You can't beleive everything that you hear,especialy if you hear the opposite from someone else.The majority will tell you that the G3.0 is a very reliable and powerful engine.How you come up with seeing the G3.0 as cheap is beyond me...And no,the bearings are not bad at all,its the clutch spring that goes bad.A lot of people automaticly skip over the Firestorm when they see they price,since they think,"Cheaper price,Cheaper performance".Most of us Firestorm owners will tell you that it is definatly a bargain.It drives and holds up like a $320 truck IMO...

I can't tell you much about the GT2 other than,it is a well rounded ST with racing attributes.