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Here are some more pics of the suspension setup and turn radius.

This first pic is with the suspension fully extended/ uncompressed. Basically as it would be flyin thru the air. In the pic, it's just sittin on a rim/tire to show the fully extended suspension.
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This next pic is of the dogbone where it goes into the axle. This is to show how close the pin is to the end of the axle slot at full turn. This is the right side turned full right.
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Another pic of the same as above.
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Same description as the right side, except this is a pic of the left side at full left turn. Only got one pic and it's the best out of 4.
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I didn't take pic of the "back side" at full left/right lock. I can later tonight or tom. if need be for more insight. And thanks to those helpin me out with this and tryin to help get the most turn radius I can get.
 
Bankrupter said:
I have nothing to do with it ...

The pics look good. Now run it :stressed:
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Gonna try and run it some this weekend. All depends on how I feel. My legs are stiff as a board and my knees feel like rubber. It's been a long 2 weeks at work. Layin out wall penetrations for our duct work on the whole east end of one of the floors. About 400-425 holes total. I'll keep everyone posted. I'm probably also gonna put in the HS 3rd gear set first beore I run it. Or I may wait until I get the 1-2 shift point readjusted now that I'm runnin smaller tires.
 
Update time with more pics. But for those who have been waitin for me to run it again, I didn't get a chance to this weekend. The following pics are of the rims/tires I'll be runnin most of the time. The only time they'll change is if I goto the track if I ever get the time to do that. Not to mention the money. Anyways, here's the info about the rims & tires I'm usin. The rims are from Blue Groove racing. They are their dual offset racing rims in a 3.2" rim with a 17mm hex. Installed one way, you have a 0 offset rim. Flip it over and you now have a 1/2" offset rim. Two offsets in one rim. With these rims you practically have endless mounting options. The tires I'm runnin are the Pro-line Badlands. I didn't take a pic of these cuz most of you have already seen un-mounted pics of the badlands. Ok, now it's time for some pics.

This pic is of just the rims.
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Same rims, just at a different angle.
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Same rims, just at more of an angle to show the different mounting sides.
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This is with the rims/tires mounted to the truck. The rims are all mounted with a 0 offset config.
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This is with them all mounted in a 1/2" offset config.
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This is with the front mounted with a 0 offset and the rear with a 1/2" offset.
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This is with the rear mounted with a 1/2" offset and the front right at 0 offset and the front left with 1/2" offset to try and show a comparison between the 2 mounted in the front.
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This is a close up of the front. The right side rim/tire is 0 offset and the left side is 1/2" offset.
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Enjoy the pics and until the next update, which will be an update of how it runs and handles.
 
More info about the above rims. Mainly has to do with mounting positions. But, on a side note, the rims are really cheap. $18.99 for a set of 4. I may order me another set so I've got other tire mounting options. As for the rims, like I said above, they can be mounted all with a 0 offset, all with a 1/2" offset, front 0 offset-rear 1/2" offset, front 1/2" offset-rear 0 offset, left side 0 offset-right side 1/2" offset, and left side 1/2" offset-right side 0 offset. The rims come with a sheet explaining how the different mounting positions affect the handling and the type of track & track condition.
 
Haven't updated this in awhile, butm haven't had a chance to run it yet with the last set of changes I've made to it. I ended up havin to replace the OWB. Then ended up havin to replace the backplate. I guess when I sealed it up over a year ago, I sealed it real good cuz I had to tap on the backplate to break the seal loose. And upon doin that, I broke one of the corners of the backplate. Now the motor is fixed and ready to go back in, just haven't done it yet.
 
xtreme what hex adaptors are you running on those blue groove rims. i hope you are using there 17mm adaptor that has to be modified for the savage. if not there is no warrenty against the hexes being spun out of them. and it will happen trust me.

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Mickey said:
xtreme what hex adaptors are you running on those blue groove rims. i hope you are using there 17mm adaptor that has to be modified for the savage. if not there is no warrenty against the hexes being spun out of them. and it will happen trust me.

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Hey Mickey,what kind of mods need to be done to their hexes to fit the savage?and is the mod worth the headache? cant be having that happen.
 
No just usin stock hexes. I do have their hexes but alot of work needs to be done to fit flux axles. i guess I'll have to wait and see what happens after a few runs.
 
Late updating as usual. Last couple times I've ran the IRC savvy, the Blue Groove rims with stock savvy hexes are workin just fine. Almost a 1/2 gal. on them. Haven't ran it in awhile cuz I've been busy with work and doin work around the house. Also haven't ran it cuz I needed to get a new carb for it. I already got a new carb and gonna try and get it installed sometime next week. But, it still may be a few weeks before I can actually run it and even then, it's gonna all be tuning runs.
 
Another update. Pulled the motor from the truck a little bit ago to install the new carb. Haven't gotten to the carb yet, gonna do that tom, ran out of time. But, the update I have is about the clutch I'm runnin. I'm runnin the fioroni twin turbo slidin clutch and it has 2 maybe a little more gals on it. Still looks new with very little wear, but you can tell I've been havin idle problems cuz it looks a little rough from draggin on the CB. Over time, it'll smooth back out. Forgot to take a pic before I put the bell back on to show you. Sorry guys. Hopefully I'll be able to run it this weekend if I can get it put back together in time. Stay tuned for another update.
 
Carb has been swapped out and truck is back together. Hopefully sometime this weekend I'll get a chance to run it. I gotta work tom (Sat.) and then goin over to a friends house to watch the UFC pay-per-view and hang out. Gonna try and go out and run Sun mornin if the weather holds off. I'll update again then.
 
Got a chance to run the truck yest. Only ran 1 tank through. Still needs a little more fine tuning, but was runnin great. Sorry, no vids or photos though.
 
Just finished burnin another tank through the savvy. Consistent 245-250* temps with plenty of smoke. LSN stilled needed leaned a little, but that'll have to wait for another day. Now, I'm thinkin about gettin some small, cheap airplane wheels to mount on the wing so I'm not grindin anymore of it off from doin wheelies in the street. Plus, it may walk further than 15-20 cuz there won't be so much drag. Stay tuned for the next update.
 
Been runnin the savvy tryin on gettin it tuned. It's been runnin great. I've put almost a 1/2 gal through it in the past week, maybe more. But, now for the main update. Runnin the savvy yest in front of the house. My wife went out to lunch with one of our friends. When they were gettin back to the house I was runnin the savvy in the street. I seen them comin home and was workin my way into the front yard (and messing around). Well, the tank is 99.9% empty, and the motor leaned out really bad and the truck took off, torque steered right in front of her car as she was pulling up to the driveway. My truck ended up under her front right tire and she drives a 2009 VW Jetta. I had to lift up on the front corner while my buddy un-wedged the savvy from the front bumper. The only thing that broke was the fuel tank. And one of the shock caps popped off. No other damage was done. The front tire of her car was literally sittin on top of the savvy. I'll post a pic with another short explanation in my damage thread. As far as the durability of IRC TVPs, I'd definitely say they are strong as all H3!!. And if they decide to make some ext. TVPs for the flux, I'd definitely buy a kit.
 
redneck said:
that sucks man
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It does, but at the same time it doesn't. For havin a car drive onto your savvy, stop on top of it, and drive back off of it and only have a busted tank, that's a pretty strong built truck. The shock top poppin off is onky a matter of cleanin it up and refillin it. And besides, I've been thinkin about changin out the shocks anyways.
 
Ordered some new shocks last week for the savvy. Just came in the mail today. Probably gonna build them sometime this week. Not gonna put them on the truck right away cuz I wanna get a few more runs with the lst shocks before I try the new ones. The new shocks are the alum upgrade option for the Cen GST 7.7. For those who have run the stock 7.7 shocks should already know this, but for those who haven't, the shock shafts are tough as nails. I've never bent a 7.7 shock shaft except for one time when it came loose from the lower shock mount (screw fell out). So with the shock just hangin there, it was bound to get bent. I ran the 7.7 shocks for 1 1/2 to almost 2 yrs and they never failed on me. Except for the couple times I (my fault) didn't get the cap screwed on tight enough. Anyways, here are some more details about the shocks. The diameter (from looks by pics) are about the same as the HPI BB. But the one plus side to the alum 7.7s is that they are shorter and all alum. Where as the BB come with a plastic shock cap (which people eventually swap out for hellfire caps). Anyways, here are a couple pics and when I start to build them, I'll take and post more.

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Enjoy for now.
 
Also forgot, if any of the members who are following this thread or just started goin through it, if you have the HPI BB, can you please get me some measurements on them. Lookin for the O.D. (in mm)of the shock body and the I.D. (in mm) of the springs. And, if you happen to be doin a rebuild on the BB, the I.D. (in mm) of the shock body too. Wanting these measurements for comparison purposes. And the spring size to see if the springs will work on the alum 7.7 shocks. From my research, Cen doesn't have option spring rates for these shocks or the stockers. But, gonna do some more researchin and lookin into.
 
I just bought a set of Cen 7.7 to try out as well. These have teh oil res. and are gray in color with white springs. Could you tell what the difference is between the ones I have and the ones you have?
 
]-[0pa]0ng;199278 said:
I just bought a set of Cen 7.7 to try out as well. These have teh oil res. and are gray in color with white springs. Could you tell what the difference is between the ones I have and the ones you have?
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The ones you got are the ones that come stock on the Cen GST 7.7. Those are the ones I used to run before I did the full tear down and rebuild with IRC parts. They are basically the same asides from mine bein all alum and no oil res. and yours bein plastic with the oil res. The stock shocks are really tough. I've only bent one shaft (as explained in the above post) and my buddy who actually has a GST 7.7 has NEVER messed up a shock. He even got mad one night while out bashin and picked his truck up and just threw across the site we were at.
 
the id of the cen 7.7 is identical to the hellfire & big bore shocks. the cen shafts are identical in length and dia as the hellfire shafts. i know this because i ran the cen 7.7 shafts and plungers in my alloy big bore shock bodies on my nitro savage (allanq has them now.

i never tried a spring swap but they have to be the same dia because i did use cen 7.7 preload spacers on my big bores as well.
 
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