savyjason

Ok to start off with i need a good roll cage for my savage .25. I want a good one but i dont want one that is really exspensive. My price range is 20- 40 $. And also i am lookin for an os .30 engine.

burnchassis3

Rc-Raven roll cages are very very solid.
Saved my truck 100's of times.
CS

savyjason

Ok thanks how much are they and were can u buy them.

burnchassis3

Got mine for $25.00 off ebay.
www.ebay.com
Search for savage roll cages.

46u

My Feedback: (3)

To me they only create problems and are a waste. I run the X roll bar and engine guard on my 4.6SS and work fine for me. I have see some roll cages break parts where they mound and if you have to work on it is a real pain as well as raise the center of gravity. All the people I know personally that are series runners that had them no longer run them.

benzzyo5

here is the roll cage i use and it's very good, only 20$ at my LHS , also they are very durable, i landed numerouse times on the top and it's still the original shape just some scratches,

46u

My Feedback: (3)

Looks good but I bet getting in to the radio box is a pain and does not look like the engine has any protection. [X(] Do believe the X roll bar and engine protector will give more protection.

benzzyo5

to get into the radio box all i have to do it take the 2 nuts off the shock tower and it lifts right up, with enough room to get in, believe it or not it protects it pretty good, when i put the body on, the engine doesn't hit. i put the fuel tubing and zip-ties on just a alittle extra somthing. as u can see the eninge has no scratches on it, and i have about a gallon and a half. but i can see that the x roll bars have alot more protection as it covers the whole top. i got this bar before the x came out

savyjason

Thanks for the help but i think im going to get a roll cage and i am going to try to get one that burnchassis3 has. If anyone has anymore suggestions for diffrent types of rol cages please tell me. Thanks in advanced.

benzzyo5

i agree i like the rc raven cgaes i want to get one for my losi aftershock

Chronic

It depends on what you are doing with the truck. The RC Raven cage is actually a pretty good ROLL cage. If you like blasting across fields and stuff and doing high speed runs then they seem to hold up pretty. On the other hand, if you like launching off big ramps and playing on hills and stuff, they can show their weaknesses pretty quickly. The one Bennzyo5 posted is supposed to be better for that purpose.

I personally like the X style rollbar and engine guard, but the engine guard won't fit mine anymore [] so I'm looking at other options myself.

savyjason

Chronic if u happen to find one i need one to so please tell me where u got it.

benzzyo5

http://www.killerhobbies.com/items/h...p-ups/list.htm

this one is like mine but it only has one bar. but it's made by new era so it's probably good

savyjason

ok well it looks good but it cost to much for whut it is but thank for showing me it

benzzyo5

no problem

savyjason

will a top fit over the roll cage i want?

benzzyo5

the rc raven one? yeah

azzman

I agree with Chronic on this one, plastic is best IMO when it comes to roll protection, it gives, it doesnt break (easily) and at the end of the day what are you trying to protect? For me its the engine first priority then everything else...before the X bar came out I fabricated an engine hoop from a plastic (nylon maybe?) cutting-board...
Do you want protection, or do you want something that will...
a. bend,
b. maybe bend your truck where it mounts,
c. make your truck a pain to work on
d. add weight
e. hinder the fitting of bodies
f. all of the above...

savyjason

azzman how do u put ur glow plug in ur motor?

Chronic

It only looks like it pases over the engine in that pic, he actually has ample room to access the glowplug because the bar is centered on the truck and the engine is offset.

Chronic

azzman, I've seen it in your pics before but I don't think I've ever commented on that bar of yours.... so, nice job!

azzman

100% spot on...and thanks....

burnchassis3

lol
You can not break cold rolled steel doing anything on a savge.
By mounting to just the center ,and rear your offering your front shocks,and shock tower 0 protection.
By mounting to the center ,your chances of bending something are much greater then by mounting in 3 places
Losten 2 screws the cage flips off like a car hood.
Every body will fit it ,WITHOUT having to butcher it like that plastic thing.
Yes it may weigh an ounce or two more,but for the increased protection,its well worth it.
What would prevent the plastic thing from bending the truck where it mounts?
The roll handle is the weakest point on the truck.
The cage IMO looks way better then any other fabricated contraption I've seen,and with the savage x engine guard,the protection is 10x greater.

savyjason

ok well it just looks like it well bend.

benzzyo5

well, any metal cage will bend. rc raven has a warente about there cages, not if they bend but if they break at the weld they replace it for free