I think I would go with this ESC and pick out a motor and the programming card with it. You can probably get it for only $5 or 10 more, and it will handle a lot. I have heard it is pretty underrated. Im very tempted to buy something like this for my stampede. Im just not sure what would be a good motor, but its hard to resist at the price. The worst part is I have heard shipping is $20 if you want it with any speed. Not sure how much shipping is if you do standard(slow) shipping which i heard takes about a month.
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