brushless e savage

[Mike.L]

i had i feeling that would be the problem but cuoldn't tell from a far veiw it it woulb be good or not. (for xl motors)

welcome and again nice savy!:)

[venom1980]

why wont the xl motor fit?? everything looks fine. i have everything ripped apart now and i mounted it just by hand to see what it would look like and eveything lines up.

[BrianG]

If it fits, then cool! As long as you have about 75mm from the mount to the obstruction, and you can route the wires to they aren't in the way, you should be all set.

I think the concern came from the fact that the Lehner basic motor he's using is 48mm long and had so little extra room. It only makes sense that a 74mm motor wouldn't fit unless the motor was mounted in such a way to keep the wires clear of the obstruction.

[hyperasus]

I am certain that an XL won’t fit. I had Mike on the phone with one hand and a measuring tape in the other. The L can barely fits with only a few mm to spare.

theres no need for a xl tho... its a light truck i dont think it needs a xl.

what do u guys think?

[Serum]

i don't think in general.. if thats of any help..

[Mike.L]

does the e-savage use sliders like the e-maxx?

[Serum]

In stock form, i thought it did.

You can check the HPI site and download the exploded view.

[venom1980]

got the motor installed on the truck i had to do some trimming but it looks pretty clean.

[Sylvester]

Looks good venom.

[jhautz]

Heh.... Built in motor clamp.:027:

I, too, would shell out my hard earned money for a factory E-Revo. Just in case there are any Traxxas employee lurkers out there... :-)

Hey Hyper, what led you to mount your ESC in the spare motor location, rather than placing it back on the stock ESC platform? And does the Castle ESC not come with an on/off switch? I noticed your toggle mounted into the battery connection...

[hyperasus]

I mounted it next to the motor because that motor has very short wires on it and wouldn't quite reach over to the platform. I always break off those cheap plastic on/off switches that come with the mambamax. The toggle switch you see is just a replacement switch I found at Radio Shack. I taped the switch to the battery wires just to keep it from flopping around