Bud, this is something i have looked into, and here at my job, we deal mostly with over-seas importing, first of all tracking down a particular manufacture is like finding a needle in a hay stack... I highly doubt that all of these parts come from the same overseas company. ex. carburetors for our quads are made by say 30 different manufactures, which all produce the same exact thing, but say company b wants 12.00, company c wants 11.85, guess who wins the bid. now that same company who charges 12.00 may have a lower price say on a pull-start, and he wins the bid.. ever hear of a chinese auctions.. thats basically how their market works.
So I'm just sayin it is extremely difficult to track down a specific manufacture for the parts, and HPI or any other US R/C company will not provide you with this information.. the profit margin on stuff from over-seas is crazy, it would allow us to cut-out the middleman.. only thing with this situation is you usually have to buy bulk for them to sell.
to be considered "Made in the U.S.A" 85% of the product must be manufactured and assembled in the US. HPI may be a US company and founded in the US, but their products are not, and I'm sure this goes with many R/C manufactures other then HPI.
