why are .21 onroad engines soo overpriced?

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04-24-2007, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by quietstorm76

US companies do it all the time. I can buy traxxas and associated products cheaper than the overseas products.

Traxxas products are made in Taiwan, and so are most Asc.

04-24-2007, 02:01 PM

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Traxxas products are made in Taiwan, and so are most Asc.

They are American companies are they not?

04-24-2007, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by team novarossi

maybe NOVAROSSI does not want to make the most engines, only the best engines.
ever thought about that?

Well I think that other companies are very close so Novarossi is not going to have to worry about making so many engines.

04-24-2007, 08:14 PM

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If you ask me, thats a pile of bulls$%&t. Im a machinist and I program and set up my own machines everyday, and if done right, and they have the money to do it right, the scrap is minimal. The machines will make all the parts the same, everytime, as long as the tools are kept sharp, and a big company like Novarossi will have a schedule of how long tools will last.

and aluminuim and brass arn't exactly hard to machine compared to other materials.