Right now I have an HPI Savage Flux that is an absolute beast. I don't have it tuned for top speed, so it only does around 40mph, but the acceleration is brutal on 2 2-cell LiPOs (14.8volts) and if I want, I can take it up to 6 cells for 22.2volts. On 4 cells, it can do a standing backflip. On 6 cells, I could do a backflip at any speed up to probably 20mph...
And while some other trucks might out-corner it on a track, there's just nothing out there that can jump and take abuse like a Savage. I've cleared thirty-foot jumps and landed samck on the roof, or even bounced off one wheel, and just kept going with little or no damage. I've broken a few parts here and there just out of constant abuse, and spent more money than I maybe should have, but that's just part of the hobby.
I do have a set of aftermarket chassis plates. The stock ones finally bent after six months of constant bad landings, so I replaced them with a set of 5mm thick 6061 aluminum plates from TeamTCS for, get this, $20. Everything else is either stock, or replaced with parts from the earlier Savage 25, which had a couple parts that were stronger.
Mine is the orange Cuda...
