savage build: wheel base... ?

[Rider385]

hi all, my savage build is going awsome so far... i'm using 10-32 male steel rod ends for the 4 link set up... since its a beefy truck i had to go with beefy stuff 160$ can. for 16... ouch!

and for the wheel base i have kinda of an issue... my total drive train w/o drive shafts is (end of yoke to end of yoke) a tiny bit less than 7'' long.

as a result i get a 20'' wheel base using stock revo shafts length, i think its too long, 17-18 would be good. but if i do so i increase my drive shafts angles and shorten links... will this have an effect on articulation?


... what would be that bad in having 20'' wb?

thanks!!

[Rider385]

i was thinking about finding the right wb by calculating a nice e-maxx long wb in relation with a e-maxx axle width and a savage axle width. by doing so you will keep the same ''square''.

i read there Axle Widths that the e-maxx axles are 14 1/4'' wide. i thought that the savage was bigger than the maxx but my axle is 13 1/4'' wide mesured at the same places claimed for the e-maxx. so i should have a shorter wb...

while looking at the maxx galery i looked up at the wb and the most common is 16 1/2''. i find that wb short so lets take 17''.

17/14.25= 1.2

1.2x13.25= 15.8'' ... lets say 16'' wb for my savage, thats about 2'' less per drive shafts!

help me out on this one guys...

['83 chevy]

i made a truck with a 19In wheelbase and that was too long(hard to find bodies that would look right). so like you said a 16.5-17.25 is good

[shocker]

post some pics man!!!

[Rider385]

Originally Posted by shocker

post some pics man!!!

lemme go back home and grab the cam i'm very pround of what i've built so far... lets say impressive axles!

but i'll post in my build thread when piks taked and hosted... i'll post link to page here

[Rider385]

Originally Posted by '83 chevy

i made a truck with a 19In wheelbase and that was too long(hard to find bodies that would look right). so like you said a 16.5-17.25 is good

i find bodies on this scale crawlers ugly... of course some have awsome looking truck... but mine will be my-self-made tuber so size isnt a problem...

i think i'll go for 18''



btw i still want advises on this one

[Grizzly4x4]

What diameter are the tires you are going to run? Twenty inches is really long, even with 4ws it wont have a great turning radius but should be liveable.

If you run Imex Kongs or Imex Swamp kongs then a 20" WB will be fine. If you are going to run a Proline Moab 40 XL or Moab 40 then I think 18" would be max for a good breakover angle.

[Rider385]

thanks

18'' it will be...

a few mins ago i got axle with stock savage tires to se different wb... 20'' too long, 19'' bit long but would be okay on kongs, 17'' i dont see diff between that and 18'', and 16 is tiny...

so i decided to make it 18'' long because it will look nice and still have decent drive shaft/links lenght... and as you said i'll be okay to run either kongs or moabs xl i was also thinking about imex red rocks for the look.

now i have piks to take and host