How big is your budget? I love my Spektrum DX3R radio but that will set you back $300 As for info on Lipos MaxAmps.com has an info section. There Lipos aren't the highest quality but IMO pretty decent for the money. Enerland based cells seem to be all the rage on here, I don't have any though. I've been pretty happy with my Maxamp packs. No matter what Lipo you go with they will blow your mind compared to NiMh packs.
check out the zippy packs on hobbycity (hong kong site) they are the cheapest and should beat the maxamps packs. (even if they were the same, the cost difference is quite large)
u will probably want 4s (14.8v, comparable to 15-16 nimh)
hyper 8.5 pro SOLD!
Monster Max Still Working...
JR SX3
Neu 1512 2D/S
12t pinion
4800 zippy-r