Thank you all for the input. Very informative for a newbie.
I have been doing some reading and it seems like the only downfall to the Firestorm is a plastic spur gear that tends to wear? And I have been looking for spare part availability.
My buddy has 2 nitro Traxxas Rustlers and they make an electric version I guess all the parts are interchangeable.
My most important goal is for this thing to be rugged and when it does have something wrong I want to be able to order parts for it inside the USA.