I just got back into racing recently and I converted my 12L3 to the Irs rug rat and I tell you to me its the best 12th scale Ive driven I just added the IRS front end and silva Tplate to it and what a diff it made to the car and how adding these parts to the car made a more stable and smoother car.I know im happy with the car and I love driving it just need to get my skills back