Hi Guys,
I certainly don't want to step on any toes with this post...but i hope this helps clarify a few things..
this post is from my personal experience, i understand i am new over here, but i am by no meens new to large scale gassers.
with that said i have known bruce ( gizmomotors ) and his family for a little over 6 years.
I have run his motors in big gasser boats for damn near that long, i also have one of his 30.5 motors in one of my baja's.
i will start with bruce himself, he damn sure comes across as an old bastard somethimes, because he is...Lol.. he has zero patience, and his personality is much like my own..
most intraverts do not do well in public, thats why we usually have someone else deal with the public... in my case i took a beating in the car business as a service advisor, then manager from the public so its a self preservation kinda thing.
anyway getting back to the point, once you break down the initial wall you will find bruce is a good guy in general .
his motors run great and in my personal experience they last, and are easy to tune.
as for his prices:
1) all of his work is done in house, therefore cost is relative. everything he does is done by CNC and his equipment is ,and has been paid for for a long time.
2) he buys in mass quantity, you guys would be shocked if you knew what these motors and parts actually cost if you buy in bulk.... enough said there before i get in trouble.
3) the 2 above statements are on raw goods, the other aspect is pretty straight forward, a fair price mark up... with that said, if you look closely at the bottom line total of his parts ( excluding motor assy's ) versus other distributors, they are not that far off in the end.
he charges paypal and credit card fees, add 3%, he charges flat rate shipping on small orders...so a Walbro
990 carb @ 39.00 plus the above is pretty dang close to what the other guys are charging after discounts ...
as to his motor prices, combine all 3 of the above and you have your answer..
in closing , i guess the bottom line always comes back to the same thing, there are a multitude of engine builders, some better than others, some hand port and a selct few have the luxery of CNC, there are Very few guys that can put out a consistant hand ported motor everytime.
i only know of 2 and they build custom , tight tolerance motors, these guys do Not build production, off the shelf, sloppy or inconsistant toleranced motors and you pay for thier time and experience...
this gets me back to the CNC builder, the motors are the same everytime, it wont be a true custom , but i will take it over some guy with a little knowledge anda die grinder everytime, or i will pay the true knowledgeable guy to build the custom... i have done both...
I know the whole motor deal is like talking about politics, taboo most of the time, and everyone has thier favorite. this post is again, about my personal experiences.
sorry for the long winded post, and here is a vid of a GMM 30.5 that now has well over 20 tanks of gas through it. it was just broken in when i did this vid. ( i was taking it easy for about the 1st 2 mins ) and it still runs the same today
GMM 30.5 with a Flowsystem Pipe
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The OBR is in the XB. I'll run same size tires and belt drives on both. Both also have rear pipes so it should be a fair comparison. I'm still a couple month out before I will get some good me time!
