[coolhandcountry]

For the power you need I would bump the batteries up. 8xl or 9xl should put you in your bracket with 18 cells. 16 cells work real well. If you have a stock maxx. First on list would be a chassis up grade to hold the cells. The flm chassis or gorilla are good. the stock arms would do you for now. Cvds are a must and the steel idlers are as well. Esc I am not sure what all you want to do later on. I would suggest getting the 1/8 diffs for you truck to. The stocks may get it moving for a very short time depends on tires and style of driving. I hope this gets you started. As far as the two speed or single speed. It really depends on you. I like the two speed over the single for bashing.