i gave up on my budget conversion and bought a used flux
 

both of my KB motors failed due to the rotors separating and i just don't like how the conversion was turning out. the batteries were velcroed in place and i realized that it would cost a small fortune to get it how i wanted it.

$120 for a TORK 2200kv off ebay
$50 for the bulletproof diffs
$20 for a new motor mount
$30 for the battery trays
$? for better dogbones and drive cups (i have the old nitro weak ones)
$50 for extended flux chassis plates
and the list goes on....

so, i started the search for a used flux. after adding all the costs, it was CHEAPER to get this flux instead upgrading my savage. this way, i will have tons of spare parts for this new truck. i'm not a big fan of SMC, but hopefully their 9000mah packs aren't as bad as the 5000 and 6000 packs.

link (no, not you pimp:lol:): http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/ite...4692&cobrand=1


i just paid the invoice. i won't say the price, but look at what he was asking and add free shipping:whistle: i talked him down $25 more, but he wanted money order or check, so i offered to cover the costs of the fees with a little extra. i'd rather have a little more peace of mind than take a chance. so hopefully, if things go sour with this deal, i have a good chance of getting a refund.:diablo:

edit: he is also including the stock chassis plates. does anyone know which extended plates those are? i wanna saw TCS, but i'm not sure...

Good for you. Looks like 1OffRC TVP's on it. You got a good buy there.

Do you have the tranny from the conversion you were doing? If so, any interest in selling it?

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edit: since i already have a MMM esc, i will most likely just test this one to make sure it works good and then sell it. that way, i'll have money to get a couple of turnigy 3 40c packs. my 3s 25c flightmax packs got a little warm for my liking in my 10lb buggy when geared for 30mph. (medusa 2000kv 60mm)

looks like a hella good deal for that with the ext chassis and all!!

you didn't get a bad deal either. yours is still brand new. judging by the pics, mine hasn't been beat up too bad, but it wasn't babied.

the lowest i've seen a NIB savage go for is $550, and it turned out to be a scam. i'm hoping for the both of us that ours aren't scams. they both seem almost too good to be true if you ask me.:neutral:

Ya me too!!! Especially since mine didn't have any "actual" pics of the real rig. We will see. I guess all I have is PayPal on my side and the fact that he/she had perfect feedback. This is actually the most I have gambled on a ebay auction.

OMG your in vegas?? I live in North Las Vegas now myself When did you buy your Flux....bought mine yesterday. BTW i found a really sweet bash spot in North Las Vegas!!

wow, small world:yes:

i think you are a little safer from being scammed than i am. e-bay is usually pretty safe. if the truck is new, pics shouldn't really matter anyway. i only went through paypal and rcu. if something goes wrong, it's completely up to paypal to bail me out. i bought mine just a couple of hours ago.:party:

which hobby store do you go to? if you haven't been to cutting edge hobbies yet, they are a small, new, family owned business and they actually help you with your problems without nickel and diming you to death. a bunch of us get together on Sundays to bash and sometimes race. you should check it out sometime.

i know of a couple of good bashing spots. the problem is, the terrain is too rough for my rustler and my buggy, so that's another reason i'm eager to get my flux. recently, skateparks have been my bashing spots of choice. they're great for learning air control and judging speed needed to clear gaps.

LOL ya I have been there a few times and may have met you there. I work at Ashley Furniture and my buddy and I always try and shoot over there in time on Sundays but always seem to either miss the action or nothing is going on. Cutting edge is not too bad they helped my buddy with a couple consignments when he was kinda hurtin for casholla.

if you've seen someone run a Brushless CEN matrix buggy like a jackass, chances are, it was me:lol:

what do you normally run there?

I havent really...just stopped by a few times to check out the scene when I heard there was a get together. I brought my old recently sold losi 8t BL there a few times but not on sunday.

Oh no you did not snatch this infront of me.:cry: I could get it for 500$ shipped to Europe. :(

Oh well, gonna have to buy a new one for Christmas.:whistle:

LMK if you wanna sell it lol. BTW, he said the TVPs were from a place in Georgia.

you were looking at this truck too? did the seller have a thread for this truck? if he did, which forum is it on?

Yeah, that's Janeth of 1OffRC (yes, its a girl!!!)

i checked out 1offrc.com and judging by how thick the TVPs look, i think they are the thicker, 7075 plates. i wonder if it will still do standing backflips with the extra length. i know better than to do them all the time and most of my backflips will be off ramps, but seeing the reaction on someone's face who has never seen a brushless MT? priceless. good thing it's got the BP diffs.:yes:

Speaking of BP diffs is there any way of being able to tell if its a newer version or older...with or witout the BP diff gears?? I was wondering if I should get some ordered or just wait to strip one out.

In the VERY short time I ran mine so far, wheelies were noticably absent. To me, its a good thing.

I FINALLY GOT MY FLUX!

it came with some unexpected extras as well. in addition to the stock TVPs that were promised, it came with a pair of FLM TVPs. the extra tires it came with a 1/2 offset jconcepts wheels and badlands. there was also an extra bulletproof ring and pinion included. within the first 5 minutes of driving, the drive gear gave out. within that 5 minutes, i decided i don't like how the stock tires handle with the extended TVPs, so i have spent the past 3 hours taking the truck apart and putting it back together with the FLM plates. i also took apart the transmission and cannibalized my old nitro tranny and used the gear from that. tomorrow, i should be able to get a little more runtime on it. i should also get a chance to run my 3s lipos:party:

What was wrong with the XL plates and stock tires?

Maybe you should double check both diff's to make sure that the original owner didn't just replace one set, and gave up on the second before selling it. That may account for the bad handling and blown gear.....better to be safe than sorry.

the tires just seemed kinda small compared to the size of th entire truck. i think the stock tires are the perfect size for a standard length savage. if i had kept it extended, i would have had to get 7" tires to make it look right.

i had a chance to run my 3s lipos in my flux. the standing backflips were fun until i heard the dreaded clicking. i stopped the backflips and jumped off a bike ramp for awhile until my rear diff locked up, and then lost all power. i took the truck home and opened it up to find that the internal diff gears were shattered. i took the diff cup and diff internals that i needed from my nitro savage and hopefully if it isn't still raining tomorrow, i'll be able to run it again, this time, on the 2s lipos it came with.

my theory for the shattered diff internals is, usually the ring and pinion gears are the weakest link in the diff assembly and usually break first. since i have the BP diffs, i think now, the weakest link is the diff internals.

i have cannibalized quite a few parts from my nitro savage already. i took a couple screws i needed, a differential, and a transmission gear. so much for selling it as a BL roller. it is officially a parts truck for my flux. i'm sure within a few months, that truck will be nothing more than a few little parts and screws sitting in a box somewhere. :whistle:

i got another hour of runtime in yesterday and i am loving this truck more and more. i didn't break anything this time. i think the diff internals busted because the 4 screws that go into the ring gear and diff cup were loose and there might have been some play in the gear mesh. i better check the screws in the front diff as well because i'm sure they are loose too.

i'm surprised the truck does standing backflips on 4s. i am running a RC-M 18t pinion with the stock spur gear and after 2 runs, the gear is wearing down and there is a bunch of pinion gear dust all around it. the gear is pretty old, but i haven't had any issues before because it was always paired with a plastic spur gear until now. i wonder if mike will be willing to replace it if i send a pic or two of it. it wouldn't really be worth warrantying it if i had to send in the worn out one.

other than the tires having some crazy side-bite, i really like this truck. it's everything i wanted my nitro savage to be, only better:intello:

well, my nitro savage body is nearing the end of its life and the savage xl body it came with is too long, so i need to find a new body. i'm not too concerned with the looks of the body, i just want it to last as long as possible. i was thinking about getting the baja bug style body from proline because the round shape of it looks less prone to cracking. i am also looking at the axial diablo body because it is .060" thick and it is only $25. it doesn't look to bad either.

Which proline bug body. I just bought one for a slash I thought I would try out. I could shot some pics for fitment...I dont even know if it will work. I like the sound of the standing back flips on 4s, very impressive indeed. I guess the shorter chassis is pretty decent.

I wonder if I have a older version or the newer with the BP diffs. Hmm i guess we will see.

Strange your pinion is showing wear, my RRP Mod 1 pinion still looks as new, 40-50 runs later.

As for bodies, the stock GT2 shell is cheap at tcscrawlers, a Bug / ST body on a Savage just looks wrong to me.

http://e-savage.com/forums/showpost....6&postcount=81
http://e-savage.com/forums/showpost....6&postcount=81

I think this is the short version because it's kinda out of scale on the rear cutouts for the wheels