My dads revo is competition!!!

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:55 am Post subject: My dads revo is competition!!!

Ok guys, ive got a very serious problem here, my dad and i drove our cars at the track today, and we just got him a revo. Hes not very good right now, but when i drove it i was killin. Way faster than my racer savage Embarassed

, i want to do my best at trying to keep a savage: I have won some races in the LB Monster class, so i can handle the power:
what do ya think:

Savage 25 Haves:

Motor Saver air filter
40 Series bow ties
Spider diff mod in rear only
Hitec 645 servo for steering

Savage 25 Wants:

Stock shocksright now, but i think i will put 8 green springs with 20 wt all around with maybe 3/8" internal limiters??

247 pro motor or a fantom 27 motor: ( need more (top) and a little more bottom would be nice over the s 25???

Dual disk brake HPI

Cam type servo saver mod

What do you guys think of my soon to be mods??
Need info fast before my dad gets to comfortable with that revo Rolling Eyes

Thanx guys for ur input

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:17 am Post subject:

Run it over im sure the REVO will brake in half Twisted Evil

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:19 am Post subject:

the mach.26 has loads of low end and top end power you would have no problem keeping up with your dad if you have the mach

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:02 am Post subject:

Save yourself some headache when installing the CAM servo saver and put an aluminium drag bar in with it. I snapped two plastic drag bars in two straight races this weekend just from bumping flexibale track piping. I used this drag bar to replace it and was able to finish the rest of my qualifiers and the main without a single problem.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGBD4&P=7

Just FYI, the plastic drag bar is weak at the point that they have notched out so that the servo arms can rotate in them.

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject:

Let me tell you Last Friday was the first time i seen a Revo run on a track and it looked real preatty but it didn't bring it. I ran him with my savage mach 26 and blew his paint off. Plus the Revo ended up breaking after his second tank.

Do the mods softer springs with limitors im running green and red spring combo 25wt front 35 back with 1/2 limitors

MP servo saver do the steering shaving mod at same time

Im also in the process of rebuilding my diffs so i can put diff oil 3000 front 7000 back it is suposed to improve handeling alot. I will let you know on Friday when i go back to my track.

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:05 pm Post subject:

a lot of people will try to steer you toward the mach .26 over teh XTM pro, but most people who have both will say the the pro is a little better engine all around. people probably wont like this post, but i'm going off unbiased opinions

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject:

Well, what would you say about the fantom 27 against the 247 pro?
I hear the fantom has great top end, but i never hear anything about the bottom end. I need more bottom than the stocker by a lot. Does anyone know how much better the fantom is better than the xtm engines???

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject:

i can't compare the pro to the fantom, but i can tell you that the pro will give you a huge increase all across the power band, you wouldn't be dissapointed one bit.

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject:

for the price i would go with the mach, you wont be disappointed

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:08 pm Post subject:

i would say....kick that servo..and get some thing that isnt a hitec...and has good speed and around 200oz of torque....get some LCG tvps...lighten the truck up...and practice like crazy Very Happy

That fantom .27 is a good motor BUT it has a turbo head..so its not reliable for racing, so if you can get a regular head it would be great

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:14 am Post subject:

Ya, i think that i am going to go with fantom since iam a kid(16) and i somehow managed to get about 200 bux from my parents(lol),
standard head button?? did i get that right? No pullstart.
And is it an sg? What does this mean????

And i dont need to do anything except for an hpi backplate for roto, and what kind of one way bearing??

Thanx guys for answering all my questions, ive gotta have my savage rip

Pleaz keep postin ur info on this thread, i still have to work on the rest of the truck.

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:19 am Post subject:

OOps, ok nevermind about the sg crank question, thats the only one it comes in.

Fantom 27= speed Twisted Evil

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:17 am Post subject:

I am wondering how fast the fantom would be on bottom compared to other engines if i were just running stock gearing 15/49???

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:19 pm Post subject:

http://www.savage-central.com/ftopic25393.html

scroll half way down the link page to badgers post, he compares the engines you want to see

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject:

I got the 247 pro, so i will let all know how she is after my next race in a couple of weeks. Now, my question is what is this gh pipe everybody sais is so good for this engine???

Also, will i be ok running maybe 30% dynamite fuel, what glow plug should i run?

Savage:
xtm 247 pro(brand new)
hpi dual disk brakes(new)
New flywheel
40 series bow ties
spider mod 3000 in rear
hitec 645 servo(steering)

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:50 pm Post subject:

The GH single stinger pipe is killer on the 247 Pro, if you can find one. I have one on my 247 pro, and one on order for the 4.6. Don't know where they are in stock rite now.

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:54 am Post subject:

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:20 am Post subject:

Does anybody know the link to this gh pipe?

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:32 am Post subject:

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:48 am Post subject:

They must be selling a bunch of these pipes, I got my 1st one about 8 months ago for 19.99 I think at tower. they raised the price 10.00 + out of stock. I have had 2 on back order now for about a month and the stock date keeps changing.


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