If you are already thinking of upgraded a villain ex, then please dont get that boat, I got it and I sold it, It is to costly to upgrade everything and still you wont be able to break the 30mph due to the limitations of the hull. Try getting a boat from finedesignrc or others to get some nice speed out of the box. On my villain EX I paid 290 for it, 90 for propellers, 12$ water cooling, 3$ autobailer, Brushcooling. so thus its close to 420$ or so and even with that the gears strip everytime u take a hard corner because they bind. Steer away from it if your looking for speed.

Att. Andrew