Originally Posted by Daiviet (Post 939315)

Almost correct...

Generally internals should be fine for upgrades so gears, bushings, pistons, piston heads, springs etc.

There are quite a few differences with the Star Scar mechbox though.

Hop-up chamber - The hop up chamber is linked directly to the mechbox, so the only replacement one you can use would have to come directly from the manufacturer

hop-up - Reportedly from another person's account, he tried using a different rubber than the stock one and it didn't work.

Selector Plate(?) - Star uses some strange system of gears to actually move the selector plate, so those proprietary parts will have to come straight from Star/Ares as well.

Motor - motor should be fine to replace, however Star soders the motor contacts, so you'll need a sodering iron handy to get it off. After which if you want to use a different motor then you'll have to change the contacts.

Spring Guide - the star mechbox actually has a quick change spring system, so the spring guide can only be made by star. Unlike the hop-up chamber and selector plate stuff, Star actually sells the spring guide seperately so it won't be difficult to attain.




This is all i know of so far, I know nothing of mechbox's in general but i'm taking a local course over this weekend. The Star gearbox is what i'll be working on so I'll try to take as many pictures of the differences and update you with them hopefully by sunday evening.

Originally Posted by S.A.W.yer (Post 1853712)

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I was wondering if anyone could tell me how the star scars are now?.. Do they still need upgrades out of the box?

Originally Posted by lurkingknight (Post 1853743)

the vfc is a bit more of a pain in the ass electrically if you go up that upgrade path. Part of what makes the vfc cool for taking it apart also makes it a huge pain in the ass to get it to be electically efficient and have more advanced mosfets installed.