Kaptain Chaos

Well I want to buy a Nitro truck but I have some questions ?

Does the Savage or Revo come RTR with reverse or is it a upgrade?

Which can take more damage and if it does break what usually breaks and is it expensive ?

Which model is easier to repair?

Which model is cheaper to repair?

Which model is faster stock Revo or Savage X?

Which model has a biger engine 3.3 or 5.4 ?

Which one has more upgrades?

And any other input will help.

Thanks in advance guys I know you all know your **** so thanks.

joey79

I own a Revo, my friend owns the Savage X. So, to answer your questions the best I can...

Does the Savage or Revo come RTR with reverse or is it a upgrade?
Revo comes stock with reverse, Savage doesn't.

Which can take more damage and if it does break what usually breaks and is it expensive ?
They're both pretty tough trucks... people say the Savage is purely a basher and the Revo is purely a racer, but I seem to break less parts with my truck than he does. Most easily broken parts for me were push rods, but I upgraded those to titanium. I recently started hitting some big jumps, and broke a few a-arms. My friend has broken bumpers, a-arms and shocks on his Savage.

Which model is easier to repair?
I'm going to have to say the Revo. I've never actually worked on the Savage though.

Which model is cheaper to repair?
If you're just buying stock replacement parts, neither is significantly more expensive than the other.

Which model is faster stock Revo or Savage X?
Stock Revo is faster than stock Savage.

Which model has a biger engine 3.3 or 5.4 ?
Revo = 3.3cc, Savage X = 4.6cc

Which one has more upgrades?
There's lots for both. Not really sure which has more.


If you plan on racing, go with the Revo 100%. If you plan on bashing, consider... Revo has reverse, Savage doesn't. Revo is faster out of the box. The Revo's 3.3 consumes less fuel than the Savage's 4.6. If you're into doing wheelies, the Savage will wheelie alot easier. Revo's suspension is alot more tuneable, and it handles way better... Savage's center of gravity is way high, and it'll roll very easily. Assuming you're new to nitro, and you want the easiest possible way to start the truck, the Revo's EZ start is pretty simple... plug it in, press a button, it starts. Savage uses a roto-start, so you'll need a glow plug heater as well, which doesn't come with the package.

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well seing as you are on a traxxas forum REVO 3.3 baby all the way.

iamnot

that is a
reasonably fair
assessment

i have both a revo and a savage
but both are older models

both are good trucks
i prefer my revo to my savage

SAVAGEJIM

Of course, this is the forum dedicated to Traxxas products and Traxas fans, so, poeple will give thier vote and describe their experiences with Revo.

If you have in mind to race, I, like the Traxxas fans, vey strongly suggest the Revo. It is a race proven vehicle and has been brought into the wining circle in officially sanctioned races. It i a very easy truck to work on all of the parts are accessible from the top. This truck holds its suspension tune very well, a must for any track-specific racing truck. The Revo also handles excellently on the track you can corner like a cat with the Revo. Aftermaket parts are limitless. Even as we speak, aftermarket companies are creating more new upgrade parts and accessories for the Revo.

If you are more for plain old backyard bashing and some running up & down the streets or even hard core bashing, I suggest the Savage. This truck is build heavier and sturdier, and the chassis plates greatly help protect the vital parts: engine, electonics, transmission. Bear in mind that the Savage is a far cry from the nimbl racer the Revo is. If you want to make the Savage a racer, you will have to do some serious mods to get it on par with other track-minded trucks. However, if you can get the Savage to a semi-race ready state without sacrificing its primary structural parts, on th track, the Savage can take alot more licks as other trucks bump, ram, land on top of, or you crash into walls and stuff. As far as your truck breaking and you have to pull out of a race, the Savage will increase the probability of you finishing the race where other tucks have a higher risk of breaking and bing disqualified by teh breakage.

Regadless of your choice, you will not be disappointed with either truck. Both have excellent parts support and the aftermarket options for both are limitless. Both are easy to work on (though the Revo is actually easier to wok on than the Savage). But as I already said, if you are planning to race, hands down, buy teh Revo. With some simple and reasonably piced upgrades, you can upgrade you Revo to be a beast on the track.

matts6887

Yep I second MJA's notion and not just because this is a traxxas forum I have a revo and I tell ya what, this truck has been able to take all the abuse Ive dished out to it so far and be able to come back for more Ive jumped and landed with a crashing thud thinking something was gonna break, but nope, notta, I am still on the original skid plates, etc. and I have just about 2 gallons on them and no breakage....The revo is one TOUGH truck, and of course I am a bit biased becaused I have the revo and never have driven the savage before but I have heard plenty of good things about that truck too for one that is tough as nails when it comes to all out bashing and jumping, etc...and just that it obviously is more powerful and whatnot but like i said I own a revo so im gonna lean more towards the revo. Its also the fact that I have not been to a single hobby shop yet in this area that doesn't carry traxxas parts. And the fact that traxxas has top notch support to stand behind their products...thats my take on the 2....

VXL BURRITO

I have a Revo 3.3 and my brother has a Savage X. I got my Revo about a month ago and just messed up the rear diff on saturday at a track for my first time. Didn't even get to race the Revo, did it during warm-up. Pretty disappointing. Otherwise I've gotten a good couple feet in the air and have landed on the front multiple times and nothing's happened so far. Flipped it on pavement a good amount of times too and it's rolled hard, and nothing's happened. Hit a rock(1ft tall 1ft wide) going WOT from like 20 ft away on accident, tried to slow down but didn't do it in time and my Revo hit it and flew in the air and did a nice 360. Amazing nothing happened. It just started to turn left a little. I adjusted the steering trim to compensate and were all good.

HPI's customer service is good too. My dad called about his Baja engine being messed up(only ran for 20 min brand new) and they said that they would get him a new one.

Savage is pretty durable. Only thing that's happened to my brothers so far is the shock got bent, but I think that was drivers error. Not like jumping it. A big thing for me though is the Savage doesn't have reverse. it's a really good feature for me and where I live and what i do. It's a pain if you run into a bush you have to go get it and what not.

Revo is harder to flip especially b/c of how low to the ground it is. I had to raise it though(using the rod that connects to the shock) to the highest setting b/c of all the rocks around here. And it still won't flip very easily at all. So far, no real complaints about the Revo.

MAXXCHEVY

I was in the same boat that your in now. ( i chose the revo, just for the race and bash capability. BUt the savage is one tough mother i tell you what. but i have been very suprised s with how easy the revo is to work on. It comes down to exactly what you want but they revo keeps me satisfied haha

beer=food

Dude loosen the slipper clutch, dought you will smash another diff.Its designed to stop that sort of crunch, and it works perfectly when adjusted correctly.

Mspeed

I got my Savage X before I went out and got my Revo. Either one you go with you will probably like. I ended up wanted the Revo in the long run due to some of the advantages it has over the savage. I orginially got the Savage cause everyone said it was tough and could take a beating. After learning no matter what truck you get things will break, I took the revo for its handling and aftermarket support. I have tired the bigblock and of course the small block in my revo. Love the idea its light enough to give you a choice on which motor to use. With the Savage you are pretty much stuck with a big block cause of all the weight it carries around. Way too heavy for a small block motor. I like the small blocks for the better gas milage and racing advantage. And big blocks for the low end power and wheelies. I also liked the idea you really dont need to locktite all your hex screws on the Traxxas stuff. With the HPi stuff I had to locktite all the philps screws or they would fall out, I hated the philps screws too. Was not a big fan on the material HPI used for the brakes and slipper either, much prefered the Traxxas material they use, last alot longer and holds up to gas and oil. The design on the revo was well thought out in my opinion. On the Savage it was a bit harder to work on and things just didnt look like they were built for performance in mind. On the revo things are easier for me to access and the placement of stuff keeps the center of gravity low for improved handling. The options on the revo are nice. You get reverse already set up, you can replace that with a center diff and duel brake kit if you like, and you can put swaybars on it to improve handling even more so. I dont want it to sound like the Savage is horrible or anything, I just prefer the revo for my reasons stated. Whichever one you go with I am sure you will like. I have heard the Savage has come along way since I got mine a few years back. So alot of my issues I had with breaking certain things might not apply anymoe, but I personally love my revo for the handling and versitility.

savageman1208

SAVAGE is better of corse ur in the traxxas art of the site of corse these REVO ( panzys) owners are going to sa get a revo get a revo even tho revos BITE big tiem they break all the time the motor in it is the smae motor tht is in traxxas 4 -tec doesnt tht right there tell you something tht the power of the revo is the same of a an on road , go savage they are built tuff and to last fu** traxxas and revos

Clymer122693

^^^^LOL I love seeing savage fanboys get po'ed

Clymer122693

After owning both trucks (savage X SS) these two beasts cannot and should not be compared. They both have their pro's and cons. They are both very user freindly. For example I have yet to break a a-arm on my revo but have broken two on the savage. Before anyone pulls a size card they are both pretty much the same size. Compared to each other



The savage has taller tires and as you can see WAY more high cg.
First I would go to my lhs and see what they carry more parts for. My lhs carriers parts for both savage and revo thus I own both. My revo is a race truck and when we have big bashes it's a pain to be changing my revo setup to bash one weekend then changing it back for racing the next week and can become very costly when your waisting fluids before they are hardly used. So I bought the savage for bashing. There is no perfect truck,they will all break JM2C.

novakmaxx

I like the revo better than the savage. You could get the revo platnom.

Mspeed

I agree with Clymer, like he said, they all break. Owning both really helps to see what you like and dont like. Go to your local hobby store and have a look at both to help you decide. I am sure whichever you get you will like.

Mspeed

The plat. is not a true RTR truck. If thats not a problem then yes it is a good truck for racing. For bashing its not the most ideal for most all though, I will bash my plat. some too when I get it.

savageman1208

i dont get ti y would any one want a truck thart is only going to go what 5mph faster then the savge , over teh savage the savge is way more durable and every one knos that so why no lose the extera 5 mph and get the savage , sorry about trashing on the revo b4 they arnt as bad as ai made them out to be there is a few things i do like about them actually i was thinking about getting one a while back but i got the savge 25 and now getting teh savage xl, but anyway i like the rear pipe in the revo and the reverse and the electric thing that makes sure you are stoped b4 going to swich to backward , but i still vote savage

rcnitrohead

Don't let this fool speak for us Savage guys.. I own a T-maxx and IMO the durability is horrible, but its extremely fun to drive. This guy is no man, he is 12 and still wears daipers, he has no experience with anything and he is telling people what sucks and what doesnt.. I love my Savage, I've converted it to a racer and I firmly believe it can take a Revo, although I haven't had the chance to try yet Tom. Go HPI!

savageman1208

hey ****ing ass hole this post has nothing to do with a t maxx first of all and i wasnt talking for people with savages and wasnt telling what was good and what wasnt , i just said i like my savage. i love how people with no ****ing life come online to start fights because they have nothing better to do.....get a life get a girlfriend or something , and no im not 12 ****er im 19

Clymer122693

There's a big difference between the revo and savage (as I said before) besides the speed and one of the differences is the handling. You can tell when someone hasn't seen a revo on the track or just bashing cause they will try and pull the durabuilty card and say the savage is stronger,alot of people forget that race trucks such as the revo are just as tough as bashers and take just as much as a basher such as the savage. I'm not a fanboy for traxxas or hpi...I'm a fanboy to both companies . Like I said in my last post the first thing I would do is go to your lhs and see which has better part support for the two models your are considering.

VXL BURRITO

Thanks! I will for sure do that. I had to tighten it at one point because it wouldn't even peel out in dirt before. I tightened it but I don't know how tight. So i will try it. thanks.

savageman1208- Don't forget Savages always roll over since they are top heavy, and don't have reverse which is a pain. I vote Revo, Just because of those 2 things... It bashes like a champ too. Very sturdy. You can use the Revo to race and bash. Savage is ONLY a basher. I would love to see someone try to race a Savage. It wouldn't make any jumps(heavy) and would flip enough to make someone break their transmitter.

Clymer122693

VXL- in racing the truck is 20% and the driver is 80% IMO.

SAVAGEJIM

Absolutely true. I have watched a fellow Savage fan run a literally box-stock Savage against $1000 modded Revos on the track, and he wins even though his Savage does not have the handling characteristics of the Revo. The Revo is an excellent handler and is a serious beast-of-a-racer with the right upgrades and mods, but the rich kids who raced this Savage racer just simply did not have the driving skills to pull the true potential out of their Revos.

Though I am heavily a Savage fan, I must bow down to the race-readiness of the Revo. What I mean is, clone a reknown RC professional racer, say Adam Drake. Give one Adam clone a Savage and the other Adam clone a Revo. Give each a few days to practice with their trucks and I gauranty that the Adam with the Revo will win every time.

I have been around Revos alot, my friends all race with them on the track and I have pitted for them when they race. Revos are really a marvel of an RC, and if I were to acquire one of my own, I would love it as much as any of my Savages. Traxxas, IMHO, has really made a revolutionaly track-purposed MT truck.

VXL BURRITO

Ya, that is true. But I would say more like 30% to 70%. Driving is a big thing, but having the right truck is big too. If a pro w/ a Savage raced against a noob w/ a revo, then the pro would win of course. But I'm just saying your average driver against another average driver. Revo is gonna win since it will handle better n all that. The Savage isn't ready to race like the Revo, so it will be harder to get used to using the Savage on a track and being able to keep it under control unlike the Revo.

I like how SAVAGEJIM said it. If I just got a Revo and my clone just got a Savage and we raced that day, the Revo would win.

Kaptain Chaos

Well I went out and bought a brand new Traxxas Revo 3.3. I Still haven't even used it but today will be engine break in day anytips would be appreciated.


But yeah it looks like its gonna be some fun times, savage will be next.