Need help w/ Savage conversion.
 

Hi guys, been readin' like crazy, tryin to find out exactly what to go w/. I have a 90% aluminum Savage w/ Big Joes on it, that I want to electric. So far I've been reading the 7XL and 9920 w/ dual 7 packs would be nice. I want to plan for the future though, and get the fastest/strongest motor I can. I plan on adding Lipos down the road, so want to be able to handle extra power when I get there. For now want to use most cells I can carry. I need a reccomendation on where to buy the conversion kit, and will be will ing to buy motor and esc from here to support site, or anything else you can sell me to. Just wanna know the biggest, baddest, fastest set-up I can go w/. Lastly I was wondering if the Hacker 50 XL would be a good motor choice, as I might have a line on a slightly used one, or would consider new if I missed out on it. Thanks in advance for any and all recco's!!

First of all;

a warm welcome..!

If you are planning on driving 14 cells, but with plans for a stronger setup, i'd suggest getting lower KV rated XL motor, such as the 8 or 9XL, using the stock transmission with the automatic two speed is nice thing, unless you have got the heavy duty 2nd speed from HPI.

if you go to the savage forum, you can choose in the "from the" option on the bottom 'beginning' showing all the posts, in which you find more usefull information!

If you have got a question though, feel free to ask.

Thanks for the welcome and help!!!

Looks like I'm gonna order the 8XL motor and 9920 conteroller from Mike here. Just cant find anyone w/ a mount or battey holders. If anyone can direct me anywhere to hget at the least a motor mount I would be greatly appreciative!! Not concerned about the price of it, I'm not that handy w/ fabricating things, so am kinda desperate here. Thanks again!!!

To my understanding flm is supposed to have a motor mount in the works. I don't have a clue on when it is supposed to be out though.

I am in the process of making my own custom motor mount, when I'm done with that I will have an aluminum that I won't be using anymore. If you are interested.

Would the 7xl motor be ok on 16 cells? Because that is what I plan on running in my savage because I have been running a 10l and I am looking to get something more powerful.

Try a slower motor for 16 cells, like the 8XL or 9XL. You can still get the same power out, but can do it more efficiently.

OK, I will have to look into it. I was thinking about the 7xl because I can get an almost brand new one for about half the price so I was curious as to how well it would work.

Thanks again

Thanks for the offer BigDaddy, but I found a guy who is gonna make one for me. I'm gonna try the 8 XL motor, 9920 controller, w/ 14 cells for starters(2 7 cell packs 3800mah). After that I'm gonna try to bump it up a bit w/ some Lipo's, but I wanna see how she does w/ what I have lying around 1st. I'm about 2 weeks out from getting her all ready, and will post backw/ some pics and results.:036:

sweet man can't wait to hear about it,

The 7XL is fine for 16 cells, asuming you are using a 9920 controller.

With the 2speed transmission and the mechanical brake, you can't go wrong.

I am going to use a 7XL with the 2speed and mechanical brake on 18 cells on a savage.

Serum, are you going to lock down the tranny to 2nd gear only, or leave it open 1-2 shift??

2 speed

yup that's the setup I have on my truck. 9920, 2 speed, and the brakes (gotta be able to stop it)

2 speed?
 

Does it shift? I still can't get any one to explain how you can keep the tranny and manual brakes with the BL setup?/?:035: So I can understand....... I would love to keep my 3 speed funtional.. I just love hearing it shift twice:027: can some one please explain how to do this with manual brakes?

The brushless only takes place of the nitro motor. If the nitro has to go 30,000 rpm for it to shift. The brushless will shift at same spot with same spur and pinion.You need a y connector for the brake and esc though.