The low budget DIY XL conversion

[Nixpus]

Hiyas!

Last year I did a DIY Savage conversion. And it has actually been holding up pretty well. Driving at rediculous speeds on a pair of Terra pins was/is a pain. But jumping and serious off road is great!! Thus this is what I will try to focus on this time.

The thread from back then is here: http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20862

I have bought a set of XL TVP's, all dog bones, bullet proof diff's (with the easy access housing - god the Alu houses I have now is a pain) & the wheel base widening axles. No fancy 3rd part bling alloy! I was considering the fat Flux shocks... but as far as I understand they are not that great for bashing since they stress the shock tower too much. or?

1st thing Ive noticed is that if I swap the TVP's I can make a window for the motor without much trouble. I need to cut a bit of the center gear box to make them fit but thats no problem. The reason for swapping them is that the motor will be less off center (placed like the flux).

Ive been looking for Lincpimps old build with the super simple mount but cant find it... but I will make something like that.

Motor wise I have the fat EZRUN 4465 2000KV & a KB45-08XL 1600KV... tbh I would like to have a lower KV motor, but as of now I will try to go with the KB and see what a budget motor can do. I will run it on 4-5 cells and gear for around 40mph.

The purpose of this thread? Present an alternative to the pretty damn costy stuff alot of you guys are doing Standard stuff all the way unless thers some 3rd party part which makes a world of difference... ?

Updates to come when Ive got some pictures to show :)