Sounds like you made up your own mind. Traxxas is coming out with the REVO 3.3, which will give you plenty of motor to show up your friends, but you feel like they're junk for some reason (why dont you explain instead of just saying they're junk.)

My REVO and my Picco .26 motor are exactly what I wanted. An LST2 is probably your best option I guess, seeing that I think the LST and LST2 trucks are the only trucks better than the Traxxas REVO IMO.