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i wanna make a racing savage

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Old 05-19-2009, 09:49 AM
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Default i wanna make a racing savage

what do i need to do to my savage to make it into a racing savage ,ive already goty a picco and a tuned pipe but i wanna make it go around corners better, i know that means new shocks and tyres but wich ones, also is there anything else i should do
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Default RE: i wanna make a racing savage

this is what i did to mine

http://www.hpieurope.com/walk.php?lang=en&id=20

i didnt do it all at once but i slowly upgraded to it. i also am using an lrp 28.
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Default RE: i wanna make a racing savage

First thing to do is lower the ride height. I took out all the spacers, then added small spacers until the a-arms were parallel to the ground. That should be a good height to start with.
My flux had 30 weight oil in the shocks, I changed it to 50wt in the front and 60wt in the rear shocks.
You can add some thicker diff fluid to the front and rear diffs formore positive locking action.
I added 2.5 degrees of negative camber front and rear. Even with the heavier shock oil, the Savage likes to lean over in the turns so the camber increase really helps.

I dont think you need new shocks, just tune the ones you have so they are more firm for racing. A nice set of pin tires will help in the corners as well.

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