Yeah, come on guys. lol... These motors were not made by cavemen with stone tools. Perhaps due to their economy in shambles because of the Cold War they had well worn machines and lower quality raw materials in some cases but these motors were designed and built by people who most assuredly have very high technical skills. Can we say KALISHNIKOV? MIG? SOYUZ? TUPOLEV? YAK? I personally have no qualms about Russian made products. And fine tuning this "jewel in the rough" is really fun in my opinion.