well, it sounds like your engine has come down witha bad case of poorlybuiltPOSitis. the symptoms are what you stated and i recommend going to your local hardware store and buy the biggest hammer you can find. find the nearest exotic cheese farm and throw the engine off of the roof into the cheese fields. take the hammer with you down and begin beating like a madman. cover the engine in 20%mozarrella and 8% swiss blend cheese with the rest as provolone in order to soften the blow to the hammer. when done, grab a small goat and use his antlers to scrape the cheese off and it is almost like eating the engine. go home and stick the engine ina box. address it to hell, and wait for it to end up on traxxas' doorstep[sm=tongue.gif]