My HPI Savage SS

[BALISTC]

Hey everyone,

This is my Savage SS..

Took me ages to rebuild, but its now as new :D

Mods include

SH .28 engine
HPI Roto start (not fitted yet, soon will be though)
HPI twin disc brake
HPI 4 spyder diff conversion front and rear
HPI Savage RTR primerless top feed fuel tank
Dubro fuel filter
Megatech billet air filter
MIP MP 7.5 clutch
RC Trix heavy duty springs
HPI GT5 black wheels
Proline paddle tyres
Proline Hummer H2 shell
Hitec HS-5645MG metal gear ultra torque servo
GWS Failsafe
KAN 1050mah 5 cell hump pack

http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/sav1.jpg
http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/sav2.jpg
http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/sav3.jpg
http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/sav4.jpg
http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/sav5.jpg
http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/sav6.jpg

Check out the power plant! I'm quite proud of my neat fuel line routing :D
http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/sav7.jpg
http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/sav8.jpg

[James]

that thing is so angry. it's dune time...

[remotebandit]

FULLY SICK MATE .

You could use those tires in reverse to pump water .

Adam .

[toxxic]

pretty sweet man, now go get it dirty!

[BALISTC]

I'm too scared :P

Once I get over the fact that its clean and in working order, I'll take it out ;)

[BALISTC]

Yeah I have my original set, but whats the fun of using it on roads????

[James]

Joe, seriously, dunes.

white sand is clean, i mean, it gets into places you dont want it, but it's not mud, and it wont leave sh*t all through your chassis.

DUNES DUNES DUNES look at those tyres, they are begging to spray some five meter roosters up in the air :)

NICE. and when you do dune it up, let me know, I'll film it.... awesome

[James]

this thread makes me wanna go out and go nitro monstor'ing.

Losi Super Truck is calling my name... RMS had them cheap. no.. no... NOOOOOOOO. cept i think they come with radio gear, which i dont really need, although it's wicked gear JR XR3 system, nice.

no james, no. infact, Joe, stay away from me with that thing!

[BALISTC]

LST is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comes with XR3 standard, XTM 24.7......OMG, get an LST ;)

James, some of the guys on Savage Central want vids, so when I do it....you DEFINITELY have to come and film it :)

[James]

stuff racing. get some AIR.. i must see savage getting AIR on dunes! haha yes

[justo316]

I wanna see this thing in action too. Make sure you tell us when/where it gets a run

[BALISTC]

So, I ran it for the first time the other day...did about half a tank of heat cycling, and then about 1 tank of puttering around the front lawn rich as anything..

I then took it out the back into a patch of dirt, and did another tank of blipping the throttle, nothing too major...at the end of it, I could grab the heat sink and it was slightly warm to the touch, thats how rich it was running.

Even blipping the throttle, it was shooting metre long roosts out the back, AND the front tyres....which resulted in an extremely dirty, sandy RC car. I've purchased some Panther Plow Boy II front tyres to replace the front Proline Maxx Paddles, and I'll be keeping the front paddles as spare for the rears.

Giving it a bit more of a go (not even out of 1st gear, still rich as hell), it was pulling the front end up easier than the stock motor did fully tuned!

A few more mods are required.....the air filter is also going to get a layer of stocking over the outside, as well as vaseline between the housing and foam to keep a good seal, and I'll be gluing up the air holes in the rims, to prevent sand from entering the tyres and causing imbalance :)

Not only that, but I'm going to trial a new idea for cleaning the truck...I'll let y'all know how it goes if it works ;)

[BALISTC]

Forgot to mention, having the plow boys on the front will result in better steering...paddles all round dont work too well for sharp steering response!!

Also, the stock servo saver on the throttle is a piece of shit, I'll be putting a different throttle arm to improve the nasty throttle behaviour (it sometimes sticks open a bit cos the stupid servo saver gets stuck)