BTW it does look like a good idea to get custom dog bones...But i dont think its a good idea...

On our longer trucks, and when we cartwheel or land badly... we are more likly to bend dogbones... I have to replace my SHD shafts every 2 runs if i do big jumps!!! So it would be annoying and expensive to replace custom ones!

that looks great

LOL... yeah, thats what I meant. :)

Well I haven't broken or bent a dogbone yet. :)

Then again I'm not doing monster jumps either; maybe topping out at 10' or so at least with this.

Yeah it would be a pain to replace custom dogbones... perhaps what is needed then is C-hubs that can use a 24mm bearing, with a 12mm axle that will accept the Baja 24mm hex but that the cup is the standard Savage size!

Thanks! I actually am using the stock radio box, I just don't use the top of it. Here's a shot of it. You can see I screwed on a shortened body post in the middle of the center portion of the radio box to attach the body too.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_dcy74CG15Qk/TB...0/IMG_4954.JPG

Just thought I'd post some size difference photos between my RC8Te and the Savage 5B as I was struck by the size difference when looking at them sitting out for display.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dcy74CG15Qk/TF...0/IMG_5003.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dcy74CG15Qk/TF...0/IMG_5004.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dcy74CG15Qk/TF...0/IMG_5005.JPG

Stop it, you're making me want to build one, but I have other plans...

The truck is looking really good!!! You finished it well!

Can you tell me how that rear wing is holding up? I like the idea of it protecting the rear shock tower. How is it mounted? is it to the stock body posts? And what wing is that...baja wing?

Sorry about the questions... Thanks

Yup, its the Baja 5B wing. The Savage body mount fits right into the mounting holes on the wing even! I have it for now just held on with some heavy duty body clips, but it wobbles a bit. I mean try and shave down the body mount so I can use a large washer to help snug it up so that it doesn't wobble as much or not at all.

thanks for the info...
I may have to give this ago to protect my rear shock tower. Then i will get some form of nylon roll cage made up.

If i were you, i would place a washer between the pin and the wing... May hold it in place and prevent extended damage to the wing on bad roll overs etc...

Well I got the 24mm hubs installed and so far they seem to be holding up much better.

I would say that anyone running a Flux get the Heavy Duty (#102514) drive geear set. I just had the standard one (86097) and it was chewed up pretty fast.

Also am waiting for the Integy Heavy Duty Rear Hub Carrier Silver HPI Savage XL to come in. Definetly wanting to get rid of the play in the rear end as it tends to cause the buggy to do some odd things under power.

I'm still driving with the normal gear set, for over a year now and it's still in one piece .. what am I'm doing wrong :D ?

Dunno... I've chewed mine to pieces. :)

Plug in the other lipo so your running them in series ?? JK :whistle:

Rotfl.

Integy Rear Hubs... they seem decent enough. However, fit and finish wasn't greatest. I had to grind down the ball in the upper tie rod end to get it to fit. Also it was a damn tight fit with the bearings!! Should have taken a dremel and ground them out carefully, but I was in a bit of a rush so I suspect the bearings just won't come out!

Other thing is there aren't any instructions so you really aren't 100% sure what degrees of camber the three optional mounting points are. Will need to get out camber gauage and measure. I did use the #2 mounting point(#1 go #2, #2, go #1... ) for what I believe is 2 degrees of camber.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_dcy74CG15Qk/TG...0/IMG_5013.JPG

Put together with the XL axles and the 24mm HPI hub adapters.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dcy74CG15Qk/TG...0/IMG_5018.JPG

Pic of them mounted (sorry unlike others, I am not doing shot by shot mounting instructions!).

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dcy74CG15Qk/TG...0/IMG_5022.JPG

So now after all that it does a great job of elimanting the slop in the rear end which should help the vehicle track a lot better. I realize that HPI saves money by using the same part on both ends, but they really need to make a plastic version of this as standard equipment.

I also tossed in the HD drive gear set into the gearbox.

Next up... I did actually take some "advice" and got some shock "socks" from badhorsie, so we'll see how those work out (or don't).

Following that, I am probably going to grind out the TVPs some to make room for a CC1520 1Y and run 6S instead of the 5S I am now. Although the CC1512 1.5Y would be a nice middle ground and its actually shorter than the CC2200 so no mods would be necessary to the TVPs.

Think I will also work on some lexan mud guards for the rear arms.

I have the same Rear Hubs and didn't have an issue with fitting the top stock arm into them. Maybe the pivot ball is a touch wider?

My bearings were also a tight fit but when it came to changing them they came out much easier then i expected. I just tapped alternately on either side of them with a small screw driver and they came out nps.

I have bent one of the rods that come with them but was probably just from bad crashes. Integy sold me a replacement set of rods separate from the hubs which was great.

Very much agree there should be a stock plastic part.

The horsie shock covers will get damaged by stone strike so the rear guards are a good idea to protect them from that.

Bondo, 2S in serie ... nahh that's plain crazy :lol:

Nice work!! But a 1512 1.5y in this, isn't that a tad light for this truck?

ps. I'm using RC Skin shock socks and they are holsing up good so far.

Tad light? How so? I'm running a CC2200 right now...

Are those the HPI 86249 wide axles?

1512 or 1521?

Yup... same thing that is on the XL just that I de-anodized the spacers.

1512 1.5Y. The important part is bolded. It is a 1800kv motor. The 1512 1Y is the 2650kv motor. Although its Amp rating on the 1512 1.5Y may be a bit low I suppose even though it has the same max. voltage as the 1515/1518/1520.

http://www.castlecreations.com/produ...le_motors.html

Then, yes, its too small - smaller than your CC2200 - its made for buggies whether its 1y or 1.5y.

I'm with brian on this one. The 1512 is a buggy motor, the 1515 is MT/truggy a 1521 is for monsters like your ride ;). Oh well, I'm not expert but it just sounded a bit strange to me.

I'm going for a 1717 on 6s in mine - :)

What you're interested in is the power they can handle. If you look at Neu's specs:

1500 motor specs

you can see that the:
1512 is rated to 2000 Watts
1515 is rated to 2500 Watts
1521 is rated to 3500 Watts
etc.

It's not the kv that matters for choosing a motor for a specific size vehicle, it's the physical size of the motor and the power it can handle. Then you choose kv for the particular gearing/battery voltage/etc. of your setup.

Indeed- any 1512 motor is designed for a buggy or light truggy, weighing maybe 6-8lbs, not exactly ideal for a 1/5 MT weighing closer to 15-20lbs- I'd use a minimum of a 1515, more like the 1518 or 1520 if you were going with castleneus..

Well I am using a 1515 right now. :P But yes I will probably drop to a 1518 or 1520 depending what will fit length wise.

What is your point here? You were saying that a 1512 was a good alternative to the 1515. And a number of us were trying to explain why it wasn't. So this is where you say, "thanks guys for setting me straight and helping me not make a stupid motor choice."

Thanks guys for setting me straight and helping me not make a stupid motor choice! :)

Although I thought it was obvious by saying that yes I probably would move to a 1518 or 1520!

:party:

Good choice :wink:

Was on the front page of BigSquid.

can u please explain to me how you mounted the body because im making a custom 5b conversion.

thanks

People have mounted the bodies in a couple of different ways. Here are some pics on how I mounted it. You can also look through my gallery http://picasaweb.google.com/thzerodo...x5BConversion#.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_dcy74CG15Qk/TB...0/IMG_4954.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dcy74CG15Qk/TB...0/IMG_4960.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dcy74CG15Qk/TB...0/IMG_4964.JPG

great thinking!! nice simple idea!

the body doesnt get hit in roll overs anyway right?

Not really no... because its small it mostly gets protected.

whats the long part were the body pin goes?? is that a baja 5b part??

The body mounts right there...look on top of the rear/side of the body, you will see it poking through!