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    I had an idea, motor dynometer?

    I had an idea, motor dynamometer? I've read lots of threads about diy dynos, and most seemed to vere off getting technical losing sight of a project that would show visible gains. And then I did find an actual rc dyno you plop your trucks or cars on. But yeah... 1700us doesn't fly. I was...
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    How is hpi with engine defects? K46 is leaking like mad...

    I just finished breaking in my truck last friday doing the heat cycle method. Or...in hpi's books, the suggested way. Which worked on my last motor too, I just wanted to try this way. Anyway, my front crank case bearing is leaking like crazy. Which kind of ****es me off... What do...
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    Hey guys, 30%nitro break in??

    I decided to buy an ss since the xl came out, they were on sale. So I finished building it tonight, swapped a few things over from my rtr. But I was wondering, I have a gallon of 30% blue thunder. Could I use that to break it in? Or should I buy some lower % fuel. Thanks!
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    Rollcage update

    After months, she's still alive! If some of you remember, I made a cage in the early spring that I was kind of apprehensive about. But, after a long while of beating on it. Its still good. I would like to make a lighter one, but we'll see how motivated I get. After the...
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    My truck got some nice new mitts today

    On a car, rims like these would make me puke. But i've been eye balling them for my truck for so long. My stock savage rubber was ripped and filled with so much **** that they wobbled like mad and probably was the cause for alot of suspension and linkage wear I've noticed. So, after...
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    My groovey roll cage that may take a drop.. Its gnarly, take a peek

    So, I bought this ebay roll cage last year when I bought my truck, its nice.. But its weak! Every hit resulted in me bending the cage back, out of my shocks most of the time. It was annoying, but it was nice. I like my truck with a roll cage on it rather than a body to be honest. I've been...
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    I have a weird problem! My carb is..loose. But not in the motor, i'll explain

    I just got a used axial .32 motor for my savage and OH man, its got balls! But at idle the things reving like its getting air bubbles in the fuel. I couldnt figure it out until I grabbed my hs needle and noticed it was lose. Look a little closer, and the whole center section is lose...
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    Modified a k46 carb onto my f46 engine

    I've been modding my engine ever since I got my truck. I did some porting, polishing. Especially on the crank. hpi ribbed pipe and some other things I tried and ditched. But today I was looking at this k46 motor I bought off ebay that was complete garbage. I got my money back for it, but...
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    f4.6 front bearing leaking

    I'm having some troubles with this thing. Ever since I had to replace my front bearing its been a night mare just finding one. hobby stores around me are useless and tell me my only option is buying a crank case with new bearings... With the money I've spent on bearings, I should have just done...
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    Looking for some opinions on Custom exhaust pipes

    I started to play around with the length of my savages stock exhaust. Moving the convergent cone a bit further back. Not sure of the results. Trucks finnaly running like a top anything I do seems like a miracle compared to the last few weeks. But a friend and I were talking about machining...
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    My ghetto linkage mod (pics)

    I've heard its such a great mod and I've kind of felt like a ****** for not doing it sooner. Yesterday I was on my way to the hobby store to get some parts, but I forgot my wallet at my house and I was half way to my parents ...so I decided, I'll just rig everything up my self. So I got a...
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    I have a problem with my low end, truck stalls alot!

    Lately my low end has sucked! I don't know what the deal is. After I rebuilt my engine with new bearings, ported my crank and sleeve a bit it was running fine. And I have been tuning it with the weather changes. Engine is sealed, running an hpi ribbed pipe. But I cannot get rid of this...
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    I made a velocity stack for my truck today

    I know K&N's are a bit of a no no, but I was experimenting. I found an old kn breather filter from my nissan, cleaned and oiled it. Then today at lunch I quickly turned an adapter for the filter. Put it on, and it works good! I did notice a significant difference compared to my stock filter...
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    Hpi F4.6 engine/ Cracked crank??

    My savage is a couple weeks old. I was having troubles with it at idle, and noticed it was literally spewing oil all around the front main bearing. So I removed my engine at work today. My buddy who had time between his run cycles offered to take the clutch off and check it out. My clutch...
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    Places to get a new stock body cheap?

    Have you guys got any sources for getting new stock bodies cheap? I had the savage x for about two weeks before my body went from "OoOoO! Its so shiny!" To"...huh, It looks like an accordion" I really liked the savage x blue body, I want another. But one shop told me 60$ Thats just...
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    Sucking dust past the filter

    Does this seem normal? I've been cleaning my filters after every ride, using filter oil. And after an hour or two in a construction yard last night I was cleaning my truck, oiling the engine and noticed...quite a bit of dirt inside my carb I have the ziptie on the filter tube, bolt was tight...
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    Contaminated brakes?

    My brakes don't work, I've gotten rid of the spring on the linkage and used a piece of fuel tubing and they still wont lock. Buddies SS disks with the AA battery pack are insane! They flip his truck over. Mine are the ceramic/composite fibre...I don't know/ disks with metal caliper jaws. The...
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    I need help aligning my wheels.

    I smoked a curb tonight, not super hard but enough now the front and rear wheels on my right side are a bit off and the truck pulls. There is nothing in the manual about alignment, The steering linkages don't appear to be adjustable...Or am I just not twisting hard enough. Any tips...
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    SavageX 4.6 super gear(spur gear)

    I've had my savage for three days now, broke it in yesterday, did a mild tune so I could start to play with it. Today I was showing my girlfriend the new toy (of course it breaks right!) It just stopped moving after I swear five minutes on dirt. Remove the body and the spur gear is...
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