What did you do to your HPI Savage today?

[Bauerdog]

Motorsaver filter showed up today. Swapped my rr lower a-arm to replace the broken lf. Sadly had to put an aluminum arm on the rear till my rpm set arrives. Got to do what I got to do to keep her rippin!

 

[madgadget_1]

gotta do what u gotta do
also
very spartan no nonsense mid tank conversion imo.

 

[Wilson]

Introduced my savage to his new big brother. .


It has 3.8 trenchers with tech 5 wheels, mamba monster 2 esc, HD tranny gear, XL kit along with several other small things. Found it on Craigslist and couldn't pass it up. It was super clean and hardly scuffed up. It was supposedly only ran in the guys back yard and only 4s 90% of the time.

 

[Rmadrid7]

Thats a weird air filter on top!!!!! you need to replace it!!!!

 

[X]

Thats a weird air filter on top!!!!! you need to replace it!!!!

It's electric and that is not a filter......haha

Looks like just padding wrapped around the roll bar.

 

[Rmadrid7]

i was joken .... hahahaha

 

[X]

i was joken .... hahahaha

Sarcasm is often lost over the internet.

 

[Jam Racing 1]

Have you guys not read the manual, that is for filtering the cooling air to the roll bar......

Nice addition to the stable by the way......

 

[madgadget_1]

Sarcasm is often lost over the internet.

I dunno X, I seem to find it pretty often and various flavors 2

 

[madgadget_1]

@Wilson that's one heck of a cl find and the stable is righteous like Jam said.

 

[Wilson]

Lol yea it's just a old dirty roll bar filter, really need to get that changed.

He said it makes the body more ridged for rollovers, seems like it might work so I'm going to give it a try. This flux power is a little different than nitro, going to have this wheelie bar wore out lol.

 

[X]

I dunno X, I seem to find it pretty often and various flavors 2

The irony is that I was actually sarcastic in my sarcasm remark.

 

[Rmadrid7]

Sarcasm is often lost over the internet.

I know.. but it was a try worth it!!!

 

[GAJ]

Yesterday - took the Savage to a construction site. Rolled it side over side down a 30 ft embankment, lost the antenna tube. It was very dry and dusty, she needs a good clean now.

Had a lot of fun, one tough truck!

 

[SavageDarwin]

Swapped front pinion to the rear (had lost 4 teeth) noticed that the front was missing a tooth as well. So machined pinion and diff are due when I get a bonus check in a Lil over a week and an Axial SCX10

 

[Derekpike]

So I finally got my 25 out and running. I still need to tweak the tuning, but it's running. My wife said I couldn't buy anything for it until it was running, so now I'm going to buy the purple polished pipe and a roll cage. She just doesn't know it yet lol.

Pipe:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/390843826184?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Roll Cage:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/231994293039?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[Bauerdog]

Rpm arm set showed up today! Started disassembling, noticed both rear tires are peeling off the rims. Probably why she was a little loose today.
Also decided to compare weights on three different sets of upper/lower a-arms since I had them all out on the bench.
Left-stock x arms 1.788 oz
Middle-Integy arms 3.995 oz
Right-rpm arms 1.877 oz
Weights are for one corner, upper and lower combined.

 

[Rooky]

I'm thinking RPM arms are well worth the negligible weight difference.

 

[Bauerdog]

I'm thinking RPM arms are well worth the negligible weight difference.

Oh yea, I was looking for durability over weight reduction anyway.

 

[BRSleeper]

First time in probably 7 years since I tore her down... This thing has some serious miles and many years of racing and rebuilding. Son is now 6 and is into the RC... Complete rebuild in process to bring her back to her former glory.

 

[savage_ricky]

glued the magnets on so no more body pins

 

[Mr Whill]

Took out the shed ready for a run then down came the rain again

 

[GAJ]

Made a skid plate for the XL.
Installed an HPI roll cage, lengthened the fuel line.

 

[Rooky]

Finally got some parts for the kids' trucks so I could have my servos back, upgraded to bearings in the bellcrank and it started raining. Guess I have to work on the dryer and the 1:1 ride anyway.

 

[madgadget_1]

Life just interferes with important time. Rooky

 

[Rmadrid7]

I change my baby his dress!!!
The new name is SavageTrophy 4.6!!!

 

[olds97_lss]

Yep.. Just HAVE to try it.

I wonder what it will do to handling. Put 300K oil in it yesterday.

Probably make it feel really slow since you can't gear it low enough to get good punch off the line or high enough to get good speed out of it without compromising one or the other quite a bit. I tried a center diff on my xtm mammoth due to the 2-speed having issues every time I ran it... really sucked after that.

 

[olds97_lss]

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Made a skid plate for the XL.
Installed an HPI roll cage, lengthened the fuel line.

Would have to guess those zipties would get busted pretty frequently. Should just buy some cross braces and drill new holes in the tvp's for those.

 

[GAJ]

Would have to guess those zipties would get busted pretty frequently. Should just buy some cross braces and drill new holes in the tvp's for those.

Yes, I don't disagree, I was thinking the same.

 

[Bauerdog]

Rpm arms mounted, tight tight tight. Had to take the dremel to a few spots just to get them to move freely. But over all I think they will endure more of my abuse than the x arms will, they seem tough as nails. got a notice from the post man today too. Looks like my FLM stuff has arrived! Pretty pumped to start assembling! More pics coming soon.