veedub

if u looked closely at the page in the magazine jesus christ himself was riding on the back of that savage

HerrSavage

What does that mean exactly?..

canucksrc

Bibo,
when that 4.1 has a good tune it rocks. It has enough hp to drag it's heavy but around the track. They are Cheap on ebay now. Drop one in your tool box as a back-up

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bibo

I already have so many engines in my toolbox

supertib

the X4.1 only dynoedd .93 HP by XRC with a very limited max RPM.........hell a SH built LRP Z.12R dynoed 1.13....

honestly the best motor to get is the XTM 24/7 pro

Chronic

Well I can say that my Savage was pretty fast on the racetrack with the stock engine. The track is short and the little engine had enough power to push short gearing around it pretty good. I was slower at first after swapping in the LRP as it demands much better throttle control. That's why alot of Savvy racers choose to run the HPI 4.6 engine or something like the Sportwerks.26. The Savage has enough gearing options to make up for the lack of power, and the smoother and more conservative powerband makes the truck easier to control.

canucksrc

The whole Dyno thing is a very touchy subject! Look around and see what the pros are using at the track.

Big motors with high hp is not always the best thing. Before you people spend big coin on motors they need to look at a bunch of other stuff

Need to be able to drive
Track condition
Weather
Tires
Clutch
Gearing

That just names a few things. Most of the time it comes to correct setup period.

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drummerboy68028

thanks every1

zsultan

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Hi,

I spoke to customer support @HPI racing and he said that the speed for X is more than savage 25 (around 40mph or upper 30s).

black mamba

That's still no faster than a old S25 LE....assuming HPI is really giving you the right info.

Why HPI didn't put the 3spd in the X is beyond me. If it had a 3spd, I'd believe them.

savagenitrosmoker

well the guy at work has the 3.3 maxx stock. I told him I have the .21 savage with a .25. He talked crazy. I let him know its not stock, he lost 100.00. So now he bought the trinitty .21 maxx motor and I a colari .32, so now not only a 3 speed, .32 and gear changes, i am looking to gear my diffs, which is the only thing which makes the maxx and revo quicker. I got this info from an rc show I attended!!!

veedub

nice truck dude, how do those beefy single shocks work for you?

savagenitrosmoker

Man, I love em!!! Holds true, I run 35wt front/55wt back, now i just need some 40 series bowties, big joes r a bit heavy.

black mamba

Does anyone sell ring & pinions for the Savage?

savagenitrosmoker

hobbytown usa which is my lhs is going to special order them!!

black mamba

I didn't know that-I go there too. Thanks for the info!

savagenitrosmoker

I normally call first between st charles and now naperville to see if joe is working first. Maybe I'll see you out in elgin at the bmx track someday!!

bhudson_1856

I have had my Savage at 48 mph with OS 30VG, 3-speed transmission with high speed gear, 47T/18T. Used Bushnell Velocity Radar Gun so it has to be with in a couple mph. Granted the engine was leaded out but no temps over 280. Engine still had enough low end to flip. I will to post video for all the haters.

supertib

I think the haters left 4 years ago now when this thread died !.......

rcnitrohead

Zombie thread rises from the grave.

BudBud

The X4.6 is supposed to be a 43-44 mph truck, Hpi advertises it as their fastest Nitro Savage to date. Note that is the RTR and not the SS. Of course, everybody posting in this thread no longer cares, even GraveDigger, I mean Black Mamba, has escaped to the Electric World... Nice to see the search engine being used... 2006... Cool man... Glen

bhudson_1856

Bored at work Friday afternoon. This was one of the first that came up for Savage top speed.

bhudson_1856

They can keep their electrics. I thought the point of a "monster" truck was to be loud and obnoxious.

rcnitrohead

Me and shoestringracer went out bashing all of last weekend. On sunday, my truck died cause it started giving me spur issues again. Anyway, we drove his Savage X around the abandoned airport we bash in while tailing it behind in his car, when we were side by side- we were going 33-34mph. We also did a run like that with a Hyper 21 powered Savage, and it was also at 33mph despite having much less displacement. The hyper also ran lower gearing by a tooth on the CB, we drove the truck around at WOT around the airport for 4 tanks or so, people were giving us the funniest look as the Savage buzzed by haha.

absolutemayhem

back from the dead......i clocked my stock 3.3 revo at 44mph. witch is pertty decent.also, what is the fastest someones gone in a nitro savage?

my .28xz revo will do 55mph on my basher gearing, it will still flip the revo over at 40mph. luckly i run a wing so it dont totaly flip over just do a huge wheelie...geared to the max it will do 65mph.....oh and is it tough...hell yeah.just like with any mt, land on all 4's and you will be alright.