yeah thats actually the truck that made me want to build a 4x4 instead. I pretty much want mine to be like yours but with a single servo, and different esc's.
you said you were going to post the weight, but I never could find it. So how much did yours weigh? and how did it perform on one lipo? what lipo is it? also what steering setup are you running? the defiance racing hubs are nice, but $80 is really steep.