Latest Update on the HPI Savage XS Flus of 2011!

The Mini Savage Brushless 1:12 finally gained a name! Fresh of the pan from HPI, it has been confirmed that this will be called the Savage XS Flux. Hopefully, this will come off the production line out to the shelves of your local hobby shop before year end. Effectively, this completes the family of Savages, [...]

Crazy Kershaw Designs Folks Create E-Revo Baja 5T Bastard

via Kershaw Designs – E-Revo 5T Conversion By Julian Wong. No mistake on the title. The design fellows at Kershaw Designs created a kit for Traxxas E-Revo owners to pimp their trucks up to the size dimensions of a HPI Baja 5T. With 8 extra inches in length, this brings the 1/8  E-Revo all the [...]

LST Shocks Conversion on HPI Savage X vs Piggy-Back Shocks.

- Julian Wong for HpiSavageX46.wordpress.com. If you’re looking out for suspension mods for your HPI Savage X, and opt for other options than the HPI Savage X Big Bore Shocks, some of the immediate options that you’d look out for would be “Piggy-Back Shocks” by Integy or Thunder Tiger. If you you’d like to know [...]

Highly Modded HPI Savage X – R/C Tech Forums

One of the greatest joys in RC racing and bashing is knowing that you have THE most “Bad-ass”, “Pimped out” ride there is. This ain’t my HPI Savage X 4.6. I could only wish that this was available at the time I was shopping about. What you’d be looking at in the following pictures could [...]

Tekin RX8 Ripoff? Mamba Monster Clone? : What People Say About The Turnigy Trackstar 150A

http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric-off-road/476467-turnigy-trackstar-150a-1-8-scale-brushless-esc.html Posted as above: “Based on posts at RC-monster the internals are a Mamba Monster clone (even though on the outside it looks like a Tekin clone), but it uses lower quality FETs and an older version internal BEC circuit. Patrick, the president of Castle, was not too happy to find that out, for obvious [...]

New Upgrade Option Parts for the HPI Savage X 4.6! via USPS

http://hpisavagex46.wordpress.com. After exactly 2 weeks, they finally arrived! Hpi Savage X upgrades, and sort of like Pre-Christmas goodies too. In this box I received the: – HPI 1200mah Receiver Hump Pack – Robinson Racing Hardened Steel Spur Gear 48T – Robinson Racing Hardened Steel Clutch Bell 17T – Robinson Racing Hardened Steel Clutch Bell 18T [...]

Superchargers for Nitro RC Cars – The Good & Bad

RB Innovations released a line of superchargers for various popular on-road and off-road RC Cars by a myriad of brands including: HPI Traxxas OFNA Associated LOSI XTM Racing Dragsters Tower Hobbies Tamiya Sportwerks CEN Racing Serpent Megatech Hydros Kyosho Hot Bodies GS Racing Thunder Tiger Mugen Great Vigor Trinity Duratrax Schumacher Yokomo While many RC [...]

UPGRADE I’M EYEING! : RBK10533 – RB Innovations HPI Savage XL, .25 SS & 4.6 Supercharger

Whoa! A supercharger for RC Car Engine! Can you believe it? Well! It certainly is on my wishlist right now! Gotta put aside money for the baby-expenses first before I splurge more on my hobby. The RB Nitro Super-Charger is the ultimate engine upgrade component available in the RC industry. This patented, compact design consists [...]

::HPI RACING:: #87230 17mm Hex Hub Conversion Set w/UV Joint (Savage)

#87230 17mm Hex Hub Conversion Set w/UV Joint (Savage) STATUS: INSTALLED These work like a charm! Previously due to a faulty ball bearing, the powerful k4.6 Nitrostar Engine caused a burnout of the left axle. That would NEVER happen with this. It’s so torque-y! If you have a Savage X 4.6, yous should get this! [...]

::HPI RACING:: #86187 Ribbed Tuned Pipe (Purple/21+)

#86187 Ribbed Tuned Pipe (Purple/21+) STATUS: INSTALLED! Gives my Savage X a nice high-pitched roar! Wasn’t used to the sound! Primes with a different echo as well – almost couldn’t recognise it.  Seems to start easier.     via ::HPI RACING::.