HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL and thankx for the hope RCCarfreak. i just put everything back in the car and now i have the extended antenna in the recevr and the 26 guage antenna in the car. i put in a 3.7v li-ion from a cell phone battery but after some running around at 3.6mph at stock motor the car's stearing has started to cause some problems. but you are right these cars are soo much fun and fast!!! lol
the range sadly is still around 7-10 feet but once i got the range upto 20 feet
and then back to 7
lol. luckly i bought it on the sale time for 30 i think .