7Likeswhat type of 1/8 monster truck do most people buy and want to buy ?
06-04-2018, 10:48 AM
#31
Is it definitive that you can - relatively easily - put a nitro engine in the gas LST?
06-04-2018, 11:46 AM
#32
06-04-2018, 12:24 PM
#33
06-06-2018, 04:23 PM
#34
Independent suspension monsters are great fun and the Savage has been my favorite of the bunch. I like the mean looks, chassis design, aftermarket availability, and the name! The nitro Savage X with the F4.6 and the Savage Flux HP are my picks for nitro and elec 1/8 monster.
Would have been nice if HPI could have stayed on top of things better like real 17mm hex's, center diff/trans options, and stuck by their factory aluminum and upgraded hop up parts but a lot of those things are harder to find these days and probably won't ever recover. Prices are too steep on most anything Savage for me to be interested anymore, sadly. I have my X and it just sits there except for a couple times a year I'll fire it up to do some wheelies.
Would have been nice if HPI could have stayed on top of things better like real 17mm hex's, center diff/trans options, and stuck by their factory aluminum and upgraded hop up parts but a lot of those things are harder to find these days and probably won't ever recover. Prices are too steep on most anything Savage for me to be interested anymore, sadly. I have my X and it just sits there except for a couple times a year I'll fire it up to do some wheelies.
06-06-2018, 06:55 PM
#35
the absolute best monster truck and the flux savage, both as fun in driving and as robustness
06-06-2018, 10:18 PM
#36
Independent suspension monsters are great fun and the Savage has been my favorite of the bunch. I like the mean looks, chassis design, aftermarket availability, and the name! The nitro Savage X with the F4.6 and the Savage Flux HP are my picks for nitro and elec 1/8 monster.
Would have been nice if HPI could have stayed on top of things better like real 17mm hex's, center diff/trans options, and stuck by their factory aluminum and upgraded hop up parts but a lot of those things are harder to find these days and probably won't ever recover. Prices are too steep on most anything Savage for me to be interested anymore, sadly. I have my X and it just sits there except for a couple times a year I'll fire it up to do some wheelies.
Would have been nice if HPI could have stayed on top of things better like real 17mm hex's, center diff/trans options, and stuck by their factory aluminum and upgraded hop up parts but a lot of those things are harder to find these days and probably won't ever recover. Prices are too steep on most anything Savage for me to be interested anymore, sadly. I have my X and it just sits there except for a couple times a year I'll fire it up to do some wheelies.
06-06-2018, 10:21 PM
#37
it has the oversized dogbones, but only regular diff crowns, no 1.5 mod teeth
06-07-2018, 01:41 AM
#38
on losi lst I had to replace all four plastic shock absorbers lost oil on all sides and three stems were bent I have to frequently check the game of bevel gear the plastics are very soft they suffer from the heat
losi lst is a work of art but it is neither meat nor fish, it is an off-road oriented vehicle, much more powerful than a monster truck, but less than a truggy the flux savage in tight spaces is phenomenal, it's much more fun to drive, it absorbs the shocks better than the losi lst, bringing less damag
ps: no means is indestructible and everyone needs maintenance
losi lst is a work of art but it is neither meat nor fish, it is an off-road oriented vehicle, much more powerful than a monster truck, but less than a truggy the flux savage in tight spaces is phenomenal, it's much more fun to drive, it absorbs the shocks better than the losi lst, bringing less damag
ps: no means is indestructible and everyone needs maintenance
Last edited by marco70; 06-07-2018 at 01:56 AM.
06-07-2018, 02:41 AM
#39
LST2 comes with aluminum shock bodies and aluminum diff cases. Add the 8T HD diff cups and it’s bullet proof. 
The LST1 and Aftershock were a bit weaker with the smaller axles, plastic wheel hexes, thinner suspension arms, and plastic diff cases. Little different animal to the LST2 or XXL series trucks.
The LST1 and Aftershock were a bit weaker with the smaller axles, plastic wheel hexes, thinner suspension arms, and plastic diff cases. Little different animal to the LST2 or XXL series trucks.
06-07-2018, 08:33 AM
#40
I have the losi lst xxl, used the plastic shock absorbers lost oil both from the top cap and from the bottom three stems were bent I had to replace them with those in aluminum HD the small, long-excursion nylon shock absorbers of the flux savage are still fine
I have never sold losi lst xxl because engineering is a work of art but more suitable for off-road driving the savage is less balanced but uses it for everything in tight spaces is phenomenal, fun is assured, if assembled correctly it turns into a tank
I have never sold losi lst xxl because engineering is a work of art but more suitable for off-road driving the savage is less balanced but uses it for everything in tight spaces is phenomenal, fun is assured, if assembled correctly it turns into a tank
06-07-2018, 03:58 PM
#41
Tech Adept
The all time greatest monster truck ever created is the XTM Mammoth.
Of course that is totally subjective and is completely my opinion, but that truck is what really got me into 4x4 1/8 MT's as it was BIG and took serious abuse. I still have mine, and now another that I run on the occasion. I've played with most of the 1/8 nitro MT's and none of them were really as exciting to play with as the Mammoth was. Electric trucks are great but the lack of sound, smell, tuning headache, they're just not interesting to me. If someone came along and made a big 1/8 nitro MT with a big block engine, 2 speed trans, and huge everything then I would probably buy it.
Currently the 'toughest' truck I have is a Revo, aside from the Mammoth, but it's not nearly as fun as the Mammoth is- again, totally my opinion.
Of course that is totally subjective and is completely my opinion, but that truck is what really got me into 4x4 1/8 MT's as it was BIG and took serious abuse. I still have mine, and now another that I run on the occasion. I've played with most of the 1/8 nitro MT's and none of them were really as exciting to play with as the Mammoth was. Electric trucks are great but the lack of sound, smell, tuning headache, they're just not interesting to me. If someone came along and made a big 1/8 nitro MT with a big block engine, 2 speed trans, and huge everything then I would probably buy it.
Currently the 'toughest' truck I have is a Revo, aside from the Mammoth, but it's not nearly as fun as the Mammoth is- again, totally my opinion.
06-07-2018, 05:52 PM
#42
Tech Rookie
06-07-2018, 06:10 PM
#43
The all time greatest monster truck ever created is the XTM Mammoth.
Of course that is totally subjective and is completely my opinion, but that truck is what really got me into 4x4 1/8 MT's as it was BIG and took serious abuse. I still have mine, and now another that I run on the occasion. I've played with most of the 1/8 nitro MT's and none of them were really as exciting to play with as the Mammoth was. Electric trucks are great but the lack of sound, smell, tuning headache, they're just not interesting to me. If someone came along and made a big 1/8 nitro MT with a big block engine, 2 speed trans, and huge everything then I would probably buy it.
Currently the 'toughest' truck I have is a Revo, aside from the Mammoth, but it's not nearly as fun as the Mammoth is- again, totally my opinion.
Of course that is totally subjective and is completely my opinion, but that truck is what really got me into 4x4 1/8 MT's as it was BIG and took serious abuse. I still have mine, and now another that I run on the occasion. I've played with most of the 1/8 nitro MT's and none of them were really as exciting to play with as the Mammoth was. Electric trucks are great but the lack of sound, smell, tuning headache, they're just not interesting to me. If someone came along and made a big 1/8 nitro MT with a big block engine, 2 speed trans, and huge everything then I would probably buy it.
Currently the 'toughest' truck I have is a Revo, aside from the Mammoth, but it's not nearly as fun as the Mammoth is- again, totally my opinion.
what do you think of the savage xl nitro ?
06-08-2018, 10:44 AM
#44
Tech Adept
There were a few Savage's that always came out to play with the Mammoth. It is pretty well known that the TVP chassis design is incredibly durable, but the Mammoth always spanked the Savages in top end speed and durability- didn't seem to matter what engine the Savages had, the Mammoth won out every time. Tumbles with either truck left the Savages with broken or bent parts, the Mammoth kept on rippin. Dunno about the Savage XL, seems pretty big, definitely a big block truck.
06-08-2018, 11:21 AM
#45
Tech Regular