advice on installing a new 360

[Damasterjj]

HEY;

I never really solder anything in my life. the wire for the power for the 360 is kinda a long should I cut it or leave it as it is. I'm thinking I will use less power if I cut it. the wire is about 5 times longer than I need.

I originally have a competition and the new 360 that I have feels hard. will the spring loosen up thru time or can I remove it and put my competion spring instead

[Damasterjj]

ok I remove the original 360 spring and put my competition spring now it is too loose.

should I put the original spring back and hope that it will lossen up

should I cut the original spring a litle so it won't be too tight.

should I just stretch my competition so it become a litle biot hard

DO SPRING LOOSEN UP OVER TIME OR NOT. I CAN'T REALLY TELL

[CthulhuLuke]

Yeah, you're joystick will definitely wear in over time with the original spring.  It takes a while to get the metal used to moving and stretching so much, so just play really hard for a night, and feel it the next day, you'll probably notice it loosening up a little.  I had this problem with my super joysticks at first, but I've played so aggressively on them that they're nice and loose now.  My suggestion for extremely aggressive use of your joysticks: Marvel vs Capcom 2 for dreamcast, or even the first one on Cps2.  If you're really worried about the spring, you might be able to talk to Bob Roberts over at www.therealbobroberts.com and see if he can sell you another spring that fits the joystick better.
    -Good Luck

[Damasterjj]

Yes I do play MVC2

the 360 spring is thicker compared to the competition