Savage 21 BL Conversion - From The Beginning...Advice Appreciated =)

Thanks man, i'm seriously wetting my pants waiting to be able to finish it tho! -lol-

ok - just a small update - just been lazy uploading etc, which btw, i have to get a full shot of the truck now with the shocks and all built up (i actually have the motor adaptor in my hands as of today too, so will be able to get some 'motor mounted' shots soon :D)

anyways - the shocks...

Integy Piggybacks for the LST
Kinda mixed... some good and some bad... but after initially being pretty unimpressed with these shocks (problems solved as you'll see further on), i'm thinking they should hold up and perform just fine =)

Compared to a stock shock...
...(comparing to the stiffer 'Yellow' Losi Springs) the red springs that Integy supply are slightly thinner than the Yellow Losi springs, and they are also (from memory) around 10mm shorter aswell!
...the body appears to be longer on the Integy shocks... you can see in the picture below - the bottom of the shock body, and the start of the thread on the Shock Shaft, are lined up exact on both the Integy and Stock LST shocks, but as you can see, the top mounting hole is clearly out of line
...the shafts are maybe 1-2mm thicker on the Integy shocks, and they feel a bit firmer - but wont know for sure untill i get it running =)
...the Shock or Rod Ends are pure junk on the Integy shocks - they're too small and WAY too brittle, and when i put the stock LST Ends next to the Integy ones, i knew straight away which ones i was gonna be running - pretty clear to see in the pic - sorry, they're jumbled, but the shock on the RIGHT has the INTEGY Ends and the LEFT shock has the STOCK LST End =)


The holes in the pistons clearly needed to be drilled out larger - compression was stiff as even with 20wt oil and no springs!
here's a before...


OOPS!! maybe went a little too large to start with, considering i plan on strictly using the truck as a basher -lmao- Would suit racing perfectly tho with the stiffer Losi yellow springs (as i have on the truck right now) - forget what size drill i used, but clearly needed the next size down hehehe


Might need to look into some new pistons before i go jumping it too hard, but other than that it's all going well so far - i'll be back with another update shortly - just some pics of the motor adaptors i got and the truck with the 2230 and shocks mounted up, but for now, i'm ghost =)