Sorry for the new thread in such short amount of time.. but it no longer is slash vs sc10. ive decided to go sc10..now my only question is brushed or brushless..Now now im not asking which is better hands down i know its brushless.. What my concern is, is $$$...I can get the sc10 kit for around $199 give or take.. If i build the kit going brushless right off the bat seems like a no brainer to me but the initial sticker shock putting it all together may kill me.. Whereas the sc10 with a brushed motor i can get for just about over $200, $209 -$239 at my local shop, cant remember the exact price..But i spend the extra $10-$30 to get the brushed motor sc10 then down the road once i have burned up the brushed motor i have to upgrade to brushless and get a new lipo.. so its like im wasting the money im having to spend for getting the truck with a brushless and buying a battery for that engine...then maybe a year down the road having that stuff be obsolete and then spending more money on a brushless system with a nice lipo when that 10-30 plus cost of decent battery could have just gone straight to the brushless/lipo system. I know the kit is worth doing just simply for the fact of knowing your truck inside and out.. but is getting a truck with and engine already a better way to go? basically asking is rtr better and how long will that brushed last bashing everyday and will the performance of a brushed thrill me enough or is it the smarter choice to just go kit and put whatever engiine i want in it and go straight brushless?

If you do believe kit and brushless are the smart first choice..what brushless engine would be a good fit in the SC10? And with that engine is there a certain lipo that would give the best performance?