Loosing weight to the Savage

[Adrian Desentis]

Hi, last weekend i had my first race with my savage, it was a mixed
category where T-maxx and other Monster Truck models were in,
fortunately i won, something that i saw on the Savage is that the
acceleration after a jump or a turn isnt as fast as the T-maxx, one
reason for this is that the Maxx is a lot lighter than the Savage,
(more than 2 kg) i think that if i loose some weight to my truck it
will help, but i dont know exactly what parts to replace for hopups
models, and if the aluminum replacements will do something to the
weight, does anyone has experience with this?

Thanks

[Justin Mahn]

Whenever you buy a hop-up or replacement part, weigh the old piece on a
digital scale against the new. The aluminum parts are almost always heavier
than stock pieces. Usually with durability comes extra weight. Titanium is
the exception that proves the rule, I guess. If the new part is heavier
than stock, you know that accelleration is going to suffer.


--
Justin Mahn
remove Panties to reply
"Adrian Desentis" <adesentis@intermundo.com.mx> wrote in message
news:9b690a75.0304091233.5e9070bf@posting.google.c om...
> Hi, last weekend i had my first race with my savage, it was a mixed
> category where T-maxx and other Monster Truck models were in,
> fortunately i won, something that i saw on the Savage is that the
> acceleration after a jump or a turn isnt as fast as the T-maxx, one
> reason for this is that the Maxx is a lot lighter than the Savage,
> (more than 2 kg) i think that if i loose some weight to my truck it
> will help, but i dont know exactly what parts to replace for hopups
> models, and if the aluminum replacements will do something to the
> weight, does anyone has experience with this?
>
> Thanks

[Corwin]

> Titanium is
> the exception that proves the rule, I guess.

There is a common misconception that Titanium is stronger than steel.. this
is not true. Steel is stronger than titanium, but for a given weight,
titanium is stronger. All the hype surrounding Titanium and its
marketability has blurred the truth.

neL

[Justin Mahn]

My point exactly! When you're talking about keeping the weight down and
strength up, Titanium is the best choice. And we were talking about
aluminum being heavier, not steel. You won't find many steel chassis parts
for the good reason that it's too heavy.

--
Justin Mahn
remove Panties to reply


"Corwin" <corwinSPAMMENOT@deadmime.com> wrote in message
news:b7464301mg5@enews4.newsguy.com...
> > Titanium is
> > the exception that proves the rule, I guess.
>
> There is a common misconception that Titanium is stronger than steel..
this
> is not true. Steel is stronger than titanium, but for a given weight,
> titanium is stronger. All the hype surrounding Titanium and its
> marketability has blurred the truth.
>
> neL
>
>