That engine from the outside except for different badge and cooling head is the same as the Fantom, Epic, and also think Ofna sells them. So I doubt a engine molding place would have the exact same molds for engines, carbs, etc... in 2 different countries when they all seem to do something a little diferent in their designs. Like you know a Picco engine when you see it whether it's called Picco, Orion wasp, or Novarossi base whether it's NovaMax, Rody, etc... so it's mu assumption (I could be wrong) that the internals might differ a little but they are made from same place/country. Then for like Rody that sells modded engines all that is done in house by that specific name that the engine is sold under. The place that makes them all (epic/fantom/ofna/now rd logics)is in Japan and their understanding of English can be rough. That engine is great performance for the price and rebuilds also, new engine runs much better and will be out soon.