Sharkey
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- Abbotsford BC Canada
some of you may remember my savage octane i was trying to build before hpi released the real one. you may also recall i abandoned that project because the starter setup was far to complex and problematic. i ended up tearing the engine out of the truck, tossing in an ofna 28 and i sold the truck. so now i had a perfectly good gas engine that was modified specifically to put into a land based rc, but had to be bumpstarted.
introducing the new home for my evolution gx15: an ofna ravager 1/8 scale buggy. i had actually bought a well used electric converted losi 810 buggy, however once i determined its too weak for what i needed i got rid of it, and ended up trading the rolling chassis for the almost rtr ofna buggy (and the reason the old savage ended up with an ofna 28).
so i ended up tearing into it today and so far its seemed too easy. the mounts i had built for the savage octane worked perfectly, 2 of the 4 holes even lined up to the chassis. im using an hpi rs4 clutchbell with thread on pinions, ive used these on many projects because of the gear range it gives me (17t-24t in 1m pitch).
i do have a few hurdles to overcome with it. im going to have to work out a bellcrank for the throttle linkage, and the biggest thing is going to be the exhaust. the exhaust is on the right side of the engine so its pointing overtop of the radio box. im going to have to build my own header, and im thinking ill grab a savage octane tuned pipe and give that a try. ive found a few on ebay already
introducing the new home for my evolution gx15: an ofna ravager 1/8 scale buggy. i had actually bought a well used electric converted losi 810 buggy, however once i determined its too weak for what i needed i got rid of it, and ended up trading the rolling chassis for the almost rtr ofna buggy (and the reason the old savage ended up with an ofna 28).
so i ended up tearing into it today and so far its seemed too easy. the mounts i had built for the savage octane worked perfectly, 2 of the 4 holes even lined up to the chassis. im using an hpi rs4 clutchbell with thread on pinions, ive used these on many projects because of the gear range it gives me (17t-24t in 1m pitch).
i do have a few hurdles to overcome with it. im going to have to work out a bellcrank for the throttle linkage, and the biggest thing is going to be the exhaust. the exhaust is on the right side of the engine so its pointing overtop of the radio box. im going to have to build my own header, and im thinking ill grab a savage octane tuned pipe and give that a try. ive found a few on ebay already