These trucks are great! Built like tanks!
Buy good servos and you will be happy with it. I went with a Hitec 5745 1/4 for steering and a Hitec 5955 tg for throttle/brake, I made the mistake of going cheap and bought an XTM 175 for t/b what a mistake!! Too slow of a servo!
You will need a 5 cell sub-C receiver pack, a standard 5 cell from a nitro truck won't cut it, the pack will dump before you run through your first tank of fuel!
Buy a fail-safe, and set it correctly!! Nothing worse than a failsafe going to full throttle, instead of brake!! 27 pound truck, 45 mph, brick wall, equals big money!
As for parts, try
www.largescalerc.com or
www.bigboystoysandhobbies.com They will have anything your heart could desire, at good prices too!
When you are ready for more power, I mean ALOT more try a Jet Pro pipe, I have a silenced version and I love it, Just like in the videos, constant wheelies! (Check out
www.bigboystoysandhobbies for some videos) By just putting on a pipe on it, will make it flip over backwards!!! Trust me!
Which brings me to my next point, if you buy a pipe, you WILL need a wheelie bar, at $150 for a body, you WILL need one!
Tires... The stock tires are great on pavement, but not so great on loose dirt/gravel, kinda like, out of control! 30 mph,1/2 throttle, punch it... Slide all over the place. Throws rocks and stones about 15-20 feet, 5-6 feet in the air! (Let's see a nitro do that!!!!)
This is a whole new world compared to the world of nitros, I have a couple T-Maxxes, an LST a $1,200 Savage and a bunch of other nitros and I would trash can them all, for a 1/6 scale!
Besides, glow plugs are for diesels!
Go with a 1/6 scale, you won't regret it!
Hope this helps,
Trip.