ICS MP5

Gosh, this brings back some memories. I had one about 12 years ago that I ordered from Air Splat (back when they were a thing) and absolutely loved it.

The gearbox shells are weak and prone to cracking (typical V2 problems...) and the hopup is a PITA to work on. Be careful with the selector switch as the threads are prone to stripping and there is a little plastic "adapter" of sorts the switch slides into that likes to deform easily.

I'd say just do a basic reshim, regrease, Radius the shell and correct AOE. A decent 11.1v lipo will give a solid rate of fire with the stock Turbo3000 motor (if it has it).

Danerd's suggestions are probably much smarter... but if it were me....

Go 35K-40K motor, and probably replace the piston. Keep everything else.

Lonex GB shell if you feel fancy (brillarmory has them right now) I think WGC shop even has a version with an MP5 selector.

Oh, and put dielectric grease on the trigger contacts so you don't need a MOSFET.

Leo Greer said:

Oh, and put dielectric grease on the trigger contacts so you don't need a MOSFET.

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OOOO, i didnt think of that. Thats a good idea becuase I was about to ask if that fuse and trolley setup will even survive a 11.1.

Leo Greer said:

Danerd's suggestions are probably much smarter... but if it were me....

Go 35K-40K motor, and probably replace the piston. Keep everything else.

Lonex GB shell if you feel fancy (brillarmory has them right now) I think WGC shop even has a version with an MP5 selector.

Oh, and put dielectric grease on the trigger contacts so you don't need a MOSFET.

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Old school tricks lives!

rue_exe said:

OOOO, i didnt think of that. Thats a good idea becuase I was about to ask if that fuse and trolley setup will even survive a 11.1.

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Course it will, just not forever, the failure of trigger trolleys on high voltage is greatly exaggerated.

Yes, it happens, but no, not "instantly", like over 35K SA shots will one really start to notice pitting or tab degradation on "some" models...other much longer...but that grease will severaly mitigate that issue.

Will that turbo 2k motor be fine? I am not familiar with ICS stuff at all. I dont think ive even seen an ics at my field

It was fine when it went in and powered their line for over 4 years. It will be fine now...

Wether this is a good idea or not we’ll find out. I remembered i had a spare KA gb laying about. Gave it a test fit and it seems to match. I think i will transfer most of the parts over to it. I have good experiences with KA gbs where others dont. Seems to be a trend with my experiences…

May also switch to my G&G gear set (unless its the one where i messed up on short stroking it a few years back).

I think i will be adding a picoaab. More or less for peace of mind.

A madbull packing and cyma piston assembly is on the list also. Other than that, spring looks fine. Shouldve prob seen what it was chronoing at before i took it apart but oh well.

More to come… hopefully

Side note, anyone know what thread adapter i need?

Update:
All ics internals have been swapped to the KA gb. I did replace the cylinder head with a KA one. I was having a better air seal with it.

I also reshimmed the gears and it made a night and day difference sound wise. Especially removing that old grease.

I am also tempted to spend the money and get a brushless maybe… just dont know if its worth it

At over 100.00 for the motor, no not worth it...