I mean yes you get what you pay for. That is the truth. But I will say that when I bought my first axial engine and put it in my TMAXX I absolutely thought it was the most terrific engine with tons of grunt for bashing and getting my tmaxx to wheelie like crazy. When i bought my first picco I learned that cheap can be good. My picco was prone to front bearing air leaks. And also my carb went bad. And every week I had another problem with that engine. I went back to axials and no problems. So I guess I just had a bad engine. But 10 problems with the same engine as opposed to my axials which were reliable to the max.