World's BEST Nitro RC Basher Car (or is it?) 

You need one of everything the longer your in the hobby lol. Nitro is not instant gratification though however your work is rewarded when she comes together nothing quite like it. 1hr or more to play grab a nitro hr or less take thd electric. But careful one nitro turns into 5 very fast.

I'm thinking about getting back into the hobby only because if I do I'm gonna buy my first nitro truck

That's what happens with trends, get tired of one thing and you go back to what you left, makes it fun again. Like things that are in style, us humans are weird.

I have a revo 3.3 you guys can buy. electric is far superior.

I love the sound and smell of nitro

@@TrollingHistory👍 1/8 RTR servos make good steering servos for 1/10 basher buggies 😂

the stock servo is 8kg, thats a joke on this kind of car. I would have tossed it in the bin directly also

its a smack in the face to its customers, its the same 20yr old design, they could of at least threw in some decent servos for £600 my cheapo ftx carnage came with decent servos wireless reciever and failsafe and steel brake disc at £170 new

@@cblack3470 the savage has and still is a rip off for the price it sells at so yeah I agree

HPI sucks, who puts a 8kg servo on a monster truck? That is useless on ANY RC.

They aren't really required especially for the throttle. I ran the stock servo for a while without issues, but almost all RTRs come with servos that suck. The stock one isn't the best especially for the steering, but it held up fine, actually better for me than Traxxas or a few others, which stripped very quickly for me. I also don't think all the linkage changes are really necessary for the throttle and brake. The stock radio works fine and is a decent RTR radio, the endpoint adjustments are even easily accessible (unlike other RTR radios). So far I've run mine entirely stock. The only thing I had to do out of the box was check that the failsafe worked, it wasn't set properly from the factory, but that's a 1 1/2min procedure and you are done. The rest is all par for the course RTR and nitro stuff. My only complaints are that the stock return spring won't pull the carb close if power shuts off, the battery/rx box is kindof awkward when you are putting batteries in or out, and I keep having the pressure line from the exhaust pop out also.

everything Kevin did is 100% optional, by no means will it not run great stock. It just runs better the more $you throw at it, as with all things in life.

Eco servos may be cheap but the ones hpi used are cheaper. Kev upgrades just about all electronics in his cars anyways when new.

Did you see how slow those servos are from hpi? Super super slow. Those eco servos arent that expensive, and are super tough much quicker. Why dont conpanies use alot of great stuff, because of cost usually.

@Bow Sineath nope stock radio is fine as well, but if you have 100 diff rcs, then just having one primary is nice and easy. Most folks will use the radio that comes with it, but that steering servo, at least on his there, was super slow looking. If they are all that slow id swap it as well. And im not even very picky.

I love this channel but I wish it was a true review before changing things

You could clearly see the weakness, it is a proper test. The steering servo was slow af, and the linkage to the breaks/gas was poorly made from factory, this is a GREAT review.

Metal twist tie (like from a bread bag) works great, small diameter so it'll fit and you can really cinch it down tight.

Not enaugh room for that

Probably why the slipper was slipping too

You can adjust it to shift earlier.

3 1/2 turns from completely closed is the sweet spot on that specific

Wasn't one of his first nitro vehicles a savage?

I have a slash 4x4 ultimate and it is great

Only cause the savage had a big block ... once you changed the bulkheads to aluminium and put a bigger motor the tmaxx was better and lighter

​@@chisoxfan773Yup so had to upgrade Traxxas to make same or slightly better than STOCK Savage, so...

@@samw2768 hpi isn’t owned by hot bodies that deal ended about 10 years ago

@@brabbit2902 you ever raw dawg a gerbil just to feel alive

This guy has never owned a savage obviously

@@jwmitch27 savage was ok, 20y ago man... from that time, hpi is comparable to any chineese brand. Crap.

My MT2 definitely seems to have better quality but it's 20 years old, been upgraded etc. Bet the stock servos etc, AM transmitter etc were terrible back then too 🤣🤣

Same.

talion electrics are good

Mate I had a T Maxx also. They were great. With the easy start system. Just seemed like a low maintenance and easy car to work on. But I never owned a HPI so I couldn't compare.

@@frankensteinsgarage9632 Absolutely! They where close but the savage always has some strange quirk's. Ya' fix one, it runs fine for a bit then it's always something else. The TMAXX was old reliable and took a beating!

At that the E-Maxx was still one of the best electrics around but back then nothing compared to a nitro

Amain

I think it's a matter of personal taste. I love the simplicity of the electric and the sound and wrenching of the nitro! 😛

The hassle is the fun part, its like buying a kit over a RTR, except every time you try to run it

That’s just personal taste. Kev was a big nitro XL guy years ago. So for him he knows the upgrades to make the truck a little better out of the box. Since nothing was changed from previous generations. People who have savages most likely will do the same changes. But electric is cool and all but they get a little boring after awhile. I’m a nitro guy and nothing beats the smell and sound of a nitro ripping. Nitro is its own hobby within the RC world.

The "hassle" is the fun part for mechanics like me. When im feeling lazy i play with my lipo car

nitro is fine, hpi is just shit

Great minds

@@TrollingHistory savage stock is waaaaay more durable. Revo with a .26 sounds like a hoot though!

And his

I'm sure the $ has NOTHING to do with it 🤣

#D Lets test those points. Stock servos are fine, personal preference. Normally you'd run it till you have a servo fail then upgrade. Fuel line popped off, not sure how that's a major detergent, probably getting pulled off when crashing, idk. Not major. Zero parts broke. No a revo is in now way comparable to a big block savage. Traxxas uses a affordable plastic drive train, which is great for intended small block purpose. The savage has full HD metal drive train that can take big block torque... if you want to compair a traxxas tmaxx or revo to a savage, then factor in HD mip drive train, big block conversion....etc. then we can compair. Sorry to say it nitro revo would of broke on that skate park before a savage. Unfortunately the traxxas header likes to shear of durring regular running, imo id take a popped of fuel line over that any day. Doesn't matter you need both at the end of the day 😀. Oh a little more tinkering and that gear box would shift no problem, so what's the big deal? You have to tune any 2spd