Bud
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Okay, so it started out life as a Savage 21 or 25.... I installed a Picco P3 which promptly blew the differentials.. then I upgraded to the X series differentials, then I put in a series of three speeds, which apparently were not up to the task as the final drive gears keep shattering. Later I switched to XL width, differentials, bones, extended axles, spacers.... in one of the bone auctions I won, the center bones came with it. All I needed to be XL size, the truck that is (I have been XL or larger for a very long time) was a set of chassis plates. I bought a set on the E-market for big time cheap and put them on. I had been running an 18/47 gear on Hpi tires before.
I had also purchased an XL truck.... so I bought a set of Terra Pins as spares and put them on the old 25 chassis. The XL comes with a 16/52 gear for a reason, those pins are tall! My XL came in red, so I bought a blue body for the Picco truck. I posted some photos of my XL and my impostor on the RCU forums.
I asked on the forums about running the tall gear on the Terra Pins, some guys assured me they were running Terra Pins with an 18/47 and noticed no difference in power or speed. I found that hard to believe... so off I went..
The Picco is a horse and has plenty of power, I slapped on my old basher body off of my Truckzilla chassis and headed out for some run time. It was obvious right away that this was now a tall geared truck. I now had plenty of room for exhaust so I switched to a short buggy header and an Ofna 086 pipe. I had been running Tsais and Dynamite 086.
I grabbed my camera and headed out to the old airport for some high speed runs. The following link is the result. I hope you enjoy.... I know at one point it sounds a little lean as it goes by, part of that is skipping off the ground on wood chip debris that was on the runway. It may have been lean too, I had been running it as hard as it would run for an extended period. These power passes are about 1/8th mile long. I am making my turn on the other end around the 1/4 mile stripe left from the old drag strip days. I am starting in the hot staging area, mainly because it is in the shade of the water tower. 8^)
My throttle servo was just that, only made power one way, no brakes, so it would take 50 to 60 yards to slow down enough to turn around. I edited most of the turns out.
My favorite parts are the kids in their car hitting the Solo 2 guy's slalom run and the kids on their bicycles riding along and whooping it up. I managed to run three quarts of fuel out there over a couple of hours and never flipped once! I also did not break a thing!
I left it a little rich on the low end as it goes over backwards way too quickly and tried to ease into the power on slow takeoffs. The pavement out there is very abrasive and just eats holes in a lexan body. I came close to a lateral roll, you will see it on the left side of the screen. I checked the temperature several times and it always came in around 260, which I thought was excellent as the pavement surface was 134-136 and the ambient temperature was right at 100, 101 I think...
My fake Savage XL.... Bud
I had also purchased an XL truck.... so I bought a set of Terra Pins as spares and put them on the old 25 chassis. The XL comes with a 16/52 gear for a reason, those pins are tall! My XL came in red, so I bought a blue body for the Picco truck. I posted some photos of my XL and my impostor on the RCU forums.
I asked on the forums about running the tall gear on the Terra Pins, some guys assured me they were running Terra Pins with an 18/47 and noticed no difference in power or speed. I found that hard to believe... so off I went..
The Picco is a horse and has plenty of power, I slapped on my old basher body off of my Truckzilla chassis and headed out for some run time. It was obvious right away that this was now a tall geared truck. I now had plenty of room for exhaust so I switched to a short buggy header and an Ofna 086 pipe. I had been running Tsais and Dynamite 086.
I grabbed my camera and headed out to the old airport for some high speed runs. The following link is the result. I hope you enjoy.... I know at one point it sounds a little lean as it goes by, part of that is skipping off the ground on wood chip debris that was on the runway. It may have been lean too, I had been running it as hard as it would run for an extended period. These power passes are about 1/8th mile long. I am making my turn on the other end around the 1/4 mile stripe left from the old drag strip days. I am starting in the hot staging area, mainly because it is in the shade of the water tower. 8^)
My throttle servo was just that, only made power one way, no brakes, so it would take 50 to 60 yards to slow down enough to turn around. I edited most of the turns out.
My favorite parts are the kids in their car hitting the Solo 2 guy's slalom run and the kids on their bicycles riding along and whooping it up. I managed to run three quarts of fuel out there over a couple of hours and never flipped once! I also did not break a thing!
I left it a little rich on the low end as it goes over backwards way too quickly and tried to ease into the power on slow takeoffs. The pavement out there is very abrasive and just eats holes in a lexan body. I came close to a lateral roll, you will see it on the left side of the screen. I checked the temperature several times and it always came in around 260, which I thought was excellent as the pavement surface was 134-136 and the ambient temperature was right at 100, 101 I think...
My fake Savage XL.... Bud
