SAVAGE good or bad?
 

I was thinking about another truck. I was looking at some savages. I want to know what your opinions are of the savage. I was thinking a 3 speed tranny with brushless power. I want a great all around basher. I like to know if the trucks are tough. What would have to upgrade on the trucks to? Thanks.

Hee Leroy you are goig to join the savage boys;)
Let me know what a savage 3 speed will do whit your lehner 2250/10 on it:D

The only thing I know is that I never Broke anything on my savage
While driving a picco p3 engine on it;)

So I hope you get a savage.
Bud if you not want BL then get FG casoline For bashing

not breaking nothing is good. I don't really want to go gas. I was looking at maybe a 4.6 kit and run nitro again. :D I see it has 2.9hp. I was wondering if it may be good to leave it nitro for a while.

I don't know about you bud I had so much trouble whit offroad nitro engine's that I whant to make my savage BL.:D

Bud if I hat to buy a new one I surly would get the 4.6kit
It also has some hopups alrteady on it.

If I was you drive the 4.6 until it brake's and then go BL;)

(the picco p3 also had 2.9hp and 40000rpm wheelies on comand LOL)

I would have to buy some stuff to get the nitro up and going. I have a brushless setup just sitting around collecting dust at this moment.
I wonder what is wrong with me to some time. :D

You say that the savage is a tough duraible truck mack. I may see about getting one. I can sell off the new motor for some money. :D

Cool take my opinion for what it's worth, i think the savage is probably the best bashing vechile out there.

the revo is right with it. have yet to break anything except a pillowball.

Okay now we are talking agian LOL:D

Yeah just sell your new nitro motor;)

Maybe when my E-savage is done I will buy myself a revo
It looks nice.
I like the way the shocks are;)

I would definately say the Savage is a great basher. Very heavy but very durrable. Probably the only thing that I don't like about my Savage is the double sided chassis setup. Not very user friendly in my opinion. Say, versus a T-Maxx chassis where everything sits on top and is easy to access, everything is sandwiched together in the middle on the Savage.
I have the RB TM728 in mine and that seems to move it around OK. Torque O'plenty.

Savage = Good :). Now i know what the a maxx is like I wish i kept my savage. The Savage is real tough. heres some bashing vids with savage's http://www.highoctanehobbies.com/videos/ the better ones are near the end of the list. Engine tuning is that bad, just follow the instructions, always worked for me. The 3 speed is supposed to be really good.

The savage is a really durable truck. I converted it to brushless and it is holding up well. I did the 4spider mod in front and rear, bought the GPM diffhousings, the double disk brake, hotbodies front and rear CVDs and HD front and rear cups. All the other things are stock. So I am still driving with the stock dogbones. They are holding up pretty good after 10 runs with the 7XL.

For bashing is it a really nice truck. But look out for the high jumps. Because the truck is kind of heavy with 16 cells. I weighted my truck with 12 cells and that was 5,5kg so with 16 cells I think 6kg.

And there are lots of hop-up parts. So you can all the things buy what you want.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Basketti
Engine tuning is that bad, just follow the instructions, always worked for me.


Maybe here in holland its more of a problem because the wheter
is difrend every day lol:D

3speed is useless with BL.. the 2 speed is more than enough allready.. drop an 11XL on 20 cells in it.. It will be the ride of your life..

I gave a few tips and advised hopups in other threads allready, which i would really get..

Serum, why would the 3 speed be useless with BL? Lets say a 11xl on 20 cells? wouldnt it increase topspeed and acceleration?

I was thinking the 3speed could make the truck even more versatile than it is. I could have a better crawl and top end all with one truck. It was just a thought.

CHC, thats exactly what i thought! Serum, maybe you could clear this up by a breif explanation?

with a two speed it can crawl and go fast allready. (though i didn't thought about that crawling part, Leroy. (didn't even knew people liked their MT's to crawl.. ;)

It will be even more stress on the drivetrain. 3 speed is made to fill up the missing torque with a nitro motor. eversince torque is the last thing that is missing on BL...

It is not that expensive, so you could at least give it a try.

Just remember that it will put even more stress on the drivetrain..

The extra gear I think will add a touch of weight and put a little more stress on drive train. I am not sure on motor or cells for truck. I have a 14 L here with good run time and decent power. I have a 7xl here with low run time and good power. I have a 9xl on the way with good run time and good power. Plus a some other motors not mentioned. :D I do crawl with some of my trucks. I am not all about speed. The three speed has 10% more crawl ablity. It also has 10% higher top speed. With the right gearing maybe I can get the truck to run 20% faster and same low speed. :D That would push me to 60mph instead of 50 mph. :L: I figure it out later. I need to see about getting a truck. The 4.6 seems to come with all the good stuff right out of the box. Is this the good deal to get.

It comes with some nice parts, i've got one coming too, but don't put too much money on HPI's heavy duty shafts and dogbones...

So don't run the slipper to tight. Will they hold fairly decent. Thanks rene(savage god)! :L: I try to see about getting one ordered up or something this weekend. Make a nice christmas present from the wife. I give her diamonds she give me RC. :D

If you want any savage parts look on ebay, they cost like 1/2 price and under compared to tower :)