with a heavy spring you should need a set of high torque gears, Reinforced mechbox shell, 9.6v batt, steel spring guide. all these are fairly cheap, keep in mind that i would say that these upgrades would be " bare minimum " to keep it from falling apart.
I just recently bought a reinforced mechbox shell from airsoftparts.com for 43 dollars after tax and shipping, a spring guide would be 15 dollars, high torque gears will run you about 20-40 dollars. you see them on the forums alot, illusion has a wide variety, and a 9.6v batt should be around 65. oh and steel bushings too but they are only like 12 bucks.
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