It's a bad idea to modify any bike like this, let alone a wal-mart bike. Those bikes are designed to be pedal around 5mph in a cul-de-sac and thrown in the trash after a year or two.
You are asking for trouble or catastrophic failure.
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The best in what regard? Bafang is probably still one of the best overall. It doesn't have torque assist though. Tongsheng does have torque assist and a lot of people like it.
Then there's more fancy stuff like CYC's Photon which produces 135Nm in 3.5kg.