Converted nitro savage or E-savage?
10-29-2006, 03:50 PM
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Converted nitro savage or E-savage?
I'm looking for a monster truck, and I want it to be electric. I've read that the emaxx can be a big money pit so I want to get a savage.
The question is, Should I buy a used Nitro savage roller off of ebay and convert it to electric, or should I buy the E-savage, that hpi just released? Which is more durable? The cost of materials should be about the same either way so that doesnt matter. Durability is my best concern. Plus i thought it would be fun to do a conversion, it'd be a fun winter project and it seems easy enough to do. Should I look into another monster truck besides the savage? Would the lst or the mgt be better to convert? How many of you have done an electric conversion before? was it worth it? Thanks!
The question is, Should I buy a used Nitro savage roller off of ebay and convert it to electric, or should I buy the E-savage, that hpi just released? Which is more durable? The cost of materials should be about the same either way so that doesnt matter. Durability is my best concern. Plus i thought it would be fun to do a conversion, it'd be a fun winter project and it seems easy enough to do. Should I look into another monster truck besides the savage? Would the lst or the mgt be better to convert? How many of you have done an electric conversion before? was it worth it? Thanks!
10-29-2006, 04:01 PM
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RE: Converted nitro savage or E-savage?
The E-savage is just an E-Zilla, other then the name and TVP's, the e-savage and it's nitro counterpart are pretty different.
10-29-2006, 04:17 PM
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RE: Converted nitro savage or E-savage?
I know that they are 2 different trucks.. Im just not sure which truck is a better basher. Would 1/8th scale be better for tackeling rougher terrain? So basically my question would be 1/8 scale, regular savage vs 1/10 scale E-savage. Which is stronger? Which is more fun? lol thanks!
10-29-2006, 04:46 PM
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RE: Converted nitro savage or E-savage?
Thats what I was hoping you'd say. It would be my first conversion but it sounds like it would be a lot of fun! Any more comments would be appreciated however. Thanks!
10-29-2006, 05:01 PM
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RE: Converted nitro savage or E-savage?
I found this cool site that has everything I would need to do the conversion which is real nice! They have a lot of other kits on here too.
[link=http://home.comcast.net/~milemarkers/Products.htm]http://home.comcast.net/~milemarkers/Products.htm[/link]
[link=http://home.comcast.net/~milemarkers/Products.htm]http://home.comcast.net/~milemarkers/Products.htm[/link]
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RE: Converted nitro savage or E-savage?
Ya, damn expensive. I'm have this chassis on order:
http://home.comcast.net/~milemarkers...berChassis.htm
To go with it I have:
Titanium turnbuckles, pushrods, hinge pins, pivot balls and rocker posts.
http://home.comcast.net/~milemarkers...berChassis.htm
To go with it I have:
Titanium turnbuckles, pushrods, hinge pins, pivot balls and rocker posts.
