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My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: July 27th, 2015, 11:04 am
by jean phi
1/4 scale car, Italian manufacture!
very rare.
Engine 30cc Mathe
A lot of work to make a nice car, bodywork, rear wing and front missing.
Here's a good challenge ...........

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: July 27th, 2015, 6:37 pm
by Al Gibson (QSL)
nice looking car, and a great project

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: July 27th, 2015, 10:27 pm
by jean phi
Al thank you very much

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: August 4th, 2015, 6:25 pm
by Emilio
I've never seen one of these?? I love it!!

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: August 6th, 2015, 9:23 am
by jean phi
Very rare car
some models built only

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: August 16th, 2015, 5:39 am
by jean phi
Here dismantled triangles
Those latter will receive treatment Chrome
Visible as the pivots of arrears wheels!

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: August 16th, 2015, 3:42 pm
by Emilio
What part of the car is the first photo?

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: August 16th, 2015, 10:24 pm
by jean phi
Pivot rear axle

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: September 30th, 2015, 8:05 am
by stefano
That's not a Mathe engine. That's a Efco-Gilardoni

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: October 20th, 2015, 2:06 pm
by Titanium
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Hi this is one my two Savo F1.
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If you are interested to rebuilt your car I can help with a lot of pictures and suggestions how to do, I've also full Autocad dwg I made by myself.
In the past I was in contact with Mr. Sergio Agostino (I died some years ago) one of the founders of SAVO and owner of a well known model shop in Bologna, Agomodel.
I tod me that he still has some several parts in stock, such an aluminum chassis, but he was too busy to search for them, once I visited his shop, if you need I can try to contact his wife that currently is managing the shop. Mr Agostino lost a lot of money with this project, he told me the was design by a graduated young engineer.
A friend of mines, a RC car mechanic, gave me those 2 cars to play with them, I have a good experience in racing cars and RC models, so I started to modify, first of all the steering and suspension. The car is too heavy and fragile at same time. The car was equipped with 2 big "twin" servos (coupled together) but even so the steering was very bad, I modified the front suspension and steering implmenting the Ackermann geometry, now I'm running with just one steering servo. The shock absorber have to be modified, they lack of the rubber blister to be installed under the cup to compensate for the volume of the piston shaft, as well I removed the piston OR. I inverted the left bottom wishbone with the right one, to have a better pushrod angle. Steering and suspension rod have been made adjustable with Left and Right threads.
The fuel tank was recoverd by an oil brake tank. A friend provided me two new carburettors.
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The car is really to heavy 12 kg, I don't how it was performing in races.
My main issues are the tires, I've 4 rubber pneumatic tires from PMT (a company not so far from Rome), how fond new tires of fit foam tires ???

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: October 27th, 2015, 12:31 pm
by Titanium
Here some details of the front hub modifications for better steering and strength
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the shock absorbers were too tight, so I replaced the original alu pistons with 2 Orings with new simple plastic piston with holes, likes in the 1/8 scale RC model, now the operation is smoother
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an amusing lightning :D
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I replaced the original Walbro carb with this one provided by an Efco-Emak engineer, very good
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Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: October 29th, 2015, 8:32 am
by jean phi
Very good work the Friend
Hence you're Italian I think?

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: November 5th, 2015, 6:54 am
by Titanium
Ya I'm from Rome
Let me know how I can help you in this project.
I posted a video in the FB page
If you are looking to race it .... Prepare for a lot of mods , so beautiful so poor mech design

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: November 7th, 2015, 12:43 am
by jean phi
Hello Titanium
You can contact me via FBook: https://www.facebook.com/jeanphilippeh1

Re: My new SAVO 1/4 F1 restoration project

Posted: December 21st, 2015, 2:34 am
by jean phi
2nd SAVO arrived home yesterday F1
Here is a beautiful F1 Team driver Alain Prost and Jean ALESI..........