EP Savage X build

[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...

[Joey]

Originally Posted by BitHed

...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...

I havent decided on the shocks yet... I am a huge fan of the low profile tower look as you know from my MT2 towers on the esav... Dont really like the huge towers and long shocks look sometimes... making the body sit up high... So it will depend on wether or not I go your route and use HF towers. If I do that I may be able to use my aluminum Warhead shocks from the esav. Im really parting out little things here and there from that truck haha poor thing...

The steering assembly came with what was in the picture on page 1. What posts are you talking about? It seems to me like I have everything I need.

[Joey]

Center diff and mount came in today. Just waiting on the chassis braces to begin mocking it all up... Thinking of using lexan to mount on top of the chassis braces (which will be mounted as low as possible) and then mount the CD to that.. We'll see how it goes.

Im going to be extremely busy (2 tests, 1 lab, 2 homeworks due this week) till the weekend comes so i may not have any pics or progress to report until then.

[Joey]

Bulks/diffs came today, but I realized Im missing the aluminum lower arm braces on the bulkhead... so i couldnt get the lower arms on yet. Heres the progress so far.

[E-Revonut]

What esc do you plan on using? I would recomend not taking the cheap road for the motor and esc! Mamba Monster or Mamba Max/bec and try a Medusa for a quality motor on a budget.

[Joey]

Im thinking about going for the EZRun 150A because its so much cheaper than the MMM. For the motor... Im still leaning towards that $35 9XL motor from hobbycity, a member of e-savage.com uses one and has had nothing but good times with it. I know they run very hot, but I have a heatsink and fan for it so it should be ok. Im on a very tight budget now, and probably wont get the electronics part of this truck for quite a while unless something changes financially.

...joey you can have my stock ones if you want...they are deannodised and in need of a polish but you are welcome to them..Can send them NOW; literally :D My treat...

[Joey]

Ok! Ill PM you the address. Thanks so much.