I've been wanting an E-savage since they came out. Even though I have everything else, I never bought one. Now I have picked one up and I am curious about the E-savage issues. I am concerned with the chassis and mechanics.

nothing is the same. the e-savage is also slightly shorter and more narrow if memory serves me right. the flux is a 8th scale, the e-savage is 10th.

Yep I've been reading on them while waiting for more responses. I'm going to modify my question. I really just want to see what owners of these E-savages are saying about them. Even if they told me they hated them I'd still be happy with having one because it's been bugging me for a few years about not getting it when it came out. It's one of those things I have been looking to get. LOL.

I used to own an e-zilla, the hot bodies version of the e-savage. It was a really solid truck, i did break one Axel shaft with bigger savage tires on carpet and the steering servo sucked. Otherwise it was an awesome truck.

You don't have many options for upgrades though what do you plan to do?

I had one a few years back... Wasnt bad but was sloooww and seen more roof time then my savage flux or my brushless summit andxi waznt from flipping over backwards..

I recently picked up a used one with a Kershaw design 700 motor and mount . So far it's been better than any emaxx I've had yet.

really? my E-zilla could out turn my Savvy's pretty easily.

What kind of batteries did you run?

I have owned two E-Savages in my time and learned quite a bit about them from reading some forums. The E-Savage can be a very reliable truck.. The chassis, bulkheads, arms, towers, etc... are all very well designed and it is basically the same design as the larger savages are, just scaled down a little. The main drawback to the E-Savage is its driveline. The ring and pinion, as well as the spider gears, and the plastic shafts all pose a problem when abusing the truck or going to brushless. The transmission is pretty strong though. Ill outline some of the key things I picked up for improving reliability of the e-savage driveline.

1- Keep a light set of wheels/tires on the truck. If you put some big heavy tires on the truck though, you are sure to start twisting axle shafts and possibly busting differentials. The stock wheels and tires are good, and if I was going to upgrade I would go to a truggy wheel/tire as they are all very light.
2- When the axle shafts twist off and break, replace them with the 3906 model E-Maxx shafts. They are the same size as the stockers, and the diff output yokes and the axle shaft yokes fit right on and the shafts themselves while not as good as CVD's, will take a decent bit more abuse than the HPI shafts.
3- The stock motors and ESC are pretty good and the truck is pretty quick if you throw a set of Lipo's in it, but if its hot the ESC can overheat. A 40mm fan wired to run constantly and screwed to the heat sink of the ESC keep it very cool.
4- If you do go brushless, keep it MILD. I think (if memory serves me) the longest can motor that will fit the stock chassis is 65mm, which is pretty tight as it is. However, this isnt a truck that you really want to overpower, as there arent good options for CVD's or better differentials really. If I were going brushless with one, I would run a mild system around 3000kv and run a 3 cell Lipo setup. I dont think the stock driveline will last long with 4 cell and up.

Those are some of the main things that I have read/experienced with the E-Savage. If you keep somewhat mild on the power, keep your slipper adjusted correctly and keep a somewhat smooth trigger finger, you should have a very reliable truck that is still a lot of fun to drive. The stock motors with LiPo's will wheelie the truck with no problem, even from a roll on high traction surfaces, so you may be fine with the stock power as far as that goes. I would reccomend fitting some universal battery trays. The stockers wont hold anything but 6 cell stick packs which makes it hard to run lipo's.

Also, check out E-Savage.com for info on the truck. There arent a lot of active users but if you search the older threads, there is lots of good info already there.

Hope this helps!

Eric

Thanks for taking the time for the info.