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you are going to rob the bank. You need to pick Your crew, get guns, a car, anything else you need for it. and then rob a bank.

any good?

The idea itself is fine. I'd play through it when done. How you approach it and write it is the big thing though. If you add variables, it could be fun to replay with different combinations of crew, guns, cars, etc, which result in different experiences when robbing the bank. 

As a choose your own story game, it's good to make sure there's plenty of options, and the journey to get there isn't too linear. Also try to avoid making too many unclear/luck based deaths, so people aren't just guessing what the best option is, and going back a page if they guess wrong. You can support the reader with written cues, to hint at what the "safe" options are, without directly saying it.

Like Iron said, it's the writing that matters the most. Any idea can be made to work with enough care and creativity put into it. (While at the same time, even the best idea can wind up as trash if the writing is lazy or fails to draw in the reader...) 
 

American Outlaws is a recently featured game you might want to look over for inspiration.

Are you planning this to be character and plot focused or more of a strategy thing?

It is certainly possible. The setup you have described could be quite complicated:

Are you really going to rob the bank? Are there minimum requirements you need to rob it? What kind of choices would have you for your crew? How will each choice affect the end result? What about guns? What if you try and rob it without guns? When will you see the option to rob the bank? What does "anything else" mean? How many attempts do you have? Is this a one-time thing with a single success or failure option? How would you determine success or failure?

So sure, this could be a good story, but implementing it here could be very complex.

Mhm, just don't forget to capitalize. xD