. Ok just checking. Now, take the hot glue and put a ring of hot glue on the top of each bottle cap, and place each one on one side of the inside of the top (silver plastic part) of the PC. The hole that was drilled in the juice caps through the center part of the springs will now release air from the chamber since the juice cap would have originally blocked air flow and messed up your soaker. Now, you should have two platforms (the plastic discs) that are springy in your PC, so that when the diaphragm moves up, it hits the platform and gets more resistance. Put your soaker back together. With this mod, rangewise, my Blazer can go a few extra feet on teh regular nozzles, and can reach 35 feet maximum in on my drilled-9x-sized nozzle, which is not bad. The mod may sound a bit complicated, but it is really fairly simple. I had more trouble taking the PC apart (way too many screws) than doing this mod.
You could also do this mod to a Pirahna or Lightning, but with only one spring platform since there is only one diaphragm in those.
So that was my mod. I should have used stronger springs, but it was a pain to open the PC so im not going to do it over. Also please do not say that you thought of this mod first. Many people so far have said that to me and the fact is that we all thought of it by ourselves so in a way we all invented it. Except for me, I improved on it with the platform and juice cap "equipment" and I actually did it. Also, you could do this mod with like 12 or 13 pound resistance springs and do a check valve freeze.
--blaze
I recently bought a Blazer and didn't like the power, so I made this mod for it.
First, open up your Blazer. Be careful not to break the pressure gauge wires or you can't use it. Next, take out the PCs (they are both attached to each other). Now, unscrew the case of the PC. Now, take two springs, about 2 inches long each, with a resistance of 7 or 8 pounds (EDIT FOR SSC: Use more resistance, around 10 probably for the most power). You could use more resistance, but I didn't, and did not know if it would work as well, as the Blazer is already hard to pump. Get out the hot glue. Now, hot glue one end of one spring to the middle of the inside part of a large juice bottle cap (about 1.5" diameter is good). Now, drill a small hole in the center of the cap, going through the hot glue. Do the same with the other spring. Now, get two identical bottoms to plastic containers and cut circles about four inches in diameter out. Hot glue the other ends of the springs to the centers of these. Now you should have these on each spring platform from top to bottom: cap, glue, spring, glue, plastic disc. Ok just checking. Now, take the hot glue and put a ring of hot glue on the top of each bottle cap, and place each one on one side of the inside of the top (silver plastic part) of the PC. The hole that was drilled in the juice caps through the center part of the springs will now release air from the chamber since the juice cap would have originally blocked air flow and messed up your soaker. Now, you should have two platforms (the plastic discs) that are springy in your PC, so that when the diaphragm moves up, it hits the platform and gets more resistance. Put your soaker back together. With this mod, rangewise, my Blazer can go a few extra feet on teh regular nozzles, and can reach 35 feet maximum in on my drilled-9x-sized nozzle, which is not bad. The mod may sound a bit complicated, but it is really fairly simple. I had more trouble taking the PC apart (way too many screws) than doing this mod.
You could also do this mod to a Pirahna or Lightning, but with only one spring platform since there is only one diaphragm in those.
So that was my mod. I should have used stronger springs, but it was a pain to open the PC so im not going to do it over. Also please do not say that you thought of this mod first. Many people so far have said that to me and the fact is that we all thought of it by ourselves so in a way we all invented it. Except for me, I improved on it with the platform and juice cap "equipment" and I actually did it. Also, you could do this mod with like 12 or 13 pound resistance springs and do a check valve freeze.
--blaze