EP Savage X build

[Joey]

Ok, Im very new to conversion builds and Ive been thinking about doing a savage x conversion of some sorts. I recently did a little ebay "research" to scope out prices.
All I can say is I am THOROUGHLY SCHOCKED at how inexpensive it is to build your own GP savage roller. Ive tallied up some parts for
you and Ill show what Ive found so far. These are all from the "chop shop" guys on ebay.

Suspension arms: -------------------------Bought for $13 shipped.

Bulkheads + Diffs + Shock Towers: -----Bought both front and rear for $47.20 shipped.

Bumper + Skid assembly: ---------------Bought front and rear for $8 shipped.

X TVPs: ------------------------------------Bought for $15 shipped.

CVDs (dogbones + cups): ---------------~$35 for all shipped.

Center diff and mount: -------------------Bought for $27 shipped.

Bellcrank/Servo Saver assembly: ------Bought for $6.50 shipped.

Axle carriers + bearings: ----------------Bought for $13 shipped.

Suspension arm hinge pins: -------------Bought front and rear for $4 shipped.

Screw set + misc: ------------------------Bought for $12 shipped.

F/R Turnbuckles: --------------------------Bought for $6.70 shipped.


Total cost so far... ----------------- $152.40 (Still makes my tiny wallet cry!)

The rest of the items that I can think of are small little parts that wont amount to much more. So what I have here has a total price
of about $200. This comes as a big suprise to me... I always thought it would cost so much more to build a roller out of new parts.

I had originally planned on buying a whole slew of hopups for my e-savage (Im Joey on www.e-savage.com also)... Looks like I found a new project!! If anyone sees anything big
missing, PLEASE let me know. All updates will be in this thread. Parts list will be updated when new items are bought, though the major bits
have been bought already... just waiting on the last few to arrive.

Thanks for looking.

[Joey]

Pictures of the main parts as they rolled in ---

[Joey]

[Joey]

Ive seen alot of amazing builds on these forums so Im looking forward to any input you all can give me. I bought some sluminum chassis braces
in the hopes that I can somehow make a center diff mount work. Is the GP motor plate something I should look into to mount the center diff onto??
Like I said Im new to GP trucks and conversion buils in general, so any info would be appreciated!

[lincpimp]

Hey Joey, looks like you have most of it... I have built a few gp savvy conversions, one on a old 21 and another with the flm chassis and new X SS kit. They seem reasonably straightforward, but i am using stock trannies in mine. Bithead has a cool looking savvy/hellfire hybrid that might give you some ideas on the center diff. He has a thread around here, think the truck is named brimstone, try searching that.

Metalman also has a savvy with a custom mounted center diff, check that out too.

I am just sticking with the stock 2 speed tranny locked in 2nd gear, should work well for my purposes...

[Joey]

Yeah Ive talked to Bithed quite a bit about it on esavage.com... hes a great help. Lots of great material here to get ideas from. Did you find a way to mount your 2 speed tranny lower in the 21 chassis or did you just throw it in the stock position?

[What's_nitro?]

There's a 24 hour limit for editing posts. You can ask a Mod to edit it for you though.

[Joey]

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

There's a 24 hour limit for editing posts. You can ask a Mod to edit it for you though.

36 hours later and still cant edit....

[Joram]

Think you don't get it really...

If you want to edit a post, it needs to be done in 24 hours, after that, only a mod can do it!

Greetz,
Joram

[Joey]

Oh well crap.. looks like I wont be upating price list!! Thanks for the info.

Anyways... Tierods got here, and I have quite a few things in the mail:

-F/R bulks/diffs
-Center diff and mount
-Chassis braces (to hopefully use as a base to mount the CD onto, got some ideas)
-Center dogbones
-Radio box (will be cut up to make as small as possible and still effectively hold the servo and reciever)
-Kyosho battery trays (site said they had stock when I ordered 4 weeks ago.. apparently STILL on backorder...)

Thinking about using this motor as it is incredibly inexpensive.

http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...hless_Inrunner

We'll have to see what the money situation is like when the time comes to buy a motor, a medusa would definitely be nice...

[MetalMan]

You can PM the updates to moderators such as BrianG, squeeforever, Serum, Dafni, Mike, coolhandcountry, or myself (hope I didn't forget anybody) to have the first post updated.

Your link isn't working, however, I would stay away from pretty much any motor on Hobby City, especially the cheap ones. They will shortly become expensive paper weights.

[Joey]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

You can PM the updates to moderators such as BrianG, squeeforever, Serum, Dafni, Mike, coolhandcountry, or myself (hope I didn't forget anybody) to have the first post updated.

Your link isn't working, however, I would stay away from pretty much any motor on Hobby City, especially the cheap ones. They will shortly become expensive paper weights.

Link fixed... Arent those just feigao clones?? The motors have great reviews, just need to threadlock the screws on the endbell apparently. Have you had bad experiences with hobbycity?

[MetalMan]

No bad experiences with Hobby City, but those cheap motors are just that - cheap. I had that same motor, but a lower kv, and with my Savage geared for about 40-45mph (with center diff) the motor cooked itself right up to about 350 deg. F.

[Joey]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

No bad experiences with Hobby City, but those cheap motors are just that - cheap. I had that same motor, but a lower kv, and with my Savage geared for about 40-45mph (with center diff) the motor cooked itself right up to about 350 deg. F.

Wonder how it would fare with a heatsink and fan... someone from the e-savage.com forums just told me that he uses the 9L of that model and its been running great...

Regardless, I could just use it as a portable grill!

...Joey I have to sign into this one too :D

...What shocks are you going to be using? Other than that I am pretty sure you have everything in there...The steering assembly comoes with the posts right? I think it does...