Originally Posted by gigaplex

The price cap is currently $150, but manufacturers are charging more than the price cap by offering "tuning options" and getting around the technicality by offering an untuned motor at or below the price cap. Combine that with the recent surge of HP from the new generation that's developing quickly, we're getting to a point where many feel they need a new motor that costs more than the motor cap every couple of months. Part of it is on them, they don't actually need to spend that much money on the tuning options for the top 1%. But part of it is actually based in reality, there is a measurable performance gap between the newer models that have been coming out.