[jhautz]

Just wondering if anyone can shed a little light on the savage for me. Never owned one, but I'm thinking about building one as a pure and simple basher. To do all of the stuff that I don't/won't do with my nice Maxx and Revo. What I really want is a truck that I dont have to sink a lot of cash into, that I can simply convert to BL and drive in basically stock condition and have it be pretty tough. Tough enough to stand up to a little more extreeme things than I'm not willing to do to my expensive trucks.

Is the savage good choice for a extreeme basher? Big jumps and stuff. Or, am I going to wind up spending just as much on it as I did on my maxx to make it tough enough, only to find that I'm not willing to do that to it anymore because it cost so much. Is the drivetrain on the savage tough enought to stand up to a mid range BL system without a ton of upgrades. Basically what are the weak points that are "must do" as far as upgrades go?

I see a couple places that are selling new Savage X rollers for like $200. That seems pretty reasonable. I have an old 9XL and a MamabaMax sitting here doing nothing and I have some old 7 cell IB3800 packs sitting around that could be the power system for free. I also have about 10 old radios and recievers sitting around, one could be resurected for this.

What else will I need? I'm thinking i will need the roller, a custom motor mount, and some custom battery trays. What am I missing here? If I can get a decently tough basher for a coule hundred invested and save the wear and tear on my nicer trucks I might just do this.


I'm looking for input here. From Savage Lovers and Haters. How tough is it? Is it worth it?