[Raptor]

The problems I have heard with Scats products were poor quality control related. The cranks were coming out all over the spectrum for tolerances and way out of balance etc. Not just one, but most of them. And this was recent (within the last year or two) That tells me the company doesn't do enough for quality control and if that is the case, I would call it a risk to use their stuff, no matter how cheap it was. Breakage isn't the only form of failure, poor performance from inconsistant parts etc is a worse failure in my book. When something breaks, you know it has failed, but if it isn't performing to design, you end up with a ghost in the machine you may never be aware of.. People should be able to identify issues like that on assembly, but there are just too many out there who don't check anything or at best just use that infernal plastigauge crap so finding those kinds of things will be unlikely. Stick with companies that use good methods across the board, they maintain good reps because of this and are worth the extra money because they take the extra time to make sure they are putting out their best.