Freeze's Savage Flux "Frostbyte II" build thread
08-10-2010, 01:28 PM
#17
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08-10-2010, 01:29 PM
#18
Sorry Casey, but in case you missed it, goal # 6 of my build states:
Impress and please no other people other then myself
That being the case, I'm speccing this build to my liking and desires, so if you were hoping for a pimped out bling bling ride with carbon fiber screws, I suggest you lower your expectations or look elsewhere
And that goes for anyone else who's getting hyped up to the extreme. Yes, I plan on making this build better then my first one. But better IN MY EYES only, on one else's. I'm not doing this as a popularity contest, sorry.
Thanks for the understanding.
Impress and please no other people other then myself
That being the case, I'm speccing this build to my liking and desires, so if you were hoping for a pimped out bling bling ride with carbon fiber screws, I suggest you lower your expectations or look elsewhere
And that goes for anyone else who's getting hyped up to the extreme. Yes, I plan on making this build better then my first one. But better IN MY EYES only, on one else's. I'm not doing this as a popularity contest, sorry.
Thanks for the understanding.
08-10-2010, 05:02 PM
#20
Casey, why on EARTH would you buy $130-$150 on carbon fiber tVPs when you can buy TCS $20 5mm ones that will NEVER bend or break. Unless you are racing, it really won't matter or affect what you can do with the truck, or how durable it is. Sure if you have a huge wallet and want to spend that much to make your build look better, go for it. But most of the people in this hobby don't, and that extra $125 could go to a lot of other more useful things.
By the way, keep going Freeze, your build looks great. i just picked up my own savage flux, with basically the same things. RPM arms, TCS Chasis, badlands, mashers, Big bores, Shock socks, titanu=ium hinge pins, swaybar, and some other stuff.
By the way, keep going Freeze, your build looks great. i just picked up my own savage flux, with basically the same things. RPM arms, TCS Chasis, badlands, mashers, Big bores, Shock socks, titanu=ium hinge pins, swaybar, and some other stuff.
08-10-2010, 05:20 PM
#21
Casey, why on EARTH would you buy $130-$150 on carbon fiber tVPs when you can buy TCS $20 5mm ones that will NEVER bend or break. Unless you are racing, it really won't matter or affect what you can do with the truck, or how durable it is. Sure if you have a huge wallet and want to spend that much to make your build look better, go for it. But most of the people in this hobby don't, and that extra $125 could go to a lot of other more useful things.
By the way, keep going Freeze, your build looks great. i just picked up my own savage flux, with basically the same things. RPM arms, TCS Chasis, badlands, mashers, Big bores, Shock socks, titanu=ium hinge pins, swaybar, and some other stuff.
By the way, keep going Freeze, your build looks great. i just picked up my own savage flux, with basically the same things. RPM arms, TCS Chasis, badlands, mashers, Big bores, Shock socks, titanu=ium hinge pins, swaybar, and some other stuff.
Why not? The CF TVPS won't bend or break either unless you drop it from a 10 story building. TVPS are so strong just by design concepts, and the CF ones are THICK. Ask SavageSam, Bank, or any1 at HPISF who have them, they bash harder than all of you and have NEVER had a problem, with videos for proof.
CF not only serves as a beauty agent, it's extremely stiff and VERY light. Much more so than those 5mm TCS chassis plates. PLUS the TCS chassis plates are stock length.
This all coming from the guy with a CF Revo :P lol
08-10-2010, 06:04 PM
#22
Well, mayeb I am forgetting that it cost about the same price. maybe a little less. I'm not arguing that cf isn't better, just that if you don't have a bunch of cash to spend, the aluminum will almost just as well and the oney is better spent elsewhere.
08-10-2010, 08:58 PM
#23
Why not? The CF TVPS won't bend or break either unless you drop it from a 10 story building. TVPS are so strong just by design concepts, and the CF ones are THICK. Ask SavageSam, Bank, or any1 at HPISF who have them, they bash harder than all of you and have NEVER had a problem, with videos for proof.
CF not only serves as a beauty agent, it's extremely stiff and VERY light. Much more so than those 5mm TCS chassis plates. PLUS the TCS chassis plates are stock length.
This all coming from the guy with a CF Revo :P lol
CF not only serves as a beauty agent, it's extremely stiff and VERY light. Much more so than those 5mm TCS chassis plates. PLUS the TCS chassis plates are stock length.
This all coming from the guy with a CF Revo :P lol
Personally, I am not convinced. Carbon fiber on a Savage is like putting a fart can on a Cavalier, it seemingly has some sort of use to the buyer, but EVERYONE else is just left there asking, "Why?" It just doesn't make sense to me unless you are looking to have the most custom and most ready to race at the track. To most people that race monster trucks, it probably isn't their class of focus, just something to have fun with anyways.
Just my 2 pennies to drop.
08-11-2010, 12:48 AM
#24
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08-11-2010, 06:21 AM
#26
I like the tires that come with the Savage X. I think they were GT2's?
I have those tires on my Savage using Proline Velocity wide offset rims. They work very well, but I don't have a scale to weigh them. Decent traction, they don't appear to be that heavy, hexes haven't stripped in the 2 years that I have had them, and the wide offset helps with steering stability. I likey! Oh and nevermind that back shock on the front arm in the bottom picture, the screw backed out during a run and I didn't notice that was a pic before I put a new screw in.
I have those tires on my Savage using Proline Velocity wide offset rims. They work very well, but I don't have a scale to weigh them. Decent traction, they don't appear to be that heavy, hexes haven't stripped in the 2 years that I have had them, and the wide offset helps with steering stability. I likey! Oh and nevermind that back shock on the front arm in the bottom picture, the screw backed out during a run and I didn't notice that was a pic before I put a new screw in.
08-11-2010, 12:16 PM
#27
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Last edited by Freezebyte; 08-12-2010 at 12:15 PM.
08-11-2010, 01:11 PM
#30
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Last edited by Freezebyte; 08-12-2010 at 12:13 PM.