Savage Makeover

[M Shark]

Today's little makeover project involves swapping out this:

Tony's screws

This:

IRC LCG TVPs, 3 speed tranny and ALZA racing bulkhead brace kit

Into this:

Got some time to put this little project together. I was originally thinking of just building another Savage from scratch but instead have opted to just try out these upgrades on my current savage. Eventually going to try out the mid tank mod.

 

[wwit]

Nice project. Looks like fun.

 

[maddmike]

The mid tank mod just plain ol kicks a$$

 

[M Shark]

That's one of the future plans.


Some pics from earlier today:

 

[maddmike]

Nice alza. Racing braces. They are my next upgrade

 

[Cornholio]

Very nice!!

 

[rcaddic]

Some really good up grade's , looking forward to seeing what you get done next .
may be up grade your stock engine plate , I fined that they like to get hair line cracks when getting 15+ feet of air , also stay away from Axial 8-Spoke Oversize Wheel Black Chrome they will crack up at 10+ feet of air.

 

[HPI-Killer]

Hell yeah man those are some beefy lookin toe blocks on that thing jebus chreesto!!

 

[M Shark]

Hell yeah man those are some beefy lookin toe blocks on that thing jebus chreesto!!

yeah, I broke 2 bulkheads, a hinge pin, 1 brace, a few control arms from jumping and got tired of it. The ALZA kit is supposed to beef up the that part of the suspension so no more broken bulkheads, just broken control arms! lol

here's a little visual comparison between Stock TVP vs. IRC

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Here's how she currently stands.. I also added the TBR bumper that came in yesterday when I was giving her a test run.

 

[M Shark]

Some really good up grade's , looking forward to seeing what you get done next .
may be up grade your stock engine plate , I fined that they like to get hair line cracks when getting 15+ feet of air , also stay away from Axial 8-Spoke Oversize Wheel Black Chrome they will crack up at 10+ feet of air.

The engine plate is included in the IRC kit. It's also 4mm thick.

I've aleady hit over 15ft in the air doing back flips and it did this:

I tried doubling the front braces with 2 stock ones but the outer brace kept falling off on hard landings.

 

[Nitro4910]

M Shark that's one mean lookin truck with that lid & the badlands on it, WTG!

 

[M Shark]

Thanks man!

 

[outlaw525]

That is a nice truck man. That really looks long now. I think I'm gonna take the trenchers off mine and go back to badlands.

 

[Rolex]

What are we looking at here? Are these TVPs Carbon/Graphite?