@@ManiacRacing if you haven’t tried California motorbikes yet, you should give it a shot. Quality is the best out there anywhere in the price range

Yeah, especially a heavier piston isn't really desireable, even though here the wildcats one is probably higher quality.

@@neoboost6377 the fraction of the ounce of weight difference I believe is attributed to the pins on the piston, which are not well seated on the lower quality piston. This means that the low quality piston is more likely for the pins to fail and cause the top end of the engine to have a catastrophic failure.

Yes, better to buy through American company like California motorbikes that can set standards and do thorough quality control before anything gets sent out.

@@TheShivABC thank you! I recently bought a scale good up past 50 pounds and was able to determine that the engines weigh about a pound different, around half of this weight difference is from the heavier bottom end with the slightly larger flywheel and denser internals and the larger surface area on the cylinder/cylinder head made up the rest of the difference in weight. Thanks for your comment.

@@zsfabricating No problem, I'm a small engine mechanic, this cheapening of engines is everywhere, kohler engines is about to fold under

Exactly. The eBay/amazon engine sellers don’t have strong brand loyalty, therefore their goal is to get the price absolutely as low as possible, as they aren’t worried about return customers and want to maximize profit. The wildcat engine is made in a different factory with a higher quality capacity and is also set to a higher standard. The truth is, with Chinese manufacturing really low or really high-quality can be achieved, it depends on the price required for the market. For some people, saving $30 may be something they’re willing to do, but in the long run you don’t save money and you have to deal with a low quality engine having constant issues, unreliability, and lower performance. These engines now having the smaller flywheels to save money is basically a nail in the coffin, as people might be willing to tough out low quality but when it comes to even having to deal with a slower engine, people don’t want to deal with that. It’s just not worth the savings.

@@masterhacker1989 first of all it’s an indicator of quality. Secondly, the crank case gasket will blow out in that weak spot within a few weeks and all your crank case pressure is gone and so is your performance. Also, when you want to work on the engine, the gaskets will rip when you try to takeoff your covers.