Originally Posted By 440sourcedotcom
Hi all, this is Brandon from 440 Source. Many people have probably seen some headlines about the tariffs, but so far maybe haven't been impacted by them. Here's the deal: The harmonized codes which cover all categories of imported engine parts which we carry fall under the new tariffs. As of Sept 24th (currently in force) everything is subject to a 10% tariff. We have already received increases of 10% from many of our suppliers (including rods from Scat, etc). As of Jan 1st 2019, that will increase to 25%.

Do the simple math, and a 25% increase on a $2,249 stroker kit brings it up to $2,811.

Unfortunately, this is not going to "push" people into American made components as it was possibly intended to do, because, as any experienced engine builder knows, true American made cranks are $3,000+ (Bryant, etc) just for the crank, and $1,800+ for the rods (Crower, Carillo, etc) making a stroker kit with "truly" US made parts in the 5K range. So people arent' going to switch to a $5,000 US made kit because of the tariffs, they are just going to have a pay quite a bit more for the same "affordable" parts we've been able to buy for decades without paying an additional 25% to the government.

And, keep in mind, every company pays these tariffs. Scat, Eagle, K1, whatever. If it's imported, (and if it's at these lower price levels we are talking about, no matter what someone tells you, it IS imported), you are about to see HUGE increases across the board from EVERY manufacturer.

So you might want to think about doing that build sooner rather than later.


Now let me see...I went to public school but I want to look at this math

OK let's say that COST on a KIT is $1500-retail is $2000 and COST goes up by 25% so that 25% would be $375 price increase--so that would / should be $2375 OR if you do the math like first stated by the seller then you add 25% to the RETAIL cost of $2000 and come up with $2500 Duh adding the 25% to the retail vs just adding the Actual increase--UUmmmmm????

Ya'll check my math but looks like .........I see ...