ChitownRC

hey all, im new here. currently live in Itasca IL. I am 17 years old, and ama a junior at Lake Park High School.

i have been into r/c for a little over a year now. i have an HPI savage monster truck. currently i am in the process of rebuilding this beast. almsot finished with ti as well. jsut need to mount the tank, linkages, and get my motor sealed( waiting on some pesky head and backplate scews to come in)

here are some pics of the truck as of now. enjoy!













let me know what you think. and anyone live near me? Itasca, IL.

Pretty nice! Vertigo TVPs?

hpi lcg racing chassis. it comes with the tvp's engine plate, and roll bar.

welcome to the forums. thats a pretty nice truck too.

Mmm shiny. lol

Welcome.

Welcome dude... Nice savage!

nice, hope to see that thing out and rippin soon. i live in addison, which is pretty close. oh yeah, welcome aboard!!alute:

Hello and welcome

Welcome to the boards!

(borat voice) verry nice. and welcome

Welcome.

Man that's a clean Savage, make's mine look like a turd! Oh yeah welcome to the boards!

welcome

bubbaracing Wrote:Man that's a clean Savage, make's mine look like a turd! Oh yeah welcome to the boards!

your's is a turd

welcome dude!!

thnx for the welcomes, and for the comments. my mom picked up the rest of the screws i needed for my motor. now i can finalyl seal this beat up, and she'll be complete! so, i also moved to itasca not too long ago. and im not too familiar with all thse neighboring vilages/cities.

anyone rather close to here?

SaVaGe_DuDe Wrote:thnx for the welcomes, and for the comments. my mom picked up the rest of the screws i needed for my motor. now i can finalyl seal this beat up, and she'll be complete! so, i also moved to itasca not too long ago. and im not too familiar with all thse neighboring vilages/cities.

anyone rather close to here?

yeah dude......i live right around the way from ya!!
im in addison...bout 5 mins away

cr4sh_27 Wrote:yeah dude......i live right around the way from ya!!
im in addison...bout 5 mins away

nice! any good bash spots somewhere in between? it would be awsome to finally get to drive my truck with other people again!

Nice truck!
Another savage on the forums!

not another crapage...I mean savage owner!! nah j/k bro welcome aboard

Yeah, yeah, Savage - Salvage. Ha ha. Still the best bashers.

hmm, im not going to hahve trouble with any of you tmaxx lovers am i? hahah, i know theres a bit of a rivalry between the two trucks, but common, lets all try to be mature here lol.

anyhow, i finally ot my engine head and backlate screws, sealed this puppy, and am now setting the spur/cb mesh and getting the OFNA tank installed.

here it is. the finished product.



















and some shots of it with the 3 basher shells i have. hmm, which ones do i use? help me out here! help me choose which shell to use this summer.













i hope all you guys like. here is complete list of parts i got. it includes replacements and hop-ups:

HPI LCG racing chassis set
HPI heavy duty heatsink engine mount
HD 2nd geara
HD drive up joints
Radio box set
Tranny case
Bulkheads/Gearboxes
X SS alloy diff cups
new brake pads
new throttle/brake linkages
alloy servo arm for throttle servo
OFNA 125cc tank
Hitech hs-5645 servo for steering
OFNA micro failsafe
3ft. blue fuel line
OFNA 30k silicone diff oil
Mugen 25 wt shock oil
HPI cam type servo saver
Joint posts
Steering crank posts
HPI alloy pipe mount
exhaust deflector
coolinghead+backplate screws for picco.26

and im almost positive theres something missing from that list.

anyhow, tell me what u think. enjoy!

Nice man, nice! Savys are cool.

how does that picco 26 move that truck. those motors are insane in a buggy.

well, when i first got, ive used 18/49 gearing from day 1. even with this tall gearing, it was able to pull wheelies insanely with practically stock carb settings. never got around to tuning it completely becasue of stupid little problems like the tank cracking, glow plugs burning out, no more fuel, etc.

however, though it was so powerful with the tall gearing, temps were a litle to high for my liking. it got to like 299 one time. so now im gonna run 15/49 gearing, which is set more for torque.(less stress on the motor to reach ful rpm with a lwoer gearing=lower temps)

it was a hell of a time with the 18 cb though. crazy bottom end, with insane top end. i hope the 15 cb wont affect my top too much.

anyhow, which shell do i run this summer? i cant decide lol.