When i moved to brushless i chose nosram and so far it hasnt really mised a beat I have had one of my two nosrams go pop on me but i sent it back to mirage and within a week i had a new one though my door super service

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Runs nice and cool and isnt to tall so fit in most 2wds easy peasy.
As for motors ive run the orion/peak motors which are very good havent had any problem with damp in them but they seem to have alot of torque. I recently bought a losi 6.5 motor to give it a go i was going to keep it as a spare but i was so impressed i left it in my 4wd. Really good for the money.
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