SnakEyez151
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Well, the good is I finished building my Savage SS, took me 8-10 hours of wrenching time (I did tear apart diffs and add lube, however). That was friday/saturday. Started break in - and finally had time today to finish my last tank of break in before I was ready to start tuning. 6 tanks of break in, First 4 were complete idol. 5th was quarter throttle. Sixth tank was mostly 1/4-1/2, w/ blips of WOT.
It wasn't too cold when I was tuning, so the temps were ranging about 250. I noticed when it leaned out (end of tank) it jumped up to 270, but had SICK power and speed. I think i'm gonna have to mod the tank so it keeps a steady flow all the way through.. that leaning out crap at the end isn't too cool. I'd rather have it tuned, and ran fairly steady for the duration of the tank than get super power at the end...
The bad.. well, there is really no bad? I have found to really like this truck. Turning radius isn't that great, but I can't complain.. its a big truck. Oh and those damn body clips! They're a pain to pull off w/o pliars, so I've gotta throw on some zip-ties or get those rubber things I've seen hangin off em in pics of others' rigs.
Well the others... I need to adjust the transmission shift. Seems that it doesn't want to shift when the tires are still grabbing, but if its WOT w/ tires spinning, it'll shift after a few second delay.
For whatever reason, the wheels aren't layin flat when its sitting. they lean out at the top. I'm gonna try adjusting the arms, but they are pretty damn close to bottoming out already, and i dont see any other places for different adjustment that'd bring the top end of the hub in further. Looks like only 1 mounting position on either end.. If anybody else had this prob and knows how they fixed it I'd appreciate some feedback.
I've gotta add a few immediate items, like a failsafe and get a glow plug ignitor. (Currently using the one attatched to the starter box for my XXX-NT). Gotta look forward to doing the 4-gear diff mod in both diffs, figure out a better throttle return because stock spring sucks balls (and broke) - and the AE spring was workin great up until the last 2 tanks. The spring on the servo is trash and that may be the cause that is makin my throttle return spring not do its job. That ofna servo mod looks good.
So many things to do... So little .. time? Well I have to admitt, I'm having a LOT more fun with this Savage than I expected. When I bought it i was second guessing myself and thinking about that REVO -- but since I"d already ordered it through my LHS, I couldn't screw him by not picking it up. (its a small shop, and under new ownership, but he's tryin hard to make it work) I'm happy with my purchase tho, so all is well.
~ Mike
It wasn't too cold when I was tuning, so the temps were ranging about 250. I noticed when it leaned out (end of tank) it jumped up to 270, but had SICK power and speed. I think i'm gonna have to mod the tank so it keeps a steady flow all the way through.. that leaning out crap at the end isn't too cool. I'd rather have it tuned, and ran fairly steady for the duration of the tank than get super power at the end...
The bad.. well, there is really no bad? I have found to really like this truck. Turning radius isn't that great, but I can't complain.. its a big truck. Oh and those damn body clips! They're a pain to pull off w/o pliars, so I've gotta throw on some zip-ties or get those rubber things I've seen hangin off em in pics of others' rigs.
Well the others... I need to adjust the transmission shift. Seems that it doesn't want to shift when the tires are still grabbing, but if its WOT w/ tires spinning, it'll shift after a few second delay.
For whatever reason, the wheels aren't layin flat when its sitting. they lean out at the top. I'm gonna try adjusting the arms, but they are pretty damn close to bottoming out already, and i dont see any other places for different adjustment that'd bring the top end of the hub in further. Looks like only 1 mounting position on either end.. If anybody else had this prob and knows how they fixed it I'd appreciate some feedback.
I've gotta add a few immediate items, like a failsafe and get a glow plug ignitor. (Currently using the one attatched to the starter box for my XXX-NT). Gotta look forward to doing the 4-gear diff mod in both diffs, figure out a better throttle return because stock spring sucks balls (and broke) - and the AE spring was workin great up until the last 2 tanks. The spring on the servo is trash and that may be the cause that is makin my throttle return spring not do its job. That ofna servo mod looks good.
So many things to do... So little .. time? Well I have to admitt, I'm having a LOT more fun with this Savage than I expected. When I bought it i was second guessing myself and thinking about that REVO -- but since I"d already ordered it through my LHS, I couldn't screw him by not picking it up. (its a small shop, and under new ownership, but he's tryin hard to make it work) I'm happy with my purchase tho, so all is well.
~ Mike
I got off early today, took the shock out to the edge of the driveway and nailed the shaft a few times with a hammer. Straightened it out pretty damn close. Doesn't catch up or show any signs of binding when the shock is depressed. Still gotta try to adjust the lean (camber?) on the wheels. 