the idea with the building of these engines was to keep all costs down to a minium so all can afford to buy, if you wanted one of these engines and lived in the states [ u.s.a.] you would pay alot more than this advertised price i can assure you. the alloy pullstart unit is only an extra $25 but the black plastic unit does have an alloy starter pawl fitted to this engine, plus as they say weight is right, racing now.