Welcome to the forum and you have come to the right place i,m fairly new to Nitro trucks as well but well on my way with all the great hobbyist here much good advice and ideas ,first off your not new to nitro just trucks right ,you do know how to do proper break in on engines and stuff,depending if your going to just play around and stuff the only weak points i,ve found and heard about here are the C hubs are weak if you hit things lol ,knuckle s dew to screws stripping out,and pretty much the ss kit comes with heavy duty gears but you may want to make sure there shimmed right 46u is one of the most informative guys you can count on he,s got great experience in this field.but welcome goodluck and hope you like the mt2 as much as most of us.Oh aqnd there are many helpful people here besides 46u ,but remember gentlemen,its always good to try and help but we must watch because sometimes advice aint good for the newer and younger generation who will just try anything weather it be right or wrong advice thats why i,ve kind kept quite with advice,ive learned by trial and error for the most part ,all in the enjoyment of the hobby,going to build my own track on my parents land ,just to bad i,ll only be able to run it there when i go on vacation to visit the family 1100 mile away lol.16 hour drive one way for two weeks