the ntc3 is a great car, the top cars at our races last year were all ntc3's. You can't look over the other cars but it comes out of the box being very adjustable. You can get a wide range of hop-ups and a few parts you can steal from other types of cars. read my post about the trany case. The trany case is my one and only problem with the car. If you know a little about the car or can research it you could buy all parts seperatly and get the better stuff for racing instead of buying the kit if you went for the ntc3. parts and manuals are all on ae's web page