Brushless setups. HELP!

[TraininModeRacr]

Hey all!

I'm new to RCM but have trolled for a few days and found that theres a whole wide world outside of the foolish Traxxas forums and that this site has a TON of info to offer. Not to mention, allow a sense of humor. =) Not to sound like I followed Suicide Niels bandwagon...but I did.

Anyhow... I'm looking for some help in the area of my first project! I just picked up a slightly used 8T with a few sets of tires and bodies for cheap off of ebay and want to get this truggy haulin. I am really looking for a solid yet fast setup <'round 55ish> due to my large and open track.

I was looking at the Tekno kit and liked the idea of an electri clutch.. any opinions?
Also with that kit I'd like to use mechanical brakes so I'd need a 3ch radio with servo mixing correct, as well as a servo for it..duh.

Radio: Spektrum DX3R
Brake servo: Hitec 985MG Strong enough to do the trick?

And now comes the hard part.... Brushless stuff... I haven't been into R/Cs for very long but I have done an insane amount of reading. For ESCs the MMM seems the be the feature filled top of the line speedo with the ability for 6s and amazing programability.<-- is that a word? Anyone here have faith in the v3? I wouldn't mind waiting if so.

ESC: MMM MGM
Motors: Neu?

For motors I was looking at the 1515 1Y and the 2.5D. I'd rather not run 6s through the MMM purely because its using the ESC to its maximum abilities and with 4s I'm not sure I could gear the 1515 1Y for the 55ish range safely. The 2.5D on the other hand is a amp hog and I'm not sure what that involves.

I'm as good with custom work and soldering as a monkey is. Yea.. that bad,
so working with receivers and BECs and all that garbage is out of the question for me. Its bad enough I'm gonna let my LHS rape me for soldering taps for my
balancers//chargers//batts//motors and ESC.

Other items I was looking at.
Charger: Hyperion Duo
Steering: Hitec 7955TG
Wheels//Tires: LPR blacks with Crimefighters.
Batts: I'm completely open here.

For batteries I was looking for an Enerland cell due to their great quality, other then that 4s,5s,6s. Whatever I can fit in the Tekno kit sounds great! I'm hoping for the most runtime possible...not sure what can be fit in that tray.

In closing any help, opinions, and knowledge is welcomed! Thanks for the help guys and look forward to getting my build underway!