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MODENA ENGINES: NEW COLOURS FOR THE KK2 MODEL (FROM 2023)

TKART Staff
17 December 2023 • 8 min. read
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TYPE
It is a 2-stroke engine, like the vast majority of racing kart engines. It uses fuel mixed with a percentage of lubricating oil recommended per day. 4%.

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125 cc

DISPLACEMENT
The KK2 features a 54 mm bore for a 54.43 mm stroke and has a cylinder volume of 124.66 cm³.

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PUSH

START
The engine is started by engaging the second gear from a standstill and then pushing the kart for a few metres with the clutch pulled in order to rotate the rear axle: by releasing the clutch, the engine starts.

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6-SPEED GEARBOX

TRANSMISSION
There are two large product groups of kart engines: single-speed and those equipped with gearbox. The Modena Engines KK2 has a 6-speed sequential gearbox.

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HOMOLOGATION
The engine was designed and manufactured by Aspa, under the Modena Engines brand, for the FIA Karting, KZ and KZ2 Shifter classes. The first approval dates back to 2019, while no technical but only aesthetic changes were made in 2023.

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December 2023 update

The Modena Engines KK2 engine was produced in 2019 thanks to the design work of Aspa which, as far as the activity in the karting sector is concerned, until that year had specialised only in the production of shifter engines. This specific model took shape on the construction base of the predecessor MKZ, which had a very particular and original technical concept for the karting sector (to learn more, read "Under Examination | The KZ 2016 of Modena Engines"). In 2019 the KK2 had softened some rather extreme technical solutions of the MKZ (for example the angle between the axis of the reed valve pack and the axis of the cylinder, with the latter being decidedly "tilted backwards"), but it had not distorted the basic concept. With the advent in 2023 of the more conventional new Modena Engines model called KK3 which we examined in our "Under Examination - KK3 Shifter, The Flagship Engine (Approval 2023) of the Modena Engines Range", Aspa decided not to make further refinements to the KK2, but simply to introduce new colours. In fact, three different colour options are now available, with the addition of blue and red to the initial black that characterised some components such as the head cover, the pressure plate, the intake manifold plate and the emblems on the sides of the cylinder. In the present day, the KK2, while presenting its own architecture, shares several internal components with the new KK3 which has become the flagship model of the Modena Engines range.

The new red anodized version of the Modena Engines KK2.
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The new blue anodized version of the Modena Engines KK2.
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