How tough is a Savage?

[jhautz]

Too late anyway... Just bought a Savage X roller. I plan on doing the absolute minimum that i have to to make this run decent. I'm just going with a MM and a 9XL on 14 cells so thats a fairly mild set up. The intent of this conversion is going to be my absolute beat on truck. You know the big jumps and stuff that I wont do with the Revo and Maxx. I'm not dumping a ton of money into it. Just the roller and few minor key upgrades.

So far I'm planning to do the 17mm hub conversion. I prefer the big 12mm thread nuts to the little wheel nuts with a big flange that it uses stock. (personal preference).

And the Ofna Diff Cup upgrade that Serum suggested. Thats it.

The roller didn't come with any servos so I'm using what I have in my box now. I have a pair of the XTM X-175 servos left over from when I did the XLB conversion. They are decent specs at 6V 212oz and .22 sec. One for steering and one for brakes. The RX (spektrum)is comming out of the Mini-t and going in here. (sweet Mini-T for sale :005: ) Battery Holders are going to be fabed using some Aluminum and CF I have left over from another project. Design will be similar to the link Serum posted, but I think will try and go a little beefier considering the harsh treatment I'm planning to give this truck. The MM and 9XL and UBEC I have from an old setup. And Ive got wheels and tires comming out of my ears, I'll just find something I have to throw on there.

So basically I'm hoping to pull this whole thing off for only $250 or so so out of pocket. (Kinda cheating cuz of all of the stuff I already had spent the money on) Well see though. Theres always something that you forget to account for.