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Originally Posted by JThiessen
Do it....Can I also suggest looking at the Losi LST's, Muggy, and possibly an MGT???? I can't say which of the 4 I prefer at this point, but they are all in the same "big" bad ass class.....
You should come out to Pacific Beach @ Labor Day and run with us in the sand.
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Where is that exactly? I'm down in Lacey and go to school in Tacoma, so it's possible. Did you mean some other holiday other than Labor Day? That's a loooong ways away and I will probably be down in FL at that time.
MGTs aren't as strong as a Savage, IMO. MGTs are better handling and a better platform for performance, but not durability. I don't like Losi's designs at all, and their hardware hex sizes make no sense.
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Originally Posted by bigsteel
if i were you id keep the RC8T,the savage with baja 5B wheels on all 4 is going to be monstrously heavy cause 5B wheels are every bit 2-3 times the weight of 1/8 MT wheels,so id see lots of drivetrain components getting trashed (diffs,axles,bearings,etc) not to mention the extra stress on the suspension and shocks,i've seen savage shocks bust apart with standard wheels hitting a curb at 50+ mph,i cant imagine what 5B wheels would do.
so now that i said that,do you plan on racing MT's or do you just want to bash? i hope your not looking for a very stable platform,cause the XL WILL flip,probably alot, as the RC8T is much more planted. the savage will also need some mods to make it as durable as an RC8T,im not saying its cheap by any means,but it is a slightly lower quality RC needing some extras for heavy bashing.and you will have to swap motors,set everything up the way you like (center diff, battery trays,etc).this is just my .02,bu id keep the RC8T.--josh
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I want to use LST shocks and this would be just a basher. It will be for fun when I'm out with the Jeep and camping, stuff like that. I plan to do a lot of that this summer, as much as I can actually. It would really fun to take a huge MT with me and have some 22V fun
Oh, and anything breaks at 50+. I've broken a few 1/8 scale arms at slower speeds by just hitting one wheel on a solid object. I've heard the Savage is very strong and I think the bearings will be fine as long as I don't sky it too much. Break it, build it stronger, repeat.
Why have a center diff in a Savage? Solid center spool if I can get it in there without the transmission. That's what I'd like anyway.