Hi.
I was a basher when i was a kid,(i am 32 now) used to own a Savage and few other nitro cars. When covid hit (2020 march) I was bored and bought myself a very rough Savage X from ebay.
It had so much parts that needed replacing that I dissassembled it, cleaned and ordered parts that it needed. In the summer 2020 the covid kinda went away and my interest of building it as well. This winter I found myself bored again and on december started to order things again. So here i am now.
First wanted to make a shelf queen, restore and make it look nice. Then bought new XL TVP-s, a lot of aluminum parts.(most of i wont be using for now). Then I kinda figured I'm gonna bash it to pieces and next winter going to buy innovative parts+alza racing upgrades. AND NOW I'm thinking of electric rc and watching videos of Kraton 8s. So lets see what happens.
What ive done so far:
1.Brand new X standard TVP-s (old stock from local dealer, dirt cheap)
2.Composite bulkheads(a lot stronger)
3.New forged diffs+correct shimming+50k rear and 30k front diff oil, new o-rings, new seals. Also let machine shop to cut aluminum diff cup from 10x16x5 bearing to 8x16x5,
so it now uses 8x16x5 bearing on both side of the diff.
4.NEW plastic - gearbox housing, bumpers, skidplates, roll bar, shock towers, newer style arms.
5.Hot Racing 17mm hex adapters (+5mm extension)
6. Heavy duty dogbones. (HPI 86151, HPI 86152)
6.Aluminum steering(turnbuckles and steering assembly with bearings)
7.Aluminum rear on front knuckles.
8.Picco Efra 2046 pipe. Couldnt find manifold that would fit, so cut off the 3spring connection part, grinded off the side. Now fits perfectly with silicone coupling.
9.New f4.6 engine(v1 though, got it very cheap)
10.New hump pack
11.Aluminum 6mm big bore shocks (EM13170) (changed to 35WT oil, also added 10mm rubber spacer inside to lower it a little)
12. Ecoboost 32kg servo x2 (Kevin Talbot´s favourite ones)
13.Aluminum servo horn x 2
14. Adjustable upper arm set
15. Flysky FS-GT5 transmitter/receiver
16. Louis MFT 3´8 Uphill 1/2 inch offset wheels(no ballooning)
17. All new bearings(Avid)
18. Aluminum clutch shoes
19. Nitro GT-2 body, which I decided to paint orange. (Now kinda regret, little too orange, maybe should not have backed it with white)
20. New dual fibre brake kit
Things I have ordered
1. 2mm steel rods that I'm gonna use for finishing throttle/brake linkage. All the linkage-s i´ve ordered are very weak and bend easily. I hope 2mm ones will be enough.
2.Wheelie bar.
3. 5x os.8 glowplugs
4.LiPo glow igniter
Things I need to order in the future, if I don't loose interest:
1. Alza racing bulk head conversion,bulkhead plates, innovative rc extended LCG set(which has engine plate and center skidplate).
2. RPM arms (cant find them anywhere, probably discontinued)
3. Ofna/hobao, Team Associated or Losi Fuel tank. Not going for the mid tank mod though, just to get rid of the lean tank issue.
I don't have pictures of building unfortunately, cause I never imagined that I would post a thread here. But this is the current state. (Last picture is the aluminum and TVP-s I wont be using)
I was a basher when i was a kid,(i am 32 now) used to own a Savage and few other nitro cars. When covid hit (2020 march) I was bored and bought myself a very rough Savage X from ebay.
It had so much parts that needed replacing that I dissassembled it, cleaned and ordered parts that it needed. In the summer 2020 the covid kinda went away and my interest of building it as well. This winter I found myself bored again and on december started to order things again. So here i am now.
First wanted to make a shelf queen, restore and make it look nice. Then bought new XL TVP-s, a lot of aluminum parts.(most of i wont be using for now). Then I kinda figured I'm gonna bash it to pieces and next winter going to buy innovative parts+alza racing upgrades. AND NOW I'm thinking of electric rc and watching videos of Kraton 8s. So lets see what happens.
What ive done so far:
1.Brand new X standard TVP-s (old stock from local dealer, dirt cheap)
2.Composite bulkheads(a lot stronger)
3.New forged diffs+correct shimming+50k rear and 30k front diff oil, new o-rings, new seals. Also let machine shop to cut aluminum diff cup from 10x16x5 bearing to 8x16x5,
so it now uses 8x16x5 bearing on both side of the diff.
4.NEW plastic - gearbox housing, bumpers, skidplates, roll bar, shock towers, newer style arms.
5.Hot Racing 17mm hex adapters (+5mm extension)
6. Heavy duty dogbones. (HPI 86151, HPI 86152)
6.Aluminum steering(turnbuckles and steering assembly with bearings)
7.Aluminum rear on front knuckles.
8.Picco Efra 2046 pipe. Couldnt find manifold that would fit, so cut off the 3spring connection part, grinded off the side. Now fits perfectly with silicone coupling.
9.New f4.6 engine(v1 though, got it very cheap)
10.New hump pack
11.Aluminum 6mm big bore shocks (EM13170) (changed to 35WT oil, also added 10mm rubber spacer inside to lower it a little)
12. Ecoboost 32kg servo x2 (Kevin Talbot´s favourite ones)
13.Aluminum servo horn x 2
14. Adjustable upper arm set
15. Flysky FS-GT5 transmitter/receiver
16. Louis MFT 3´8 Uphill 1/2 inch offset wheels(no ballooning)
17. All new bearings(Avid)
18. Aluminum clutch shoes
19. Nitro GT-2 body, which I decided to paint orange. (Now kinda regret, little too orange, maybe should not have backed it with white)
20. New dual fibre brake kit
Things I have ordered
1. 2mm steel rods that I'm gonna use for finishing throttle/brake linkage. All the linkage-s i´ve ordered are very weak and bend easily. I hope 2mm ones will be enough.
2.Wheelie bar.
3. 5x os.8 glowplugs
4.LiPo glow igniter
Things I need to order in the future, if I don't loose interest:
1. Alza racing bulk head conversion,bulkhead plates, innovative rc extended LCG set(which has engine plate and center skidplate).
2. RPM arms (cant find them anywhere, probably discontinued)
3. Ofna/hobao, Team Associated or Losi Fuel tank. Not going for the mid tank mod though, just to get rid of the lean tank issue.
I don't have pictures of building unfortunately, cause I never imagined that I would post a thread here. But this is the current state. (Last picture is the aluminum and TVP-s I wont be using)
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