Nice looking build Andrew. Your tuber looks real solid.
And you are most surely correct, TOO MUCH articulation only looks good in pictures.
It will definately get you into trouble on the trail.
How are you running your shocks now? Springs, Oil weight, limiters? I noticed you mentioned that you had tried "full droop".
Do you have any breather holes in your Axial wheels? Have you been able to get your crawler on the rocks yet?
I've managed to place better at each event I go to. I've also managed to put about $700 into my crawler. Now my silly a$$ is thinking about going MOA with HR axles.
Here is a pic from my first crawl. I'm running the RustlerVXL body on the left. We are averaging a little over 20 crawlers per comp. these days.
