Freeze's Savage Flux "Frostbyte II" build thread

Wooo, just found today that FB2 made it into the special "Truck" edition of RC Driver, so awesome! They kinda misspelled my name in header, but hey, its all good!

[LiqrSicc]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

Wooo, just found today that FB2 made it into the special "Truck" edition of RC Driver, so awesome! They kinda misspelled my name in header, but hey, its all good!

Congrats!

[lincpimp]

I like Bruce better, sounds more manly. You should consider changing your name to Bruce. And maybe change your last name to something awesome sounding, like Barehandedkiller or God or something like that. Bruce God, has a nice ring to it, yeah.

I new a girl once who had a really nice name, then she married this guy called Richard Shiltzlikker, what a shame. Do not let this happen to you Bruce, do not marry any guys with questionable last names. Or guys called Richard. Might want to update your eharmony listing with that info.

Ang good job getting into the rc rags. I bet the editor sifted thru dozens of pics before yours caught his eye!!!

Greetings all! I'm back from my long needed vacation in Florida and I have at long last got done rebuilding my Savage Flux "Frostbyte II" after all these months! Man, it took longer and was more expensive then I wanted it to be, but all things considered, still cheaper then my Baja 5T I had last year at this time lol! FB2 needed alot of TLC and replacements including a full tear down to replace all the outer bearings after most rusted from the snow, full diff and shock rebuilds, new battery trays, new spur gear and 20T pinion from Robinson racing, diff drive cups, new GT-2 body, RPM skid plate and 4 new Turnigy 5200mAh 2s hard case lipo's, phew!

I've got some more plans for FB2 this summer including upgrading to Integy aluminum rear hub carriers to get rid of the tierods that keep breaking, alloy steering arm, lighter tires and possibly a higher end steering servo. But for now, i'm just glad to have my baby back in action and I took some shots of it before I had some bashing fun with it while filming with my new Canon Elph 300 HS with high speed vid, enjoy!


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[brainanator]

I noticed the little spoiler didn't last long :)

Nope, fraid not, was worth a shot though. Now that I have ample power reserves, we need to get together sometime.

[josh9mille]

Nice vid! bad music! But the volume knob takes care of that.

Originally Posted by brainanator

I noticed the little spoiler didn't last long :)

Ya i knew it wouldnt last long! Looked kinda cool while it lasted though.

[brainanator]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

Nope, fraid not, was worth a shot though. Now that I have ample power reserves, we need to get together sometime.

I'm graduating this Saturday....never found a job, so it's straight back to my mom's apartment with my bachelors degree...sigh.

Great Falls has a track now though, and hobby shop.

Originally Posted by brainanator

I'm graduating this Saturday....never found a job, so it's straight back to my mom's apartment with my bachelors degree...sigh.

Great Falls has a track now though, and hobby shop.

Gratz on graduating but sucks about the job, I know the feeling. When I graduated in late 02 with my associates, it tooks me over 6 months to land my first IT job, I did so much resume work I wanted to puke. I'm rarely ever at Great Falls as another tech covers that area but if your back down in butte this year again, let me know and we'll bash.

I'm also very proud to say that FB2 made it to the March edition of Xtreme RC!

So my old set of tires were falling apart the last few months and I finally got around to spending the cash and getting some new ones put on. Heard good things about the HPI Dirt Claws and not to mention, they were a lot lighter then the GT-S tires, and had strengthing ridges on the sides to reduce tread roll, so I opted for them this time. I was not impressed with the Mugen rims as two of them have cracks halfway and I couldn't get a good, sealed bead against the trim of the tire, so thats also likely the reason why the tires were being pealed away from the wheel. I think also the cold weather/snow driving made the CA glue brittle. On top of that, the tire taping also came off and resulted in the tires being really unbalanced and wobbly, so it was just time for replacements.

Im back with some trusthwory HPI Warlock rims, mounted up the tires this weekend and decided to not bother with taping this time. I finally got around to trying them today with weather nice for once. I have to say, it was like a whole new truck. It drove more agile and nimble in comparison to the GT-S tires and it handled more predictable in the turns. Because the dirtclaws have a lighter tread and less weight, it resulted in a big reduction in tire ballooning, which made high speed handling alot easier to control. There is less cushioning on the jumps and less mid air throttle/brake control but thats a very minor tradeoff IMO. Feels like a whole new truck now with these tires, and im happy with that!

[E-Revonut]

Nice pictures, I love screwing aroung with my RC trucks in mulch. I'm in need of new tires for my Savage, I'm leaning towards the proline trencher premounts on Tech5 rims

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

There is less mid air throttle/brake control but thats a very minor tradeoff IMO.

I thought the whole reason you got rid of the XL chassis is because you said it had less in-air control?

I was also entirely fed up with my bumper support strut screws continually breaking in half and having to throw away supports cause half the screw was stuck inside. Drilled them out and installed some bigger and longer stainless steels screws so even if they do manage to break, I can easily remove the rest from the back side.

Originally Posted by josh9mille

I thought the whole reason you got rid of the XL chassis is because you said it had less in-air control?

Indeed, and because these Dirt claws have less weight and rubber, the gyroscope effect at high speed isn't as pronounced vs the GT-S tires. So from my initial drive, the mid air control isn't as much as before, but still much better vs the XL TVPs