Yeah - Reedy still is a great motor. Trinity is another. ...along with a million newer companies that use the same Epic armatures anyway.

ESC's - lrp, novak, can't go wrong.

I own an Evader ST, but if you're gonna race and don't want to be the underdog, and want to be race-ready right out of the box, I'd honestly go with the T4 factory team if you wanna spend the money. I've put a ton of time and $$$ into my evader and I love it. I've beaten plenty of losi and AE trucks with it, and enjoyed tinkering with it to make it up to the task, but my main purpose was that I was tired of being like everyone else.

I haven't owned a xxx-t, but I've been through a couple of the xx-t's in years past and have had plenty of the AE products too.

It comes down to this - if you need parts today, or at least before the weekend, the AE parts are everywhere. The losi parts are gonna depend on your local shop/track.