hmm, from what i've seen a 5000mah 5s from maxamps.com is $242. is there somewhere you recommend that's cheaper or am i not looking at the right type of lipos?

Maxamps is the last place to look. Check out Truerc.com. I recommend the 8000mah packs. Can't beat the price.

I would buy some of the Neu 5000 30c cells

thanks Squee. definitely alot cheaper. however, it looks like they only have 8000mah in 2s or 3s. is that going to be powerful enough for maxx? can't afford to get two to make 4s or 6s as this will be $250-300.

They have them in up to 5S or 6S I know, maybe more. 2 2S packs is only $10 more than a 4S pack (extra materials), so it's only like $140 for a 4S pack, I think (off the top of my head). For the price of one Neu pack you can get 2 Truerc packs.

I have a set of TrueRC (2) 2s2p 6400's and a set of MaxAmps (2) 2s2p 6000's. I run in both my emaxx, Evo, ruslter and stampede. The only difference that I can notice is that the TrueRC is a little warmer after a hard run them the maxamps. As far as run time and power they are too close to tell them apart while running my. I stayed with the 2s2p battery so I can run the batteries in all my RC instead of having a 4s that can only run in the evo or a 3s.