dude u live in Louisiana take a drive to Hobby town usa in Tyler tx (3-5 hours) and ask for tyler the car guy (thats me)
il pull out my sport and show you how they do it in Texas
and as for hop ups fr the sport buy a small peice of Al and make u a bug block engine adapter
it is really simple to do and u can get more low end power
if u want speed put sumthing like a .12 in it higher rpm= more speed