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Looking for input on Nitro MT's
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I like my Savage. I got it at the end of this summer. I mostly just bash it but i do go out to the track right now at least because it's indoors... I have no great aspirations for winning races or anything like that and i'll probably go back to back yard bashing once the weather gets nice. I got this truck hoping it would be durable and fun and didn't break everytime I took it out. The truck has not dissapointed.

I have broken these parts:

a. 2 spur gears ( missadjustment on my part both times) $5
b. a c hub (Ran into a fence at about 35 MPH) $3
c. Gas tank (Cartwheealed over 3 sets of railroad tracks without a body) $10

That has been about it. Everything else I pretty much bought for the truck has been a hop-up of some kind or things that wear out or use up(fuel, oils,clutch shoes, glow plugs). The engine is strong seemed fairly easy to tune even though this is my first one ever. The engine does run hot 270-290 but I'm told that a different head will bring that down 10 degrees. (haven't tried this because I'm trying to determine how long the engine will last running at those temps) Right now I have aaprox 3 very hard galons of 20% Monster Brew and it is a very strong RTR motor. It has reall good torq which is important when you are bashing, climbing things and enough horse power to get the job done at the race track. It is rated for something like 2.5hp@28000 RPM. Want to mention that the Revo is the same speed or maybe a little faster (depending on the conditions) so HP is not everything. Traxxas gets alot of power out of that 2.5 (.15 engine right?) and with the Revo being slightly lighter than a Savage and all..

I did get the SS 25 kit and even though this was my first REAL RC car kit I got it togather in approx 12 hrs. The manuals are well designed have life size pictures of parts and screws and such. They provided the essential tools other than a wheel wrench and a philips screwdriver (don't know if this is different with the RTR) I already had a socket that worked for both the wheel nuts and glow plug so I used that. I used AA batteries for my reciever pack and it worked very well for bashing and lasted a good long time(few hours of runtime). I have since gotten the reciever pack for added servo power and speed.

I LOVE my savage and it has been very reliable(durable) and ALOT of FUN!

My friend has a Revo and I did like driving it although it almost felt "electric"(very sensetive and almost too sensetive), to me at least which my friend really liked and it makes the Revo really good on the track. Me being a newb to RC I didn't like that part so much because I had trouble controling it. But I did like it overall and would buy one if it was a little cheaper. (not that it isn't worth the $500 but I just don't have it) But I would not ever get rid of my savage.

Driving the Savage is a not as "electric" but still very exhilirating and just as much fun as the Revo (and in my biased opinion it is more fun). It has a "real" monster truck feel to it with the higher stance and aluminum chasis plates it looks tough and it is tough. I have bashed it anywhere and everywhere where I could and it has held up awsome! Very quick truck can climb most things but has limits. Extreme speed makes for some really nice jumping very easy to control in air and is very even and stable in flight. The Revo is an awsome jumper also and since it is lighter a smaller bump will launch it higher than the Savage but that does not hold true with bigger jumps.

I have NEVER bottomed out the suspension! There is a little test you can do to test the bottom limits of a suspension:

a. Lift the truck by the front and rear bumper.
b. with the truck not running (important) lift truck to shoulder level
c. Let go of truck straight down on all four wheels

If you do this on a wooden deck you will know when you have maxed out the suspension. I could not lift my truck high enough without using a chair or something (I'm 6') to bottom it out. Try it.... It is really cool when you do other trucks at the same time. I saw this in a store where the guy picked up a T-maxx, MGT, and Savage and dropped them on to a wooden floor. The Tmaxx and MGT both bottemed from about 5 feet or so but the guy couldn't get the Savage to bottom. I always thought that in it's self can save alot of damage off the truck.

All the trucks you will look at will have thier pros and cons and
it is a tough choice since I have seen my friends Revo run great and not so great and same with mine. I'm guessing that how you run the vehicle and how you maintain it has alot more to do with what you get out of them (at least when you are talking about the Revo, Savage,MGT,LST) And I'm getting better at taking care of it and I'm learning alot and I'm sure it will just keep getting better.So good luck on your choice. I'm pretty sure that you'll be happy with either so if you like the design of the Revo go for it and if you like the ruggedness and pure muscle of the Savage it is also a good choice. Have fun.

Hope my 2 cents helped.... Big Grin
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"Work hard! Play Hard!"
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HPI Savage SS stock
+Ofna Servo Saver
AE RC18T RTR stock
+Trinity Micro Monster Motor
+Losi Mini-Smasher Tires
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Messages In This Thread
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by thenewguy821 - 02-18-2005, 02:37 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by RCDad - 02-18-2005, 03:12 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by Michowski - 02-18-2005, 03:22 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by MX_KEVIN - 02-18-2005, 04:00 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by John78 - 02-18-2005, 06:37 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by ATA_Thrash - 02-18-2005, 08:10 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by MX_KEVIN - 02-18-2005, 09:19 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by Smokey - 02-19-2005, 01:46 AM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by thenewguy821 - 02-19-2005, 03:12 AM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by Tex - 02-20-2005, 03:41 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by rocco79 - 02-20-2005, 08:59 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by rocco79 - 02-20-2005, 09:00 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by Smokey - 02-21-2005, 10:05 AM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by Tex - 02-21-2005, 05:50 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by Mr. Tune - 02-21-2005, 06:34 PM
Looking for input on Nitro MT's - by rocco79 - 02-21-2005, 07:49 PM

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