Holy cow!
08-30-2003, 06:19 PM
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Holy cow!
Just saw in the new issue of RC Car Action, a Hot Bodies ad page with a .46 conversion kit for the HPI Savage, that ought to be the next "big" thing in conversions and might catch up with the current Thunder Tiger EK4! Has anyone seen, read or heard about this and plan to get it? I have thought about the Savage SS and might buy it after Christmas, and if the .46 goes through, perhaps grab that next summer if the outcome turns out well. Though the HPI S25 is looking good in the videos, maybe I won't need the .46 for "macho power".
From the looks of the .46 engine, it looks a bit like a .21 crankcase, would be wild to fit that on a 1/8 scale buggy and rip differentials with it.
From the looks of the .46 engine, it looks a bit like a .21 crankcase, would be wild to fit that on a 1/8 scale buggy and rip differentials with it.
08-30-2003, 06:32 PM
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Holy christ!
Yeah its been the talk for a week or two on all the boards. At $500 I'm not sure why anyone is to excited about it. There are alot of unanswered questions, like how will a converted airplane engine be able to produce the RPM to give the Savage any where near its stock top speed with a .21. I wouldnt think a .46 plane engine couldnt spin reliably above 21k rpm.
09-29-2003, 05:02 PM
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RE: Holy christ!
ORIGINAL: Avalanche-RCU
Yeah its been the talk for a week or two on all the boards. At $500 I'm not sure why anyone is to excited about it. There are alot of unanswered questions, like how will a converted airplane engine be able to produce the RPM to give the Savage any where near its stock top speed with a .21. I wouldnt think a .46 plane engine couldnt spin reliably above 21k rpm.
Yeah its been the talk for a week or two on all the boards. At $500 I'm not sure why anyone is to excited about it. There are alot of unanswered questions, like how will a converted airplane engine be able to produce the RPM to give the Savage any where near its stock top speed with a .21. I wouldnt think a .46 plane engine couldnt spin reliably above 21k rpm.
your right, Airplane engines and 4 strokes can't compare in RPM BUT!!! they have WAY WAY MORE TORQUE, now... with more torque... you can change the gearing, properly, you will have a truck that runs just as good...... for instance i used to run a .40 4 stroke T-maxx..... just had to gear it right.
09-29-2003, 06:52 PM
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RE: Holy christ!
ORIGINAL: miserynitro
your right, Airplane engines and 4 strokes can't compare in RPM BUT!!! they have WAY WAY MORE TORQUE, now... with more torque... you can change the gearing, properly, you will have a truck that runs just as good...... for instance i used to run a .40 4 stroke T-maxx..... just had to gear it right.
ORIGINAL: Avalanche-RCU
Yeah its been the talk for a week or two on all the boards. At $500 I'm not sure why anyone is to excited about it. There are alot of unanswered questions, like how will a converted airplane engine be able to produce the RPM to give the Savage any where near its stock top speed with a .21. I wouldnt think a .46 plane engine couldnt spin reliably above 21k rpm.
Yeah its been the talk for a week or two on all the boards. At $500 I'm not sure why anyone is to excited about it. There are alot of unanswered questions, like how will a converted airplane engine be able to produce the RPM to give the Savage any where near its stock top speed with a .21. I wouldnt think a .46 plane engine couldnt spin reliably above 21k rpm.
your right, Airplane engines and 4 strokes can't compare in RPM BUT!!! they have WAY WAY MORE TORQUE, now... with more torque... you can change the gearing, properly, you will have a truck that runs just as good...... for instance i used to run a .40 4 stroke T-maxx..... just had to gear it right.
09-30-2003, 12:47 PM
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RE: Holy cow!
[sm=cool.gif] How about this link to that .46 Monster ?
Link> http://www.savageunleashed.com/index.php?topic=news
Link> http://www.savageunleashed.com/index.php?topic=news
09-30-2003, 03:29 PM
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RE: Holy cow!
ORIGINAL: bigjdubb
From what I read the block is the only thing left of the plane engine. Supposedly it was made to churn out the RPM's.
From what I read the block is the only thing left of the plane engine. Supposedly it was made to churn out the RPM's.
Got a link to what you read? Id like to check it out.
