Project Heathen

[SwampDawg]

Got my hands on a Nitro Savage this afternoon and started wrenchin immediately.

Heres how she started...

Heres how she looks 6+ hours later after rebuilding both diffs and installing a new extended chassis aswel as some jumbo swampies!

In Roller status;

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[SwampDawg]

Project Heathen

Specs:

Savage XL TVP chassis
K4.6 Nitro Star engine
CVD universals/Front
HD dogbones/Rear
Standard dogbones/Center

Transmission:
Delrin 2spd gearset
Titanium top-gear & Idler
Steel Spurgear
Stage III airfilter
Custom brakes

Rollers:
Imex Jumbo Swampdawg tires
Imex Diamond wheels

Suspension:
HPI alloy adj threaded shocks
15w oil

Electrics:
Spektrum DX2c radio
HiTec 645mg servo Th/Br
HiTec 7954sh servo Steering
*No reverse
Fail safe
1700mAh 6v battery pack

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Still wrenching...
But getting there slowly!

Rebuilt all x8 shocks.
Sealed the motor.
Adj. Links.

Nitro Star 4.6 engine
2.9hp

Still needs some electrical work, a new lexan body & tune-up when i get there.

And just found this handy gadget from when i had my 1st savage years ago.
***This fail safe is dead now***

Had to rewire the 1700 mah 6v pack. Didnt trust how the previous owner had it done. Atleast i can charge it now.

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[SwampDawg]

Finally got to the stage where it is now a RTR rig exception of no lexan yet.

Fired it up and ran 3/4 tank though the motor. Runs awesome but still needs a tune, runs a touch rich.

Update for July 17 2016

Ran a few tanks through it today. Although the motor was running very strong, i just couldnt hold any tune for any time. No airleaks at all so im pointing my finger at the crappy 3-needle carburetor!

Evil MSN crap.

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[CM9000]

^thus why I stopped playing with nitro.

nice savage though.

 

[sharkattack99]

nice looking savage man, been a long time since i drove my savage.

Love the F-650 body although its not quite so pretty now lol.

 

[SwampDawg]

Crawlingman9000

Nitro glitches are easy to resolve if you know what your looking at. My rig is in its 1st build runs. Just sorting out the details as i go. No biggie!

Just need a 2-needle carb & two good servos.

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These servos that came with this stuff are garbage running @ 50-60 oz-tq. They arent enough to turn anything but the throttle linkage lol

Update July 18 2016

Problem solved!
Sealed the MSN and turned it in flush +1/2 turn. Done!

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[SwampDawg]

Tore down the front of my rig today. Had to swap out the weak HPI spring on the bellcrank. Had it maxxed out just to steer this beast thus stripping out my servo. Lol

Swapped the spring out for an Ofna one i had from a Savage years ago. Much better!!!


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[CM9000]

yeah I hear ya on the glitches of nitro. its easy to fix.

but its a pain in the ass if your pit guy isn't fast enough. and cant get a tune right.

your savage is still tooo clean.

 

[SwampDawg]

Its clean because i just got it & still working on this. Ill be grabbing a better servo for the th/br today. The Futaba thats in it now has a lowsy 60 oz-tq. Fine for the throttle but absolutely NO braking lol

Update:
New 645mg for the Th/Br and decided on upgrading to bearings on my steer posts.

After the sealing of the MSN i ran a tank through & its holding a tune now *thumbsup*
Yet still needs to be tuned-up...

Fail safe Fail lol
New one ordered!!!

New decals await my new body (lexan undecided yet but...)

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[SwampDawg]

Cracked open transmissions that came with my savage in a box of parts to come up with a sweet gearbox! Although its not installed yet it has:
Delrin 2speed gearset
Big brake hub & carbon rotor
All new bearings etc...
Still some bits to install before i install into my rig.

Purple plate temporary!

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[SwampDawg]

Braking:

Todays progress...
Installed this new transmission into beast & made up a set of custom brembos lol

And with this other transmission comes a massive steel brake hub!
My last one was a stock tranny and plastic parts including this hub.

Installed a plastic stock rollbar in place of what was the stock alloy rollbar. So much nicer on the hands carrying a 18+ lb pig!

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[c0bra]

Savage looks good swamp. Your definitely right about having that rollbar, carrying a savage xl sucks with out it.

Have you thought about getting rid of the electronics box and putting the tank up front?


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[SwampDawg]

Oh yea...thought about lol
That stupid electrics box is a joke trying to put it back together.

Not only the mid tank mod but servo relocations on my mind lately.

Thanks for the comments!

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[SwampDawg]

Gearbox toil

Blown transmission on its 2nd run lol
Turns out that this so-called Delrin isnt any stronger then the stock gears as they claim!
Shattered like glass? Lol

Oops!!!


All back together using standard gears.

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[c0bra]

Yea I'd definitely relocate the servos. I did it on my flux xl. You might want to check out the hpi savage forum as well


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[SwampDawg]

Gearbox'd

Tore the gearbox that i just replaced out again...
Decided to install these bits into the split gearcase to make it easier to work on in the future.

Also found an alloy spacer from my Axial bin that was a touch longer. I needed something like this for my custom brakes.

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[SwampDawg]

Shes running, now i need to tune the 3spd gearbox

https://youtu.be/to12HK0hKnA


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[SwampDawg]

Savage brakes take #2: Lol

Brake fading with previous setup...fail!

Heres the next attempt for which feels very good manually.

Gone to using x2 carbonfiber rotors & x3 steel calipers. Also had to go back to using the stock piston.



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[SwampDawg]

Midtank & Electrics relocation program:

And so it begins....
Custom work underway!

Steel plate.
Cut holes for servos.
Crossmember installed between TVP chassis.

Once this is complete ill move onto relocating my Th/Br servo next to the motor on the chassis.

Midtank mod:

Before i can go ahead any further into the midtank mod, i need to find this fuel cell.

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[SwampDawg]

Throttle/Brake Mod:

Started this in the morning...

As far as i can get until i pay my LHS a visit. Need hardware to finish this phase.

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