Originally Posted by jgil089

I agree with the comments above. Many people buy a TT02 and then a bunch of hopups at the start but the cost gets out of control so quickly. Just bearings and run it to start, oil shocks are worth looking at too. The friction dampers aren't the best but will work ok, but the plastic bushings will sap power and runtime and can cause damage.

If you decide on an alloy motor mount look at the Yeah Racing version as it has a slot allowing you to set the gearmesh, rather than the fixed positions of the Tamiya version. I would only buy this if you also get the high speed gearset, otherwise the plastic one is fine if you are running the kit motor.