friend wants to start RC what to buy?

[t-maxxracer32]

seems that if i buy a new truck the MGT is the way to go.

if i decided to drop in an engine on my crt and put some bigger tires on it (to make it look more like a MT) how do you think it would perform? would it be durable enough? im sure it would since its meant for racing.

also what engine would be a nice dropin?