1LikesHPI Savage Octane XL - How Is Yours Running?
06-04-2014, 01:12 PM
#47
Was doing some more reading on the heli version of this engine and they have had issues with them as well. One person stated that all he had to do was add a ground wire to the spark plug wire right at the head because the cap was not grounding correctly.
Last edited by Pedal2themedal; 06-04-2014 at 01:22 PM.
06-04-2014, 04:53 PM
#49
Tech Adept
So this isn't really ground breaking new technology like they are trying to sell it as? It sounds like recycled tech they didn't know how to make run correctly.
06-04-2014, 05:04 PM
#50
Tech Initiate
It's running, it's wheelying, it does stoppies, shifts and terrorizes everything in its path! I'm so happy it's running, and running well! Another video on my HPI Octane, spread the word please, this is a car with MASSIVE potential!
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06-04-2014, 07:04 PM
#51
Tech Adept
I guess I'll send them my address then!
It's running, it's wheelying, it does stoppies, shifts and terrorizes everything in its path! I'm so happy it's running, and running well! Another video on my HPI Octane, spread the word please, this is a car with MASSIVE potential!
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06-04-2014, 11:11 PM
#52
Ready to run again. Changing that throttle servo was a nightmare, couldn't get everything calibrated back right. Finally got it. Installed a 5b air filter as well. It's a tight fit and if the runs good with it I will probably end up using a uni angled short stack. Not sure how it will run with the increased air flow yet.
Last edited by Pedal2themedal; 06-04-2014 at 11:24 PM.
06-05-2014, 05:25 AM
#53
Bigger air filter won't hurt at all. Smaller will. Glad to see Hemi got his running, now how about the rest?
Mentioned in his vid, thanks man, is the fact the needle threads are more course than a Walbro carb and thus need smaller turns. That he has 20 tanks through and thinks it's just now about broke in, maybe a little more. Also that his plug was testing good, until it was in the head and then it was failing. He said just go ahead and replace the plug. Buy several.
Mentioned in his vid, thanks man, is the fact the needle threads are more course than a Walbro carb and thus need smaller turns. That he has 20 tanks through and thinks it's just now about broke in, maybe a little more. Also that his plug was testing good, until it was in the head and then it was failing. He said just go ahead and replace the plug. Buy several.
06-05-2014, 06:16 AM
#55
Bigger air filter won't hurt at all. Smaller will. Glad to see Hemi got his running, now how about the rest?
Mentioned in his vid, thanks man, is the fact the needle threads are more course than a Walbro carb and thus need smaller turns. That he has 20 tanks through and thinks it's just now about broke in, maybe a little more. Also that his plug was testing good, until it was in the head and then it was failing. He said just go ahead and replace the plug. Buy several.
Mentioned in his vid, thanks man, is the fact the needle threads are more course than a Walbro carb and thus need smaller turns. That he has 20 tanks through and thinks it's just now about broke in, maybe a little more. Also that his plug was testing good, until it was in the head and then it was failing. He said just go ahead and replace the plug. Buy several.
As for the carb, it is a stock Walbro carb, and so the threads are regular Walbro threads, he is stating that they should make the adjustment needles fine thread.
06-05-2014, 06:36 AM
#56
Pic of my current setup. That is the battery that I am using, when I pulled the electronics box apart to replace the servo, I mounted the receiver on the back side and it all fits pretty well. I did remove the stock servo mount not because I had to, but just because it was not needed.
Last edited by Pedal2themedal; 06-05-2014 at 06:48 AM.
06-05-2014, 07:06 AM
#57
Oh nice job on the air filter, Less bends and a straight shot in, plus not getting hit with stuff off the wheels. Have you or are you replacing the spark plug?
06-05-2014, 07:08 AM
#58
And yeah, mounting an air filter directly behind a tire, not one of HPI's smartest decisions, but they did it because the original octane had a giant flywheel driven fan there, and then they never redid the design.
