Personally I think that a stock Cen doesnt make the perfect basher as its drivetrain (diff cups and cvd's, dogbones) are fairly lightweight. And lack of aftermarket support means you cant buy upgrades for them. Its not too bad with the diff cup modification but you have to limit suspension travel to stop smashing cvd's and dogbones, which is great for racing but not really too good for bashing. Also the chassis is fairly flexy standard so that will also have to be modded (new era make a great rollbar) or you can do your own mod.
As long as you dont want to get massive air it should hold up well.
Its a great little car thats let down by a few little things. It bloomin well flies with the OS18 in it!!!

My next car is going to be a Savage SS 4.6 it should be able to take the punishment I dish out a little better.

Cheers