QEV with LPK W/ Orifice
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Topic: QEV with LPK W/ Orifice
Posted By: tippya5extreme
Subject: QEV with LPK W/ Orifice
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 2:24pm
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I have the LPK for the A5 It has a 1/8 hose fitting but inside is has a orifice fitting inside (part #02-102) 1.If i got the clippard qev with 1/8 barb will the fitting effect the air flow? 2.What does the Orifice inside the line do?
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Posted By: PaintballPIMPIN
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 2:38pm
| wtf is a orifice?? i dont even know, unless thats a fancy word for a normal term |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 2:39pm
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I feel like a complete noob. What the duece is a orifice? ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: PaintballPIMPIN
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 2:39pm
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exactly^^ i dont understand #1 question |
Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 2:49pm
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the lpk i got came with a orifice piece (it fits inside the cylinder hose that goes from the cyclone feed to the side of the gun.
will that fitting do anything with that piece in there? if you still dont know what a orifice piece is go find a lpk manual (i cant find one online) ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: cus98tom
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 7:38pm
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An orifice is where people in suits work An orifice is an opening, you have one on your backside, but in this context its a restricting device tippman puts in the LPK kit for the Cyclone I believe it is used to reduce the volume of air going to the cyclone.
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Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:02pm
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why would they put it in there to reduce the air flow? does anyone know???? ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 15 June 2006 at 10:01am
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tippya5extreme wrote:Posted By: PaintballPIMPIN
Date Posted: 15 June 2006 at 11:15am
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im never had experience with cyclones man, sorry i cant help, if u had a question about a 98c i could answer that for u i just know that a vortex and a qevwould speed up ur cyclone and which qev and whatnot |
Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 15 June 2006 at 11:30am
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i called tippmann and it does reduce air.....would i be better off taking it out since i'll be getting the ape board and the vortex? ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: cus98tom
Date Posted: 15 June 2006 at 11:59am
| When you restrict the volume of air, the pressure rises . Think of putting your finger over the end of a water hose, the volume went down but the pressure(force) increased. I am assuming Tippmann found that the volume may be to great and therefore reduced it. A smaller hose would do a similar job (3/32) . |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 15 June 2006 at 12:00pm
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That makes sense.
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Posted By: cus98tom
Date Posted: 15 June 2006 at 12:01pm
| To answer your question, keep the hose and test , if it works , keep it. |
Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 15 June 2006 at 12:17pm
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thx i'll keep it in and do some testing ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: Crazystick
Date Posted: 04 August 2006 at 1:35am
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Orifice LPK part ... Tippmann part #02-102 I actually called them and asked. I was told that it does what was said earlier ... increase air pressure and decrease volume of air passing thru. I have the clippard QEV with 1/8" fitting and hose and cant seem to properly get it on. The Orifice is longer than the area between the barb tips(between gun output and QEV input) Here are some pics...  Orifice  The Orifice is between QEV and T   And what I plan on doing is making another one of these. I work at a place with a machine shop. I know not all of us have that luxury. But I will write down some dimensions of what I got. Good luck to anyone else trying this. |
Posted By: Crazystick
Date Posted: 04 August 2006 at 1:37am
| I also could .. cut the orifice I have with a dremel and use it like that... anyway. Cant wait to finish this. Oh and the person at tippmann said he didnt think it was 100 percent necessary but concluded that if the cyclone was having feeding issues then the orifice would be the solution. |
Posted By: cus98tom
Date Posted: 04 August 2006 at 8:01am
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Cut a shorter length of a smaller diameter hose and slip it inside the 1/8 hose . Most pro shops carry Cocker hose (3/32) , they are about $1-2. bucks for a foot. Thats what I use. Hope this helps. |