It would pick the truck up off the ground. funny you mentioned glow plugs as the one in it died and i had to put a spare in.
i got it to idle at a resonable speed after about an 15-20 mins of sitting there and then an extra 10 mins of driving, i could finaly lower the throttle trim so it would idle at a reasonable speed without dieing. But high end still seems lean.

it was the compression that killed the pullstart. It quite literally twisten the bit that the string wrapps wround right off (supprisingly i have never snapped the string itself). It did flood about 6 times before it would start however, but i no longer need to heat it for it to run which is good.

like i said, i used it a few months back and it was fine (as it could be) before i put it in storage. It my first nitro truck so im not the best at tuning these beasts!!

is strong compression a good or bad sighn, the guy at my LHS said it hadnt been used that long.