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Brushless and Lipo is all I have to say !!!
yep........a whole lotta cash


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07-23-2007, 10:17 PM

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yep........a whole lotta cash

agreed! rob spends more money one his electrics than we do on our nitros! hahaha!
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agreed! rob spends more money one his electrics than we do on our nitros! hahaha!
yep....but to all the battery guys out there, much love for electrics!!

i just love the sounds and smell of nitro


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yep....but to all the battery guys out there, much love for electrics!!

i just love the sounds and smell of nitro
ditto again! theres plenty of electrics out that that would wipe the field with our nitros. but to each man his own!
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07-24-2007, 10:43 AM

I worked out the price difference once.

Starting off with a roller buggy, about $550 for a pro kit of some kind (averaging the price out)

Nitro:
  • $550 - Pro kit
  • $270 - Nova P5x
  • $80 - good pipe/header'
  • $102 - Clutchbell/bearings/shoes for a year)
  • $30 - CNC 1pc engine mount (must protect engine, cracked 3 blocks without one of these, never again)
  • $80 - two decent servos (non digital)
  • $300 - 12 gallons of fuel (spread over a year)
Total: $1412

Electric:
  • $550 - Pro kit
  • $40 - electric motor conversion mount www.rc-monster.com
  • $280 - ESC
  • $280 - Motor
  • $30 - pinions (including spares/different sizes)
  • $20 - plastic spurs (hold up better than metal spurs with electric, cheaper to replace too)
  • $40 - Steering Servo
  • $130 - 4s 4000mah lipo.
  • $130 - Charger for lipos.
Total: $1500

Electric is more expensive to be sure, but the electric systems I put in there are the equivilent of dropping a modded 528xr into a buggy. Stupid fast, and I do mean stupid fast.

Both will be fast though, easy 60mph machines when geared for it.

When you add in the cost of fuel/maintaining a nitro it balances out in the end. Electric has a higher startup cost, but nitro costs more to keep up. I could have chosen cheaper electronics for the electric side and dropped about $100 off the price. Same can be said for Nitro. Eitherway, building a top end nitro, or a top end electric will cost an arm and a leg.

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well put bill!
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07-24-2007, 04:42 PM

The Hyper 1/7 is getting converted to electric soon. Planned budget is about $500 for the conversion.

Followed by the CRT eventually.

The buggy and IGT will remain gas for now. 2 nitros, 2 electrics.
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07-30-2007, 04:48 PM

ok well, after yesterday, i thought i only blew a front diff. lol i was wrong.

blown front pinion
blown front ring
bent both front dogbones to hell right at the end
snapped my front left suspension arm right by the diff
stripped rear wheel hexes, fronts are giving in slowly too

fixes made:

suspension arm=jb-welb
took the front diff out, yay, an lrp powered rear wheel drive savage!
pinon, ring and dogbones thrown away.

need to buy:
ring gear, pinion gear, 17mm hexes, the larger flanged nuts, new rims, HD dogbones and eventually a new suspension arm.
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07-30-2007, 04:52 PM

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need to buy:
ring gear, pinion gear, 17mm hexes, the larger flanged nuts, new rims, HD dogbones and eventually a new suspension arm.

Lmao...The cheapest thing, a suspension arm, "eventually!" Hahahaha
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07-30-2007, 10:55 PM

hahah well yea.... "eventually" i ,mean i rigged it up lol. it was jsu a small crack and splits at the hole where the hinge pin goes through. put a slab of jb-weld on that area, let it sit overnight and its looking good. :-D


BTW, lol who can predect what a savage with an lrp .28 AND A COMPLETLEY EMPTY FRONT END will look like? hehehehe.
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ok well, after yesterday, i thought i only blew a front diff. lol i was wrong.

blown front pinion
blown front ring
bent both front dogbones to hell right at the end
snapped my front left suspension arm right by the diff
stripped rear wheel hexes, fronts are giving in slowly too

fixes made:

suspension arm=jb-welb
took the front diff out, yay, an lrp powered rear wheel drive savage!
pinon, ring and dogbones thrown away.

need to buy:
ring gear, pinion gear, 17mm hexes, the larger flanged nuts, new rims, HD dogbones and eventually a new suspension arm.


so i take it you will be coming to see me at al's lol.

is this the damage that happened friday night when kierre decided to cross the track in front of every1. i couldnt beleive he did that.
that poor electric car got annihalated...whole front end was cashed


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07-31-2007, 04:20 PM

haha, no, its not. this is after a day at busse. got a few backflips in, more than a few bad landings, and bad hits at the ramp. so it was all coming. if i do go to al's itll be either thursday or friday when i get my paycheck. so hold a ring, pinon, and dogbones for me rob!
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07-31-2007, 05:08 PM

I was being daring , and thought I could get thur before the on-road guys came . I was wrong , and Im sorry for the damage I caused to the Allum E-maxx . I thougt my truck was broken , I won't be at the races no more !!!
Thats for buggys and truggys only .


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I was being daring , and thought I could get thur before the on-road guys came . I was wrong , and Im sorry for the damage I caused to the Allum E-maxx . I thougt my truck was broken , I won't be at the races no more !!!
Thats for buggys and truggys only .
aww c'mon now bro...you made a mistake....tis ok, chit happens!!!

no reason not to come out....look at all the chit i trashed out there!!

after all......it is a BASH SPOT LOL!!

YOU BETTER BE COMIN BACK OUT


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08-02-2007, 11:33 PM

nah, he means he wont bother with the oval. hahaha and i say ovals are over-rated!! lol, why not make it a triangle? or a square! :-P
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