Why do you guys choose revos over savages to convert?

[coolhandcountry]

Why stop at a savage or revo?
I did a mgt and think it is a great conversion.
I thought about doing a lst like on the forum.
I not sure how tough the lst is but they race them as well.
Just some other thoughts to think about.

[crazyjr]

I just recently bought a Savage X and to be honest it disappointed me in quality. the steering is too loose for my preference. I have a revo with a gorilla conversion and have never worked on the steering and its still tight.

I have not run the Savage X enough to compare preformance, so i'll leave the opinions at the steering.

I have had the Revo conversion for almost two years( year and three months as a nitro and from December till now as an electric) and it still has the origional arms and axle shafts, in fact all the suspension pieces are origional and i have hit everything in my yard and local track at least twice.

In my opinion i would tell you, go Revo, because between the G-Revo and my 3.3, I haven't been able to break them

[gbone]

Originally Posted by crazyjr

I have had the Revo conversion for almost two years( year and three months as a nitro and from December till now as an electric) and it still has the origional arms and axle shafts, in fact all the suspension pieces are origional and i have hit everything in my yard and local track at least twice.

You're still using the same plastic drive shafts with a brushless conversion after nearly 2 years? What motor/esc/batt setup are you using? What about diffs?

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by gbone

You're still using the same plastic drive shafts with a brushless conversion after nearly 2 years? What motor/esc/batt setup are you using? What about diffs?

I'm runniong a Novak HV-Max brushless system at the moment, compared to some system out there it may be weak, but it runs with the local nitro's great and it. It will flip on its lid on grass and blacktop, racing wise it has gotten a second in an a-main

I have a neighbor that has a tree with a great approach (ramp like) and i was doing backflips and flip-twists (Most were'nt pretty and very bad landings) and didn't break anything, even when i got really bold and hit the tree at full throttle and going up the tree nearly ten ft. before the flip began. When i converted my revo to electric, it added 3 pounds to the weight (9 pounds full tank nitro, to 12 pounds with batteries electric). in my opinion most trucks are close to the limit on what they can handle, weight wise, but the revo seems overbuilt. Add three pounds to convert any other truck to electric (without alumnium arms and suspension, just what it takes to convert) and i don't think it will take what my G2R can.