your best bet is to go to the local track and see what the other racers are driveing and then check with the local hobby shop to see what parts if any that they carry , at the track i just started at last year which i only raced in 3 of the races ( at the end of season ) the guys were more then willing to help out with setup and advice and there is a guy that had parts there for the cars that i had purchased off the racers , so that made it easy for me and now im looking forward to a fun summer racing in as many of the races that i can get to . as far as a motor goes i see alot of the nova's at the local track and sean there was alot at the wc so hope this helps being im a newb to good luck and listen to what the old timers are telling you ,