With a very compelling SEMA display, Honda Performance Development (HPD) played up the fact that it offers engine solutions for a variety of racing classes. The “ladder” of exhibits showcased engines as small as 2.99 ci used in youth karting all the way up to the 2.4-liter twin-turbo V6 IndyCar engine that won the Indy 500 this year.

“”HPD has long championed a logical development ladder system for young drivers in all forms of motorsports,” says Art St. Cyr, president of HPD. “The HPD engines and cars on display at SEMA demonstrate this commitment.”

The small kart engines include the GXH50 and CR125 models. Beginning racers can also use the GX120 and GX160 models used in quarter-midget racing. These carbureted, air-cooled single-cylinder pushrod engines come 118cc and 163cc displacements. The next step up in karting is a CRF250 engine, a SOHC design comes with dry-sump oiling and electronic fuel injection.

Engines for open-wheel cars include the HPD K20 2.0-liter Formula Atlantic and a L15A7 Formula F engine. The star of the show was a HI13RTT engine similar to the one that powered Ryan Hunter-Reay to victory at the Indy 500. HPD had a stand-alone display engine along with one equipped with turbos in a cutaway model of Hunter-Reay’s car.

All totaled, HPD had nearly a dozen products on display, but missing was the 2.4-liter K24 midget engine recently profiled on EngineLabs. However, there was an AR35TT twin-turbo V6 used in the AWD Acura TLX GT car that competes in the Pirelli World Challenge series.

Racing the HPD kart engine could lead to an IndyCar gig!