Thanks for the replys guys, I have an update.. This morning I got the car on the bench again turned on the radio and receiver without engine running and the throttle servo would not work. it had power going to it because when I turned the servo horn by hand, it had reisitance and the servo would buzz. after i did that a few times the servo started working again. However, when the serrvo was not responding, I plugged a different servo into the port and the new servo worked fine, so it seems like it is a servo problem.. I am Bummed this is a 110.00 servo.
thx
\chris