-SomeGuy-

just wanted you guys to share whatever tricks work for you.Its my first winter with my savage and i want to make sure im all set...

LaxerMan21

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plasti-dip your servos, water balloon your reciever and battery pack, pretty much re-lube everything and I add some more 25k grease in the diffs and tranny.

spareanychange

Get a temp gauge, get it up to temp before going off!

tron_23

ballon the servos reciever and batteries, get a switch cover, and richen the motor a bit. you would think to lean it to get the temps up but since the air is cold and dry it is dencer therefore there is more oxogin so you need more fule.

Polar_Bus

This topic has been discussed a lot, I'll do the searching for you:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_25...tm.htm#2544666


http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_25...tm.htm#2579899


http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_24...tm.htm#2475645

spareanychange

yer, if you lean it it destorys the engine, if you can actually get it running, you should be constantly moving the mixture n e way, it aint hard n the engine wont perform to its max if you leave it at one setting

-SomeGuy-

Ya i heard about that cold air=more fuel, makes sense...

crop

took my savage out for a run yesterday and it was below 0 degree, freezing cold. the shock stuck unexpectedly, then i realized that what the AE printed on their shock oil bottles saying"will not thicken up in cold weather" was just a propaganda.the shock was acting as if it has #100 oil in it. I'm considering get rid of the shock oil of one shock on each corner so as to reduce bounce.

Polar_Bus

If you have stock RTR HPI fluid in your shocks, you CANNOT run that fluid in the cold weather. The fluid viscosity gets extremely thick as it gets colder out, which causes your shocks to not dampen correctly (WAY too stiff) You will end up breaking suspension stuff if you do any jumping in cold weather. Run a 20 wt silicon fluid, and you will be all set. Silicone is not affected by cold.

crop

MAN I was running with silicone oil from Associated and it DID thicken up a lot. I was running with #40,maybe #20 in such cold weather will work ok as it will thicken . I didn't met such severe issue before with stock shocks, maybe that's the problem:the aluminium ones simply failed to keep the heat and was more likely to be affected by weather.