Ego Tuning issue!

Infinity Kid · 11-10-2012, 10:49 AM

Hello everyone! I thank you for viewing my thread! So, on 10/28/12, I had a 3 man tournament! It was about 35' in Michigan, so it was cold! I was shooting Empire custom blend paint (2 tone yellow shell with yellow fill).

My set up I was using:

Vicious Ego 10
Dye U.L barrel (.684; I switched to stock because it was to small)
Crossfire 68/45 (Low Pressure)

So, I get there, and chrono, and it was all over! Raised the HPR till it was at 280ish! By the time it got to 280, the screw was past flush, going out of the marker.

So, I didnt think of anything about it.

Got out there, and it was blending paint!

Yada-yada. So, I get home with a case, and today I break it out! I made a thread earlier this week, or into last week asking for tuning help!

I reset my board (Pretty sure I bumped the dwell .5 up) and I reset my LPR, and lubed everything with the P.E oil.

I take my Ego outside to shoot it, and I still have to have that screw all the way out for it to get up to good FPS!

What could you diagnose about it? Is it because I am using low pressure?

Any help is appreciated!

-Thanks, Nate

tonycon · 11-10-2012, 04:13 PM

reset the board
change the battery to a brand name
clean/grease hpr/lpr
chrono

Infinity Kid · 11-10-2012, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tonycon

reset the board
change the battery to a brand name
clean/grease hpr/lpr
chrono

I think its the battery I am using to be honest! Its old, and such! I`ll deffinitly do that!

tonycon · 11-10-2012, 07:31 PM

Try that first...solves 90% of problems!

Cromer611 · 11-12-2012, 02:38 AM

After the battery, if it still does it, try a different tank. It should still operate off low pressure, but just to rule out that your reg on your tank isn't messed up. It's still a good idea to try a different one.

C0ck3r_W0RR1OR · 11-12-2012, 10:56 AM

Try different battery, tank, and paint.

bushhog750 · 11-12-2012, 01:18 PM

Ive had the same thing happen using paint that was to small for the bore. All the cases of empire custom blend that i shoot have been matched at around
.684-.687 and thats here in GA where its still in the 60's. Id say your bore was to big after you switched, and it was blending paint cause your bolt was slamming the crap outta the ball with the velocity up that high. I bet the gun seemed really loud as well to.

Infinity Kid · 11-12-2012, 03:19 PM

Somewhat! It's not that the velocity was high!

bushhog750 · 11-12-2012, 04:13 PM

Your reg was all the way up though right. Your velocity wasn't high because more air was going around the ball pushing it forward not allowing it to ever achieve a high velocity.

Infinity Kid · 11-12-2012, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bushhog750

Your reg was all the way up though right. Your velocity wasn't high because more air was going around the ball pushing it forward not allowing it to ever achieve a high velocity.

That's what I used to adjust the FPS! That screw was past flush

bushhog750 · 11-12-2012, 04:27 PM

Ok. If your paint was much smaller than the bore of your barrel you would have to turn your reg all the way up to achieve a higher fps. The bolt hitting the ball with all that force was probably causing the paint to break as it was already brittle from the cold.

Infinity Kid · 11-12-2012, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bushhog750

Ok. If your paint was much smaller than the bore of your barrel you would have to turn your reg all the way up to achieve a higher fps. The bolt hitting the ball with all that force was probably causing the paint to break as it was already brittle from the cold.

I would imagine a mixture of cold, and not perfect bore match caused it!