coswurv

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Im looking for a new toy and have been looking at the hpi savage truckzilla, the twin engined one, any one got one and what they like ?

utternutter

the bigger engines used to be a pain in the arse, i had a truckzilla one but wasnt twin engined, arent they .47 or something like that? no matter how i set it up it allways gave me greif i spent more time fiddling than playing, but it looked awesome, looking on net i found other peopole saying similar things, i ripped out the truckzilla conversion kit sold it for good money on ebay and put the normal engine back in and it was perfect, started ran all the time no hassle.

wirralphil

not had a truckzilla but my .28sh motor out of the XTM XLB was a pain in the arse.

Got to remember with 2 engines it's a twt to tune for beginners

5t1g

I've got a HPI Rush 2wd. Good cheap truck, pretty simple to work on and drifts too

coswurv

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The truck i was looking at started off life as a savage 25, it has 2x 3.5s truckzilla engines in it, im used to tweaking the single engined stuff but 2 maybe a pain in the arse to get running in harmony together ?

dug112y

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i've got a mcd racerunner and getting rid shortly...cant be arsed

utternutter

personally after owning loads of different ones as i went throught a spell of buying selling them my best conclusion was the schumacher menace, seriosuly good all rounder, briliant off road, goes like stink very durable cheap for bits too

coswurv

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Anyone had one of these savages then ?

Tim

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not worth the trouble just get a hpi savage x 4.6 without reverse as there a pain in the arse.
tim

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i've owned to savage 25 now mate for around two years and thats pretty powerful they take a bit of setting up but once done they are great fun....just make sure they have the upgraded diff sets and the upgraded alloy diff case otherwise they chew them up in 10 mins!!! p.s the racing pipe sounds awesome

coswurv

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Ok cheers, i'll keep an eye out for one

silky16v

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Schumacher Menace is the one for me too in the summer i'm gonna buy a Havoc just the outright acceleration it has

coswurv

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I had a look for a Schumacher menace but couldn’t find any must be an old kit, the only thing that puts me off is that I had a Schumacher stadium truck a few years ago and it was a very tacky plastic'y thing and not very strong, took a little knock in the front and bent the chassis etc, went for the kyosho usa nitro crusher after that and what a MASSIVE difference that thing was indestructible, cheers for your comments though people keep them coming, any pics of the menace though.

silky16v

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http://www.racing-cars.com/products....y=Car Showroom

schumacher menace i have is the brand new version and is strong as hell

jaiscossie

Had in the past a hpi savage, menace and the best by far was the cen genesis. Dwarfed the savage and being all metal parts was much better quality. Was close on £600 when i got mine a few years back but they can be got for alot less. Have a huge motor as stock cant remember what size. Think it might of been a .63.

utternutter

ooooo i want one again now, dug out pic of my old one

bbsheppo

I've had a spell a few years back with nitro cars started with a Savage 21 which was okay. It was ready assembled (though I think it was put together by Rover as it was common for the engines to fall to pieces as they were not assembled using threadlock at the time).

To cut a long story short I had lots of different cars and spent a small fortune and must say that the best one by a mile was a Team Associated MGT which pissed all over any hpi product I owned. Far more durable and was faster than the savage 25 even though it only had a 21 engine.

http://www.rcnitrotalk.com/team-associated-monster-gt/

Twin engines sounds like twice the problems, twice the cost and twice the fuel (£30 a gallon aint cheap either).

coswurv

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Yeah i've been thinking and thats the conclusion ive come to in regards to the twin engine ones.

Tim

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savage x 4.6 red £354 inc del best i could do