Originally Posted by snwchris

I guess it depends on his track too and or size of track, cause he also states it would be nice to have the power when needed.

I came from running 4x4 SCT & Ebuggy and this is my first 1/10 4w Buggy. The 7.5 felt perfect to get used to and it still had the power for 1/8 sized tracks. It kept me out of trouble learning and plenty of power to gear up as well.

Another choice would be an 8.5 and depending on the ESC you could add boost or timing to it. There are a few guys at our track running the Trackstar 120A ESC and motor combo and have added boost to it and the car does quite well.