Mugen/traxxas Savage X Mid Tank Build

[ryanpretty]

here is my version of the mid tank build

this conversion has been done on a standard length savage x chasis

parts needed

1 x mugen mbx5 fuel tank plus posts
1 x traxxas t-maxx battery box
1 x hpi firestorm battery box
2 x hpi savage x radio boxes - you may only need one but i messed up
1 x alloy plate cut to fit into were radio box was
2 x standard alloy engine braces

hopefully if i can post photos then the photos should show the rest. CAN ANYONE SHOW ME HOW

 

[wildchild27]

load them to photobucket and copy & paste the "IMG"

 

[ryanpretty]

think i found out how to upload photos.

here is the first were you can see everything in place. mugen tank mounted. traxxas t maxx battery box in place. you will see from some of the photos that i shaved the box ever so slightly to allow clearance for the tank

 

[wildchild27]

thats pretty creative...

 

[ryanpretty]

In this photo you can see that i have mounted the t maxx battery box. this was mount by drilling two holes through the centre of the battery box and mounting this to the alloy plate i made up. you can see on the side were i have shaved the box ever so slightly for clearnace. also drilled a hole and mounted an antenna mount. the on/off swith fit in the box and this box is used to mount my rx

 

[ryanpretty]

in this photo you can see were the battery is mounted. this is an hpi firestorm battery box whichs fits perfect in between the standard savage shocks. i mounted this by making an alloy plate - the blue bit in the photo and mounting this into the top screws were the savage x diff screws are. the battery box was then bolted to this alloy plate

 

[ryanpretty]

in these pictures you can see how i mounted the steering servo. i cut up a savage x battery box so that i could mount the servo in its original servo mount, this was laid flat under the alloy plate. i had too make up a new steering linkage but it seems to work fine and as you can see just clears the dogbone. also you can see were i extended the lead and run the wires to the front of the truck. this wire will be cable tied so that i does not catch any moving parts. hope the picture shows what i mean

 

[ryanpretty]

steering servo mounted underneath

cant seem to upload anymore, hopefully you can see from the images on photobucket how i have done it. any questions please ask

 

[ryanpretty]

here are the photobucket images

here are the photobucket images

http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/... X MID TANK/?action=view&current=IMGP0139.jpg
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/... X MID TANK/?action=view&current=IMGP0142.jpg
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/... X MID TANK/?action=view&current=IMGP0144.jpg
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/... X MID TANK/?action=view&current=IMGP0145.jpg
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/... X MID TANK/?action=view&current=IMGP0146.jpg
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/... X MID TANK/?action=view&current=IMGP0147.jpg
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/... X MID TANK/?action=view&current=IMGP0148.jpg
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/... X MID TANK/?action=view&current=IMGP0149.jpg

 

[frddyj]

think i found out how to upload photos.

here is the first were you can see everything in place. mugen tank mounted. traxxas t maxx battery box in place. you will see from some of the photos that i shaved the box ever so slightly to allow clearance for the tank

what battery box is your t/b servo in? part #? link?

 

[ryanpretty]

the t/b servo is mounted in a cut down savage x battery box. in the savage x battery box there are 3 areas to mount servo, i basically cut this out and trimmed it with a dremal. this was mounted next to the engine using the holes left from the origoinal fuel tank mounts.

hope that helps, look at the pictures and you will see what i mean

cheers ryan