Mad Monkey/Lupuz: what shocks and other bits?

[Spoolio]

It's the weekend, I'm bored. If I buy a Mad Monkey kit to build I already know the kit shocks are not really ideal for racing (or as I prefer to call it, driving round sedately getting in the way ) so will either Losi XXX-CR, Associated B4, or Tamiya TRF shocks fit as I've already got some of these in my spares pile so don't need to spend anything extra.

What else is crucial for a Monkey kit to make it race ready other than a POM idler gear, a bearing set and the shocks and some turnbuckles (again already got plenty of them)?

Ta.