I just noticed that I don't see the pinion gear on your VF1 car Ned; is it there? I assume you would need to cut away a small part of the lexan "engine" to make room for it as well as for the motor pod to move freely. Is that correct?
Also, that looks like the 3 Racing F109 front suspension, which looks good by the way; did you ever get the Tech Racing one from RC Mart yet?