HPI big bore shocks

[Bankrupter]

OK guys now that we all are getting them. Let's get the pics and comments rolling on them. Post up you pics and comments here. For easy site searches.

 

[scrogathon]

 

[SunkenMetal]

Man those shox are sexy.....

 

[Bankrupter]

Sweet hi qc photos thanks scrogathon!!!:resp: They look good can't wait for mine to arrive...

 

[scrogathon]

ok I'm going out to run them now I know there gonna perform, the second i put them on I pushed down on and started smiling, lol.

 

[Jeremy]

They look good .. Keep us updated on the performance

 

[Bankrupter]

Off topic... but umm where's your front diff?

 

[scrogathon]

lol someone spotted it, i have to get some new outdrives and i figured it would be easier on the breakin process
edit these also arent my normal bashing tires, there just my lightest tires and I have badlands and mashers I usually run, stock tires suck imo so they only get used for well holding my truck up to work on it.

 

[Jeremy]

We spot everything !

 

[scrogathon]

ive gotta large feeling that I'm gonna need some cen diffs lol.

 

[SunkenMetal]

So i got my big bores today,and since the big bores are a single shock set up i figured why not get the HPI suspension conversion... here are some pics of it all put together.

so what do ya guys think?

 

[THE JUDGE]

Here's some pics from my install thread...
( https://www.hpisavageforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7031 )

Here's how it sits with the default "pink" springs, and 18mm of spacers. I have the default 4-hole pistons in, and 30w oil.

 

[measy116]

They look nice, how is the performance tho? I'm waiting on my set to get here.

 

[SunkenMetal]

They look nice, how is the performance tho? I'm waiting on my set to get here.

don't know yet, right when i got done uploading pics to the forum wife came home and it was time to go get stuff for lunch tommorow with the inlaws.......

 

[scrogathon]

lol haas anyone succesfully ran them, it seems the wait was so long, why not wait a little longer nice pics guys.

 

[SunkenMetal]

lol haas anyone succesfully ran them, it seems the wait was so long, why not wait a little longer nice pics guys.

well when you get them the day before the 4th of july and family plans and all its hard to sneak it in ya know lol.....

 

[Double-O-Zilch]

I'm confused, is this the who's got the sweetest truck thread or about the big bores? Cause them are some awesome trucks guys! Someone get out there and run'em already! :resp:

 

[chrisw]

got mine today going to bash them this weekend to see how they are and i will let everyone know how they hold up,my truck is not as nice as some of them on this thread lol

 

[xsavage3148]

Anyone have any tips on filling them. I'm new to filling shocks

 

[Bankrupter]

Anyone have any tips on filling them. I'm new to filling shocks

Fill it up. Then move the shock piston up and down slowly with the cap off to get all the air out. I like to let them sit for a bit B4 and after that step. Then compress the shaft all the way in and put on the cap while its compressed. After this bash like crazy and enjoy!

 

[measy116]

hey sunkenmetal, whats that small gas tank doing in the back of your xl? whats its purpose?

 

[SunkenMetal]

hey sunkenmetal, whats that small gas tank doing in the back of your xl? whats its purpose?

its my fix for the Mid tank lean and having more fuel on bored. its a RS4 fuel tank its basically daisy chained to the stock tank, the pressure from the pipe pushes the fuel from the stock tank to the rs4 tank so even when the stock tank is empty it doesnt lean out...

here is a link to a thread i did about that little tank.
https://www.hpisavageforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6610

 

[Bankrupter]

pssst vvvv stay on topic boys...:stickspank:

So the big bores have a issue! You can lose the lower spring cup due to the gap being to big! Heres my fix for it... I CA'ed (super glue or tire glue to people who don't know what it is) and piece of zip tie over the slot to just close the hole and retain the part. One more dope slap to HPI :slapped:!!!

 

[SunkenMetal]

Sorry Bank,

Anyways, Banks post is because I told him a story, I was out bashing on my new big bores. The shocks are performing well, very nice, so I catch some big air back flip land on all 4 tires.... so I decide to go back around do it again, but wait something isn’t right... the front end is low, pull up and stop. Both front spring cups are gone.

I had less spring spacers on the top of the shock then what the instructions say. So when the truck left the ground the shocks sagged, all the way, no spring tension and the large gap in the spring retainer or cup what ever you want to call it both just flew off some where....

Oh and just for future reference the part I am talking about is Part#85231 same one used on the HPI Hellfire, after doing some more comparison pretty much the only thing on these shocks that isn’t a hell fire part is the shock body and the shaft, the shaft is 20mm longer then the stock hellfire shaft...

 

[SunkenMetal]

 

[THE JUDGE]

What you guys just posted about the spring retainers only makes sense really...My RC18T would do the same thing if I ran too little preload which allowed the spring to flop up and down. I ended up CA gluing a plastic ring on each retainer that would sit inside the spring and keep it there if it tried to jump off the retainers. That should work on these too...hope this helps...

 

[SunkenMetal]

I ordered extra bump stops for the inside of the shock so the shocks will stay preloaded and i wont have to put so many of the clips on...

Bank you should post up the pics you showed me explaining what I'm talking about..........

Here you go sunk (Edited in by Bank)

 

[Bankrupter]

that one sunk??? Bump

 

[SunkenMetal]

Thats the one thanks bank......... you da man...

 

[xsavage3148]

SO how do i tell if i filled them right!!!