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02-08-2005, 08:58 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: HELL.....
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|  who runs savage shocks?
i have a set of savage shocks sitting here taunting me. i like them for the huge travel. just wondering if they are functional on a crawler or if they were just too big. anyone have pics of a setup with savy shocks?
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02-08-2005, 09:13 PM
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You've been here for 3 month's and haven't seen a pic of a rig with Savage shocks?????  |
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02-08-2005, 09:25 PM
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my room mate spike runs savage shocks on his tuber and he also had them on his XC1 chassis, he gets more artic. than i do his rig is tore down for painting right now it should be put back together tomarrow night, thursday night at the latest and he will post a pic of his truck for you. he says mounting the savage shocks are a little sticky when it comes to mounting them over the 4 inchers, but they are well worth the trouble. |
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02-08-2005, 09:32 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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A bunch of pics of my rig here. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
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02-09-2005, 04:59 AM
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really like that bender. what chasis is that on? Last edited by emaxxjeremy; 02-09-2005 at 05:04 AM. | |
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02-09-2005, 05:37 AM
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02-09-2005, 07:10 AM
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ya i realized that after i posted and looked thru the other 8 pages. i didnt know a stock txt chassis was that flexible. i may need to build me one of those
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02-09-2005, 08:08 AM
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| Colt Python/SR9c  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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i think the savage shocks are just too long IMO  |
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02-09-2005, 08:15 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bethlehem, GA
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I run Savage Shocks on 2 of my clods. They definately give a lot of travel. I love them. i especially like them with 3 stage progressive springs on them. Stiffens them up a little, less body roll.     Last edited by jwrape; 02-09-2005 at 08:23 AM. |
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02-09-2005, 09:01 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Gardnerville
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I am running savage shocks on my new crawler. Nothing like anyone excepts though. Once I work the bugs out of them, I'll post up pics and specs on how to make em.  |
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02-09-2005, 09:48 AM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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i run them on my clod. you can get the same articulation out of 4" shocks with a different setup. whatever you have laying around ya know?
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02-09-2005, 10:18 AM
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02-09-2005, 10:24 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bethlehem, GA
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Actually that is why I added suspension limiters. It is lowered now. Both those trucks are lower now. I basically put retention springs on them both to load the suspension so it is lower but will still drop out when necessary. Works really good now. Not as top heavy, but i still need BB's to plant my front tires better. The Avalanche it more of a play toy than a crawler. It is functional but still a little too heavy to crawl on the rocks, it's more of a curb crawler.  The Jeep on the other hand is pretty lite for it's size. both are 1/6 scale bodies so they are pretty big rigs. The Jeep is one of my favorites for bashing, it's a good crawler. |
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02-09-2005, 10:49 AM
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02-09-2005, 10:58 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bethlehem, GA
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Exactly!! and by using the springs that i use, it actually slows down the suspension travel so that when it does unload the suspension it doesn't pop the truck on it's side. In the pic below you can see the C2 I just recently sold on Ebay that had the same limiters on it. It crawled really well too. It originally looked like this... Way too high   It sat like this when i sold it.    |
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02-09-2005, 10:18 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Midwest, omaha area
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| here is the pics of my tuber with savage shocks
the other 2 pics are of my truck with the savage shocks on the XC1 chassis http://groups.msn.com/mycrawler/shoebox.msnw?Page=Last |
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02-11-2005, 09:22 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: san jose
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My son is runnung savage shock if you go to the get togethers go to the nor cal 2/5/6 the truck with the red and black power wagon body has savage shocks
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02-12-2005, 09:24 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saint Louis MO
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My TXT uses savage shocks. I like them because I can have the shocks stand up straight and mounted by the wheels while maintaining lots of articulation. I have a 2 stage spring set up in mind that will use a shorter spring along with a "zero rate" for a 40/60 drop to compression rate. Still playing with the sring rates more to come.
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