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Old July 19th, 2007, 12:12   #26
wKnight
 
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Originally Posted by ILLusion View Post
That's a rather absurd piece of advice. I've used Marui eg1000 motors in upgrades as high as 450fps without them having to struggle too hard. Yes, ROF gets reduced, and the motor does sound like it struggles a bit harder, but it works fine and it doesn't sound like it's going to die. Such upgrades have lasted for years.
As long as you upgrade the gearset accordingly to provide the appropriate torque, Marui motors will do fine.
i guess i ran into a bad motor then. even with the right upgraded gears i had a motor die in an old M4 that was shooting in the ball park of 400fps. only worked for a game.

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