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Originally Posted by josh9mille
truck has TCS XL plates, XL axles, XL wheels and tires and the Savage XL body.
After hearing some XL flux owners complaining about it, i was a little hesitant on keeping mine XL length. But now that i have driven it pretty hard Im not sure why some people complain about the XL Flux not being as fun or easy to control in the air as the standard flux. I find it handles lots better, doesnt tip over as much, and with the XL tires it is just as easy to correct in the air as its shorter counterpart. It actually flies pretty well through the air so a correction is not needed as much, but if needed it corrects very easily. I was jumping it off some pretty tall ledges (12-15ft?) at a sand/gravel pit, even managed a few backflips, all landing rubber down. I think the reason Freeze didnt like his XL length savage is because he was using standard size savage tires so it was harder to correct. So far I am very happy with the XL length and cant wait to get it out again to air it out a some more.  |
Great to hear you're liking the XL. I converted mine to an XL right after I got it because it was two flippy/jittery at speeds. I pretty much just took all the parts off my Nitro XL and I think the performance is much better in XL version than stock. It's nice being able to actually get to WOT without the truck exploding into a cartwheel. I think the key really is the XL terra pin tires though, helps the suspension take up more of the hit too due to it's huge sidewall. The only thing is though my XL wheels died on me due to the torque (the hex ate through the plastic wheel) so you might want to look into that, I'm not sure how to fix that problem though aside from getting new wheels.
Here's to more Savage XL bashing!
