Hpi identification

[Matt.s.gandy]

Please help identify which model this nitro car is. Cheers

 

[WVNed]

Savage 25
https://www.hpiracing.com/en/kit/835

 

[Matt.s.gandy]

Savage 25
https://www.hpiracing.com/en/kit/835

Thanks

 

[D3MON]

it appears to have the K4.6 engine engine

 

[Greywolf74]

The Savage 25 came with an engine that had a purple head on it too from what I'm seeing online. Its definitely a 25 chassis tho regardless of which engine it has in it. At least afaik the 25 was the only model that came with the metal bar/handle across the top. All the other Savages I'm familair with that piece was plastic.

 

[WVNed]

No I have a 4.6. It looks like this K4.6

25 doesn't have the cuts in the cooling fins

It's an HPI F4.6

HPI made 2 4.6 engines. He has the F4.6 and I have the K4.6

 

[D3MON]

The Savage 25 came with an engine that had a purple head on it too from what I'm seeing online. Its definitely a 25 chassis tho regardless of which engine it has in it. At least afaik the 25 was the only model that came with the metal bar/handle across the top. All the other Savages I'm familair with that piece was plastic.

yeah i am in agreement and quite certain its the Savage 25 or at least one of the older ones. but that engine is the K4.6. can tell by the cutouts in the cooling head and the casting on the nose of the crankcase. (has the blockier diagonal castings and the single lengthwise groove.)
but it doesn't have the telltale "X" in the chassis plates so I'm in agreement its the 25 or an older version similar (pre-X).
.25 head is completely round and black crankcase, the F4.6 would have been round head with HPI marks on the top and a silver crankcase.

 

[Greywolf74]

No I have a 4.6. It looks like this K4.6

25 doesn't have the cuts in the cooling fins

It's an HPI F4.6
View attachment 129760
HPI made 2 4.6 engines. He has the F4.6 and I have the K4.6

I think the K4.6 was the purple one and the F4.6 was the grey/black one. Good call on the 25 not having the cuts in it. I didnt even see that.

 

[WVNed]

It does appear to be a 25 chassis
The f4.6 savage looked like this.

The K4.6 was later and that's what I have.

 

[Greywolf74]

It does appear to be a 25 chassis
The f4.6 savage looked like this.

Thats weird cuz I remember my X SS coming with the K4.6 and it had a purple head on it. In fact if you google HPI K4.6 under images all the images are with the purple head and if you google F4.6 all the results are grey head. Its weird that that shows a purple F4.6

 

[D3MON]

I think the K4.6 was the purple one and the F4.6 was the grey/black one. Good call on the 25 not having the cuts in it. I didnt even see that.

there was a version of the F4.6 that also had the purple head but i believe were only in the earilier X4.6s, then they went to the F4.6 (grey head) and F4.6 V2
https://www.hpiracing.com/en/kit/873

 

[Greywolf74]

Either way you slice it though its a 25 chassis regardless of which motor they have in it.

there was a version of the F4.6 that also had the purple head but i believe were only in the earilier X4.6s, then they went to the F4.6 (grey head) and F4.6 V2
https://www.hpiracing.com/en/kit/873

Ahhhhhh

 

[WVNed]

LOL On HPI they are both called F4.6

Found this. Pics on the internet label both engines both ways.
The easiest way to tell is that the cooling heads have different designs in them. The F4.6 has a completely round cooling head. the K4.6 have machine cuts in the cooling head.

The F4.6 is the ofna force .28 motor.
The K4.6 is the axil .28

 

[cbaker65]

I noticed the 25 has a black coated block ,but guess
that dont matter as my HPI 25 has the silver natural block
but the head is the same!..
The K series has the internal o-way bearing for the starter ,
an the F series has the external o-way bearing that fits
in the pull housing!

The next gen Savage after the 28 4.6 version was a K 5.9 36!..

 

[WVNed]

In any case the 25 chassis doesn't have the x on the sideplates. All the 4.6 ones do.
My savage has a grey engine and single shocks.

Perhaps he has this

HPI Savage SS

The wheels match. If I remember right this came as a kit. It has the 4.6 engine and 25 sideplates on the chassis.
https://www.rctalk.com/new-hpi-savage-ss-46-kit-with-nitro-star-k46-engine/

 

[cbaker65]

In any case the 25 chassis doesn't have the x on the sideplates. All the 4.6 ones do.
My savage has a grey engine and single shocks.

Perhaps he has this

HPI Savage SS

The wheels match. If I remember right this came as a kit. It has the 4.6 engine and 25 sideplates on the chassis.
https://www.rctalk.com/new-hpi-savage-ss-46-kit-with-nitro-star-k46-engine/

wasn't one called the SS?...

 

[Greywolf74]

LOL On HPI they are both called F4.6

Found this. Pics on the internet label both engines both ways.
The easiest way to tell is that the cooling heads have different designs in them. The F4.6 has a completely round cooling head. the K4.6 have machine cuts in the cooling head.

The F4.6 is the ofna force .28 motor.
The K4.6 is the axil .28

One of them was supposed to be better than the other one but I can't remember which was was which.'

In any case the 25 chassis doesn't have the x on the sideplates. All the 4.6 ones do.
My savage has a grey engine and single shocks.
Perhaps he has this

HPI Savage SS

The wheels match. If I remember right this came as a kit. It has the 4.6 engine and 25 sideplates on the chassis.
https://www.rctalk.com/new-hpi-savage-ss-46-kit-with-nitro-star-k46-engine/

You know when I first saw the kit I thought to myself it looked like my old X SS kit but I could have sworn my kit didnt have the metal handle/bar in the middle of the chassis but now I'm starting to wonder.

 

[NCNitro]

You know when I first saw the kit I thought to myself it looked like my old X SS kit but I could have sworn my kit didnt have the metal handle/bar in the middle of the chassis but now I'm starting to wonder.

Yes, the SS kit does indeed have the metal handle. I still have mine.

From the pics his looks like a Savage SS 4.6. The second pic is the Savage SS 4.6

Mine, top pic, is the original Savage SS

 

[Matt.s.gandy]

In any case the 25 chassis doesn't have the x on the sideplates. All the 4.6 ones do.
My savage has a grey engine and single shocks.

Perhaps he has this

HPI Savage SS

The wheels match. If I remember right this came as a kit. It has the 4.6 engine and 25 sideplates on the chassis.
https://www.rctalk.com/new-hpi-savage-ss-46-kit-with-nitro-star-k46-engine/

Yes that's it, the 3rd pic

 

[D3MON]

woops completely forgot about the SS coming with a 4.6/.28, thats exactly what it is.
for some reason i was thinking because it was a kit it didn't come with the engine.
the F4.6 was Force, thus the "F"
the K4.6 was made by Kingstar or "k-star" thus the "K"
axial at that point was associated with HPI, so used their "K" series engines and went from there.