Believe it or not, i got to drive it today. Took a little while to fire, then it started right up. Sounded like a 2-stroke dirt bike with the HPI ribbed pipe this thing has on it. Fairly loud, but it goes with the theme. I got through about 4 tanks, then my friend snapped the rear turnbuckle rod end. Ended the day, but i took it home, and fixed it up in nothing flat. I'm gonna take it out to his house tomorrow and finish break in, and hopefully put some nice, fast gearing on it and see what she will do!
Btw, the electronic problem was the receiver. The 2nd channel is messed up, so the throttle servo wasn't working. I stole the receiver off of my Maxx until i get a new one.