Savage XL with Traxxas Summit tires

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New to the forum, here's our Savage XL with the Traxxas Summit tires with Traxxas 17mm hex adaptors which needed slight mods to fit but worked out well.
 
waaaaaaaaaaaah

first time i like something from traxxas, lol

will be next for me as an hop-up
 
Summit tires

Thanks, The only complaint I've had with the savage is the tires if you're doing anything but bashing or straight line playing around with minimal higher speed turns (too skinny with rounded side walls). We've tried the Losi Claws from our older LST1's and they worked well just a bit on the heavy side. Hopefully these will split the gap and provide the difference I'm looking for, we'll see. Hopefully this will keep the air time manners the truck is capable of intact.
 
Are those beadlocks? If they are, let us know how that hang onto the tires in severe bashing conditions.

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Beadlocks

Only on the outside, the inside is just glued so I'm not sure how functional they really are. Just threw them on last night and really didn't take a good look at them yet. We'll have it out there this weekend and I'll post back how they perform. The tire is a soft compound so the only concern I have is with too much bite.

whipnet said:
Are those beadlocks? If they are, let us know how that hang onto the tires in severe bashing conditions.

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That's what this site is all about, sharing ideas and experiences. I'm real happy with the look of the truck now and with the quick spin we took tonight (couldn't wait) they seem to work very well. Need to get it into some open space to see how they work out but so far so good.

geronimo said:
those look friggin sweet, exactly what i've been looking for, hope you don't mind copy cats
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only bad thing about those tires id they get wonky at high speeds. they are fine on the slow summit but on the xl tuned right you are gonna pankake them!!!! they look sick tho. Hopefully I'm wrong and they rock on the xl so I can get some for mine. but on my brushless erevo(buddy has the summit) they are all over the place.
 
Savage XL back flip

Took the truck out today (Savage XL) and am extremely happy with the tires/combo. A completely different truck then before and handles very well. The tires definitely do expand (in 3rd) like the Losi Claws we tried but they are quite abit lighter as well which helps. Didn't have to re-adjust the shiftpoints and backflips are much easier with this setup. Truck slides easily at high speed with or without the help of the brakes and landings from some pretty decent launches are handled without issue. I thought initially they might be a little soft but I'm finished with my search for tires at this point. Had the wifes camera with us today so here are a few pics of one of the backflip sequences today. I'll post a couple more with one being the tires expanded at speed.




vypr said:
only bad thing about those tires id they get wonky at high speeds. they are fine on the slow summit but on the xl tuned right you are gonna pankake them!!!! they look sick tho. Hopefully I'm wrong and they rock on the xl so I can get some for mine. but on my brushless erevo(buddy has the summit) they are all over the place.
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A few more pics

Here's the last from the backflip sequence and one at speed with the tires expanded.
 
nice pics, and thanks for following up, only concern is in the last pic, they seem to ballon really bad.
 
mxr515 said:
Took the truck out today (Savage XL) and am extremely happy with the tires/combo. A completely different truck then before and handles very well. The tires definitely do expand (in 3rd) like the Losi Claws we tried but they are quite abit lighter as well which helps. Didn't have to re-adjust the shiftpoints and backflips are much easier with this setup. Truck slides easily at high speed with or without the help of the brakes and landings from some pretty decent launches are handled without issue. I thought initially they might be a little soft but I'm finished with my search for tires at this point. Had the wifes camera with us today so here are a few pics of one of the backflip sequences today. I'll post a couple more with one being the tires expanded at speed.
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holy pizza cutters! love seein' pics of a savage flying with its wheels pointed up to God, nice truck & pics my man :resp:
 
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