I am going to be racing it but have heard you need to do a lot of little tweaks to get it to run properly. The reason for not going Lipo off the hop is the price and the fact that I want to learn to drive it before making it go faster as that to me is a quick way to break it. From what I have been reading some vents in the rtr body is a must to keep it mostly level in the air. Also the indoor track we have is carpeted so apparently need to look into some heavier oil for the shocks. I want to keep the vehicle as close to stock as possible as it keeps you from getting grief from the local rule jockeys.