Big ass brushless savage

[Bondonutz]

Updates, more pictures ! ! !

[Jahay]

i was very interested in this build but seemed to have gone no where... Some of his pics was whyi did this conversion myself...

[Bondonutz]

I finially got around to it and ordered one myself yesterday.

[Jahay]

have you seen my build up and videos with this chassis? I dont anyone apart from me has proper videos testing this chassis and showing the true potential of how it handles when serious torque is put through it.

This chassis is amazing!

[Bondonutz]

Yes I've seen your thread, one of your pictures makes me worry that my NEU 1527 will not fit ????? But I bought it anyway.

[Jahay]

if i were you, i would recommend doing a centre diff conversion immidiately.
Not only will this give you as much space as you want for a motor to fit, but it will also eliminate the weakpoint which is the tranny. It can barely handle my motor so i believe a 1527 would be worse. What kv rating is it? and what lipos are you going to power it with?

[Bondonutz]

I can't go w/a CD due to useing 10S, I need the gear reduction it provides.

[Jahay]

whats thekv rating of the 1527? you could just use a cd and gear to around 60-65mph on 10s and be happy. You wouldnt over heat or anything.

[Bondonutz]

The 1527 is 1500kv, the prob is the rpms are in the 50K area w/the transmission !

I also have a 1521 1050KV I will use also, I would jsut rather the 1527 for it's sheer mass.

[Jahay]

The motor is rated to 60,000 rpm. So that isnt a problem. I was going to run my 1520 on 9s which is 53000rpm or so.

With a centre diff, geared to 10tpinion and 47t spur You should have a top speed of around 75mph using badland tires. Running this gearing and these speed on 10s should give you no temperature problems at all. I would say this is extremely conservative for a truck this light. You could always gear down for my top speed :)

I am currently running on 6s with the 1520 geared for 53mph... I have no temp issues what so ever usinig badlands. When i go 9s i will gear the truck on 6s for around 45mph and so on 9s i should have around 70-73mph.

Should be a ballistic truck :)

By the way... the savage tranny struggles with 6s... This is why i am doing the centre diff conversion now before going to 9s. The tranny will not be able to handle anything more than 6s unless new gears are brought out, which they are not.

[Bondonutz]

I'm going to have a considerable amount of aluminum so it will be much heavier than yours.
I know the tranny is a weak point, I've done a considerable amount of home work befor i ordered the first part. I'm going with the trans for now until I rustle up more funds to go in a different direction. Thinking about possibly a Kershiz gear drive and a Slipperential ideally .

I'll know more once it get this beast together and do a little driving to see whats gonna work and what I can and will improve on.

[lincpimp]

Have fun with this chassis guys...

Poor weight distributuion will be the first issue, batteries in the back, cmon, who comes up with this crap...

And then you will see the need for al bulkhead/diff cases. The stock parts are not strong enough to handle the addl load of the ext wheelbase and the larger tires most will want to run. The tranny will likely have issues too, if you run the weak azz slipper too tight.

Then you will have diff issues, click click. And with the al cases it will be a PITA to get them out.

So lets recap - azz heavy, diff eating, weak plastic truck. I will make your lives easier and just say go with a lst. Sure you have to make your own ext chassis, but what fun is bolting stuff together? Get some legos, will be easier on the wallet.

[Bondonutz]

I see your concerns James and I'd like to think I have most of them covered.

I ordered the FLM bulks & Towers and a bunch of little stuff from Mike already. I already have the HPI BP diffs NIP still. Once I have chassis in hand I will be looking into doing a 180 and try to get the packs up front some how.
I've ben working on cutting my own chassis out of 3/16" T6 plate but it's ben very slow going. Already eaten up several jig saw blades. I was chatting with the wife about the lack luster progress and she offered to buy the DB17 chassis after a little smooth talking ! Soo, either way within the next week I hope to be starting a assembly. Since theres already ben several builds on this platfrom I'll probably just post a finished build, IDK ?

LST platform, one of the best if not THE BEST. I already have 2, I want something different.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

LST platform, one of the best if not THE BEST. I already have 2, I want something different.

Get a muggy, if you do not have one...

The savage looks good on paper but unless you run them stock, with small tires and a loose slipper they become money pits fast...

[whipnet]

Here's my Savage conversion if it helps any.

You can build that tranny to be pretty strong. I have all the part numbers listed.

I run a Tekin 2250kv setup run on both 4s and 6s.

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