The engine even utilizes a stock Honda oil filter. Key production-based components that are utilized include block and heads, crankshaft, direct injection fuel system, valve train components, drive-by-wire throttle, alternator, sensors, fasteners, etc. This combination results in an impressive five-manufacturer lineup vying for Prototype honors in the 2014 TUDOR championship.īoth HPD-developed Honda engines used in the TUDOR championship are derived from the same Honda J35 series of production V6 engines and include relevant twin-turbocharger technology, along with the efficiency provided by direct fuel injection. In the companion LMP2 prototype category, HPD produces a complete chassis-engine package, including the ARX-03b chassis and Honda 2.8-liter HR28TT twin-turbo V6 engines, in competition with both Nissan and Mazda. Honda Enters Daytona Prototype Competition Honda joins Chevrolet and Ford in the Daytona Prototype manufacturer ranks and becomes the only company to field efforts in both categories that make up the new Prototype class in the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship.

'Adding a Daytona Prototype effort alongside the proven HPD-Honda chassis and engine combination in LMP2 provides Honda with a strong and balanced attack in the inaugural TUDOR Championship.' 'This is a great opportunity for HPD and our customer teams in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship,' said Steve Eriksen, HPD vice president and COO. Honda Performance Development (HPD), Honda's North American racing company, has developed a new, 3.5-liter, twin-turbocharged Daytona Prototype version of the production J35 engine, the latest of several HPD racing applications for the V6 power plant found, in various forms, in a wide range of Honda and Acura passenger cars and light trucks. Honda has a history of success at the Florida endurance racing classic, including LMP2 class victories in 2007, 2009, 2011, 20, and top-three overall race finishes in 2007 – the company's debut in sports-car racing under the Acura Motorsports banner – and again in 2011. Honda has expanded its attack on the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, and will join the Daytona Prototype category for the first time later this month at the 62nd annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

Race debut takes place at the 12 Hours of Sebring.Latest racing application of production-based Honda V6 engine.

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