nitro drifting becomes very exspensive... the cost of nitro and tires will be alot..if you get an electric you wont be spending as much or eating thru tires...i drift a hpi sprint2 and it works great..the onli mods i have done is the diff case mods and got a better battery and drift tires and it drifts great. and if the nitro is a 2 speed its hard on the trans to take the abuse of drifting...just somethings to think about