Wow, I love what you're doing witht the car. Wish I had the time, space, money, etc. to get something like that off the ground.
BTW I race R/c, I have 7 of them. 2 carpet/pan cars, an HPI RS4 rally, an Associated RC10, a kyosho Mini-z, a Losi XXXT, and an Xmod. Great stuff, but it is expensive...