I earlier wondered about the .28 possibly being too much motor. I asked this FIRST so I could possibly sell it off. Anyhoo, I decided to keep the stock motor and now after driving it feel the .28 is perfect for this car. I do drive on a smaller track where I need a little oomph in small bursts. I too noticed that once I hit the straight that it tops off fairly quick.
The stock motor is pretty decent. The car as a whole, for being an RTR is actually really nice. I switched over to the AE Factory chromie pipe, took the threaded shocks from my RC8, and going to bling it with the annodized blue chassis supports (RC8T). That's about it.
This really isn't setup talk......but just praising the truck in it's stock form I guess. I love this thing!!