[slipknot666]

just going to stick my opinion in here. firstly not to poopoo the engine advice given earlier but o.s would NOT be a choice for a beginner in my opinion. you need to learn a bit about engine care/tuning etc before you go spending over 300 qudi on an engine. Alpha, werks, argus all make really good engines for not alot of money (sub £200) I run the new novarossi plus 4 btt engine which is a 300 quid engine but i started off with alphas and never had an issue with them. Chassis wise i have driven associated and losi in 1/8th rallycross and i found the losi so much easier to drive. My first meeting with the losi buggy (8ight 2.0 eu) i went out and won the b final by nearly 30 seconds. Alot of it is just down to prefernce IMO and what you like and what you can afford. Personnaly I would go down to your nearest club and have a chat with the drivers there, see what they run find out whats good and bad about each buggy/engine and people will always be willing to help beginners. The agama is doing very well at the minute with alot of people changing over to it. I think either a losi or agama and werks/alpha engines would be a good start but what i can say is get the best servos and radio you can afford because if you have got hundreds of pounds worth of kit hurtleing round a track you dont want it runing away from you due to cheap radio gear.
anyway hope that helps. anymore info needed the feel free to pm me.

james