TRAXXAS vs SAVAGE

[savagecre]

When running my savage today a neigbor that lives way down the street came by and were going to bash together he's never heard of the savage before and was watching me run over my jump and then when I opened it up and he heard the three shifts he about @#$#@ his pants and he told me his truck brakes all the time lol I said yeah Ive heard that about those trucks. I told his about my WOT run into a curb and all I broke was a 5.00 peice and was up and running two min later. Cant wait to bash with him and run circles around his truck not sure what traxxas truck he has... but it will be good

[Xjeepguy]

If it breaks alot it is definately a tmaxx lol. I have a revo, and I can honestly say it will bash well with a savage. I had it since september and only broke one part. But you should have no problems beating the crap out of a tmaxx.

[jrstorm]

iv got a buddys t maxx that im working on for him. all i can say so far is it doset even deserve to sit next to the savage on the floor. the truck cant run anywhere near as good as the savage. it cant take 1/4 the abuse the savage can. from what iv seen its a street car with big tires. my old electric rustler is tougher than the t maxx is.

[Xjeepguy]

Yeah, Maxxes are pretty light duty. I was hesitant to buy my revo because of my experiances with maxxes, but they did a good job with the revo. The maxx truck I had was OK, but it just didnt hold up like I wanted it to. It is an excellent truck for a kid, but if you like to bash hard, it just wont hold up too good.

[RickSavage]

It's pretty amazing how we treat out Savages. Think about it. If you had say, a Power saw or Table saw or a $ 500 piece of furniture would you throw it against the wall or roll it down stairs ? Or jump it over a house? In the case of furniture if your kid put a drink on it with out a coaster would you or your wife have a cow? uhhh yeah ! But we take our trucks and bash the hell out of them and then complain when they break ! LOL I do it too ! I was watching a video of 3 savages all smashing in to a dirt wall and was thinking $1500 worth of r/c trucks wow ! what we do for fun ! LOL !!!!!! Rick

[savagecre]

yeah my savage is only 2 months old and looks like it went to war. Its got all kinds of battle scars. I need a new body really soon Ive got holes in it but have only broke one part like I said for 5.00 I love my savage I think I should probably by a food and water dish for it LOL....

[iamtheone560]

Now that you put it that way it is really funny!!!! Think about if you threw your Ipod ir PDA out in the dirt, Bash it ,break it, then fixit and do it again!!!! ITS GREAT....huh

[savagecre]

yeah thats what there made for and thats why we bought them

[JohnH]

I have a Tmaxx 3.3 and a Savage X. The T-maxx is much faster than the X but when it comes to stability the X has it hands down. I have broken 5 roto starts and HPI sent me an Email saying there is a fault in the gears so they are sending me two new ones and a few gear sets. But I have the pull start and it works fine. I drive both trucks with my kids and we get a kick out of them and that's all that really counts anyway.

[savagecre]

thats the truth Ive got 3 girls they look at and say its to loud to fast and sssscccaaarrryyy...... its funny But i guess when Im chasen them around it would be scary!!

[JohnH]

My X has a tuned pipe but it's not to loud. But my T-Maxx has a tuned pipe with quad exhaust out the back and it is LOUD! If your behind it trying to start it or check things over it rings your bell. It's like putting your ear to a tuned pipe on a .12 wide open no load. Ouch! I'm going to try to put one on my X. There goes the neighborhood. RD Logics makes the pipe. sweet.:)

[iamtheone560]

Thats great.... My 4 yr old says eveytime we go out "dad please don't run me over" its funny.... I chase him and his friends!!!!!

[JohnH]

I chase my kids and there friends around some. Were I live I have horse back riders cut across my property. I had two of them come out the woods when my wife and I went by at speed with the tmaxx and x. the horses didn't know what to make of it. If you have ever seen a horse get freaked out it's kind of funny. It could have gone bad but they froze instead of bolting.;)

[savagecre]

Well me and my neigbor were going to bash today but It looks like his motor wont start so mabey another day....

[JohnH]

That's the other thing about my X over the tmaxx. When the X starts it stays running no tweeking. My T you have to baby it here and there. I just put a three speed in my X but the stupid shift points are right on top of each other so now I get to run some pull the trany cover and play with the settings. Not Fun.:(

[savagecre]

my three speed tranny was not that bad. turned it in 1/8 th of a turn couple times and bam shifts killer .I found a site that explains how to port the hpi .25so thats my next venture..

[JohnH]

It blows that they put the 4.1 in the X instead of the 4.6 so the SS has a HP advantage on the X. I was reading about some guys having problems with there front diffs so I might upgrade the bulk heads and gears next. :)

[savagecre]

really they put a smaller motor in thats kinda stupid there latest newest truck and its slower thatn the others.. well you can always upgrade ..

[JohnH]

Ythe X has the 4.1 engine. The 4.6 has 3HP in the SS and the 4.1 has 2.75HP. SS has more not much but it is more. I guess you have to cut costs some place. But that's life. I was looking at the CEN motors. They have 5HP at 23,000 RPMs. Blows the doors off the stock HPI motors. I just have to look at the shaft length. Might have to beef up the gears here and there. But it could be fun.;)

[savagecre]

5 hp are you sure that sounds like way too much motor man.. you wont be able to control the thing after you put one of those in it. the sts .28 is a good motor not sure of the hp but it would be big time wheelies and thats no where near 5 hp........

[savagecre]

look at the Dynamite mach 427 from Dynamite .com

[JohnH]

The CEN truck is called the nemesis 7.7 It's 1/8th scale and crazy fast. Or the Genesis 46. I got the 3 speed tweeked and good to go. My T-Maxx 3.3 is still faster but I have to do some work on the handling. To flip happy. I broke a U joint when i did a bad landing but it was cool 5.00 part so I'm not sweating bullets with the wife. I got to get some picts of the nice flips. http://www.cenracing.com/ Till next time.:D

[savagecre]

My neigbor and I bashed this week end for hours Untill we crashed into eachother his T maxx is not fairing too well its almost in two pieces NOT Kidding it was so incredible that I wish you could have seen itI did sufer but I still got to drive the rest of my tank out. My body is now ready to be hung on the wall of greatness......Savage 2 T-maxx 0 We set up a ramp he wanted it to be small so I made it small till I got tired of It and had to have AIR he would not jump that much after that he kinda wants to keep it new looking (wussss)lol hes a good guy just very protective the we raced around and can at eachother and CRASH his body can off and the front wheel broke and was hanging on I broke a piece of my front bumper off Oh well...SAVAGE RULED THE DAY.

[JohnH]

Cool! I broke my T-Maxx Sat. then broke it again Sun. I put four huge dents in my tuned pipe and tore up a cv joint. I'm going to order the T-Maxx alum. kit. I'm going to leave the A arms stock but everything will be metal or carbon fiber. My X is going to get the same thing I think or maybe I'll do the 4x4 kit that turns it into a 1/6 scale truck. But I'm not sure I have to do some research on the kit and company. Your friend should have gotten a savage. But the Traxxas guys are saying the same thing on there forums.:p

[savagecre]

hey its always greener on the otherside( NOT) there is no way that a t- maxx can take the punishment that a savage can( this is stricly my opinion and should not be taken litterally).......but its true... Ive seen first hand.

[JohnH]

I just looked and ate up my spur gear? What the hell! I guess I ate it up when I banged up my pipe.

[savagecre]

hey thats funny I just looked and I think somthing is wrong with my steering servo Ive got a lot of play that I did'nt remember.....?

[JohnH]

Ouch dude. I will say that my X is 10 times the truck than the T-Maxx. That is in handling. I found a new in boxSH28 3.6 H.P motor for 164.00and a racers edge 3.56H.P motor for 199.00 and a Werks Racing Collari for 167.00 with 3.6 H.P. Do you know anything about these companies?

[savagecre]

Ive herd things about the collari but not the rest I was looking at the Dynamite mach 427 and the O.S. .30 and the sts .28 as possible motor upgrades BUT I'm going to port out my .25 first to see whats up found a site that gives real good Instructions on that motor( the hpi .25 and he gained 10 mph faster top end and covers 132 feet in 3.89 seconds hes got it down even has a dyno read out of the stock vs. the ported motor its pretty cool hes doing it all by hand but I'm going to do it on a milling machine at work I'm lucky that way I work at a machine shop....

[savagecre]

the sts .28 has been test out by jrstorm here on this site its only like 121 to 134 dollars and a very noticable difference.

[JohnH]

Lucky stiff. Working at a machine shop. Lots of things can be made for a truck with that equipment.

[MattSavage]

I go out regular with my savage with my mate who owns a T-Maxx and they seem pretty on par with each other except for the fact that every time we go out his T-Maxx seems to end up with at least one thing broken on it. So my opinion is that the savage is loads more durable, and I love it!;)

[JohnH]

I just ordered the Racers Edge Sure Fire 32 for my X. When I get it I'm going to put my 4.1 in my T-Maxx and store the 3.3. I should be ok with that engine right?

[garagedoorguy]

It'll fit and everything, but my friend did it and it is real hard on the drivetrain parts. It wasn't the new t-maxx, and I'm not sure what they have done to the new one, but it looks cool. It also made his real torky(I think that's a word) and threw the balance off a bit, but other than that it was quite a bit faster than the 2.5, and a blast until it broke...then broke....then broke.lol.

[JohnH]

My engine will be here on the 24. this is going to get very interesting because my diffs do get here untill tuesday. I think I might break something.:eek:

[JohnH]

This blows I pulled my 4.1 and a big block will not fit the T-Maxx 3.3. Now I have a 4.1 without a home and a T-Max that was torn down for nothing. I should have done more research. BOOOOOOOOOOoooooo

[savagecre]

ahh dude that sucks try to sell it or just keep it as a spare...

[JohnH]

I'll keep the 4.1 it is a good engine. The savage didn't want it's old engine put in a nasty little traxxas.:eek:

[Nighthalk]

You know this thread is funney LOL, a friend of mine "had" a traxxas t-max, I met him last year when I was running my then bran new Savage with another buddy witch was running his two weak old Savage, he seen us playing and thought he could show us up with his t-max. Whell we where just still takeing it easy with ours, I was breaking my Savage in and my buddy was still geting use to the handleing of his so of corse he ran circles round us with his t-max.
With in two months we where climbing right over him like a toy, our new stalk Savages out ran his modifyed T-Max in a streight drag pluss with our higher ground clearance we whent simpley where he could not.
That first summer i spent maby bout $30 in repairs (Front lower control arm[hit post] and bout 2 spur gears) He was repairing his almost after every run. Last fall he finnaly gave in and sold his T-Max with all his so called bells and whisels he had on it and got a Savage SS.
Now I can say he is "Up to par in trucks" LOL :)
And just think I was going to get the t-max myself, but the store was sold out so I got the savage, Whooo that was a close one
HAIL THE SAVAGE HAIL THE OFF ROAD R/C GOD

[JohnH]

That's funny dude. My t maxx went to my son.
The savage stays with me.

[JohnH]

Just got off the Traxxas forums and if you talk about another truck or aftermarket engines you pick up forum roe? ***!

[MattSavage]

Wow, just had a blinding day! Spent hours bashing with both my 21(now running fine) and 25. There were 5 of us, 4 Savages 1 T-Maxx and 1 Revo. They were all on par acceleration but the savages have so much more mid-range! They handled better on the rough stuff and won on the straight racing. The 3-speed ltd came first-WOW what a difference to acceleration that extra gear makes. Anyway, the T-Maxx and Revo spent half the day being fixed and fiddled with whilst the savages just kept on going. The Savage has a better ground clearance and is a lot more durable.

Overall, the Savage's clearly won the day as all four were still running after about 5 hours, with no damage or problems. The T-Maxx broke the steering and couldn't run and the Revo would just not start any more! The Revo owner now wants a savage too!! Says it all!!!! SAVAGE IS KING!:D

[JohnH]

we've said that from the start. i should never have bought my 3.3 t maxx

[RickSavage]

Just got off the Traxxas forums and if you talk about another truck or aftermarket engines you pick up forum roe? ***!

What do you mean by that ? :confused:

[JohnH]

tmaxx can't hang with the savage.

[brokennib]

My other truck is a T-Maxx, it's been relativley o.k.,but that 2.5 goes through glow plugs like anything, always seems to run hot, and it just seemed like I was always tweaking and tuning the thing, instead of having fun. (which is kinda the point of spending all that time and money on these things.)

[JohnH]

My sons 3.3 breaks the rear universal joint at the diff. the metal spider rips the plastic universal in half. gone through three of them.

[JohnH]

Well the 3.3 in my sons truck went south. So I have to send it to traxxas to fix or replace. But nothing else broke. I should have bought another X.
Savage Trucks Rule!:cool:

[Xjeepguy]

Yeah, I dont care for traxxas motors too much, I sold the one that came in my revo and bought a picco for it. The revo is a very durable truck with RPM arms, but maxx's just cant hold up. I have only broken my revo once, and that was on Tajma ramp. In the revo's defense, my savage broke the same part on the same ramp one day later lol. The only truck to survive one full tank on that ramp so far is my warhead.

[JohnH]

The connecting rod pulled away from the piston without breaking the pin. Then it came back and hit the piston so hard it closed the connecting rod back together. Busted the piston good though.

[jmlampert23]

all traxxas stuff sucks, i had a tmaxx and a savage and i drove the savage all day and broke like 2 5.00 parts and then took my tmaxx out and it was destroyed in about an hour. i sold it on ebay about a week later

[JohnH]

I agree! I'm not happy with the t maxx.

[Xjeepguy]

all traxxas stuff sucks, i had a tmaxx

So youre basing your opinion of all traxxas products on your experience with a t-maxx? :rolleyes: The maxx is an outdated design, and the revo isn't. I understand this is a savage board, and I love savages, but the revo is a great truck.

[JohnH]

OK, I will say this. My sons maxx is a hanger queen. My buddies revo has breaking issues also. It might be a good truck but my experience with it is limited. I can only base my opinion on the t maxx with my personal observations and the problems others have had with it.

[Xjeepguy]

Every truck is gonna have it's weak points. Revo has it's a-arms and carrier bearings, t-maxx has the chassis and everything bolted to it, the MGT has the shocks and tie-rods, savage has diffs and 1\2 tank lean. I wasn't commenting on anything you said, just the comment at the top of the page where someone said "all traxxas sucks I had a tmaxx".

[JohnH]

HAD a tmaxx. I really like the part about the chassis and everything bolted to it.

[Xjeepguy]

HAD a tmaxx. I really like the part about the chassis and everything bolted to it.

Man, I feel your pain. I too am a recovering ex-maxx owner :)

[JohnH]

But it looked like a good truck. I'm just ****ed because pound for pound it can't handle half the abuse my Savage takes. Other than that I think we've beat a dead horse when it comes to the maxx.

[savagecre]

Well now this thread has some stories now its like Savage vs. Aftershock...lol

[ikesavage]

I had a S#%* tmaxx everytime i ran it something broke so I sold everything I had for a $100. Now I have a savage SS and had nothing but good luck with it I have only broke a lower a-arm so I upgraded to rpm all the way around I have to say hpi makes one hell of a truck very happy with it and I will always buy hpi. Im thinking of getting a Hellfire next does anyone have any input on it?

[twinengsav]

never had a hellfire but looks fast on the vids, my savage I have had since they first came out, it is the or should say was the savage 21, it is well past that now, the only things that broke on it was the dog bones, upgraded to hd dogbones and havent had that prob again, drive cups always wore out so upgraded to hd cups again no prob,, I will say the savage is awsome.

[Shaun]

a tmaxx 2.5 was my first rc truck but it used to run soooo hot it actually caught fire and i ended up parting out what was useable lol now i run the sav x and i love it!!

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[Blazer X]

I had a S#%* tmaxx everytime i ran it something broke so I sold everything I had for a $100. Now I have a savage SS and had nothing but good luck with it I have only broke a lower a-arm so I upgraded to rpm all the way around I have to say hpi makes one hell of a truck very happy with it and I will always buy hpi. Im thinking of getting a Hellfire next does anyone have any input on it?

I just got a hellfire used and so far it's amazing. I don't know how much I would bash it but for tracks it's much more at home. I grenaded a diff bearing and popped a front arm out of the holders. It does need some upgrades done to it as it's the rtr, if you pick one up try to get the ss. They really aren't much to compare because they are designed to do different things. I can put a smackdown on the revos that show up at our new track and I've only had this thing for a week.

[lifter37]

I work on trucks for alot of guys around here and my experiences are for dependability, the savage is the toughest, hands down. shocks would be the weakest link. The lst2 would come in second with the bottom bulk head screws and the front spindles. The Revo would be third with control arms and turnbuckles always breaking. These weak links can be fixed with some aftermarket parts. Just a few bucks can make your truck into a tougher basher.