I am new to the racing scene as well in the past couple months. But have been into rc and nitro for 6 years. I think with your experience you are better off finding a used truggy roller on the forums. With winter and the racing scene off season it would be the perfect time to build your truck the way you want with the parts you want. I spent nearly 500 total on my buggy roller and all the equipment, its a Mugen MBX-5. So I basically built my buggy for the price of what a new kit would cost. I took apart the diffs and made sure it was all good. I changed my fluids and it is practically new. I love it and had a great time with it all. Check out the for sale section. Much of my equipment came from here.