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SleepWarz

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My ongoing project on my Savage X.

Brand New, after break in. Pretty much taking it apart and putting it back together.
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Sealed most of my engine with the exception of the needles. (I'll get to them later.)
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Wooo parts.
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Servo in. I have a feeling this bad boy is going to eat double a's alive. LHS was out of hump packs if you can believe it.
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Its snowing pretty hard here on the west coast of Canada (Global warming my ***, hasn't snowed like this in 10 years here) so I spent the night working away on my savy preparing it for the big white outdoors. Here is what I did
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Sweet a nifty little plastic box! Came with my Hitech 5645. I've had enough of wrestling that stupid cover on to the radio box. Mod time!
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Hey look at that, new radio box. Secured with Velcro strips, and a zip tie through the back. Tools used: BIC lighter, knife, screwdriver, safety pin. I'll let you guys imagine how I did it. Sealed with silicone. Hoping for water tightness there. I'm planning to bend some metal off the side of an old computer and litter it with holes to be a nice plate for it. Or I might butcher a Tupperware container for a plastic protection. Later, later.
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Industrial elastic band taken off a new mattress. Should prevent any blow opens indefinably. Chap stick to clear the linkage. And my air filter spray protector. What I'm hoping to do with this is channel the warmer air around the engine to the carb because I have serious problem with the air and fuel freezing in the carb and stalling it out. Its fine when it warms up but I'm stoked to see if this works even a little bit. I was thinking of putting a sock around the spray shield to help insulate the intake. Don't know weather I will yet.
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I hope the plastic doesn't melt being within that proximity to the engine. I'll find that out later!
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Starting to look savage again...
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Fuel Filter and lines in. I checked a few threads here, I think this one is pretty original. Tried to do it with the least line possible and as few turns and bends as possible. =) I'm pretty satisfied with this setup, took me a doobie and a little less half an hour to think and finish it.
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Ready to rock with the sock.
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I'll get some more pic's later. I'm hoping to get a throttle mod soon, and upgrade more parts as they blow up. I have plans to make a roll cage and skid plate for this with things I find around the shop at home.

Hope you guys like it. =)
 
Yeah it was real easy to do with some nail trimming scissors, sharp little guys. Had to do a little trimming above the spur gear to get rid of the playing card in the spokes effect.
Got lucky with the bottle size though, I spotted it about two weeks ago and knew that it would fit between the roll bar.
 
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That bad boy looks water proof to me smart thinking i might steal your idea. but instead of the rubber bands i might tap a screw thow it to keep it closed.now you can put a mid tank in looks good. good luk thanks.
 
Wouldnt the bottle over the air filter actually restrict the air flow to the carb causing more problems?
 
Doesn't seem to. I made sure there was good clearance around the filter, about a half CM maybe a little less all around. I created it to pull warm air from the engine to avoid having to re-tune too much as well. I also put a 1cmby 1/2 cm hole right below the filter for some fresh air. Field test was positive, good performance. I had to rich it up a half turn too which I didn't expect still sound a little lean at points. It flies in the snow. I wish I could have gotten a picture of the amazing steaming sock. Anyways its just a winter thing, I'll be taking it off when It's not so cold out.

Rubber bands are temporary plus I don't really see any place to tap a screw in. I'm sure I'll find a creative fix to that, I already have a few ideas. Believe it or not that box is pretty water tight. Happy Happy.

I forgot to mention I swapped the tire sides to reverse the tire tread. Seemed to work in my favor as I still got it to do wheelies on hard packed/strewn snow.

Now for some questions. Could I piggyback a mid-tank through my main tank through one of those tanks that prevent it from running out of fuel? I'd be looking for a smaller tank for the mid-tank so I can keep my throttle servo there. More go go juice is good I think. What else should I do?

Aftermath? Not really, nothing is broken. =\ Next time.
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Man you got a great servo there for steering now you just need to get ride of them AA batterys and get a hump you will love the diff it will make.
 

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