# IAME KA100

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/iame-ka100/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: part · Brand: IAME
- Discipline: karting, parts
- Series: karting
- Era: 2010s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06
- For sale on RCN: https://racingcarnetwork.com/for-sale/iame-ka100/ (0 live listings right now)

The KA100 is karting's friendly revolution: IAME's air-cooled 100cc TaG single — the clutch-and-button simplicity that rebuilt club grids — the modern era's answer to the classic 100cc romance.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 100cc air-cooled reed TaG |
| Power | ~22 hp |
| Start | Onboard starter + clutch |
| Position | Between cadet and X30 pace |
| Ledger | Club-grid depth (AUS/US/EU) |
| Diligence | Hours honesty + seal currency |
| Years | 2015–present |
| Class | Club TaG revival |

## History

IAME rebuilt club karting's middle ground with the KA100 (2015 onward): the air-cooled revival — the 100cc reed-valve single's modern interpretation (the classic-era displacement's romance with touch-and-go convenience: the onboard starter and centrifugal clutch the TaG grammar), the deliberately-gentle tune (the ~22-horsepower arithmetic pitched between cadet steps and the X30's senior pace), and the low-maintenance case (the air-cooled simplicity's rebuild intervals against the liquid-cooled classes' costs) — conquering the club-racing map: the Australian adoption first (the KA-classes' national structure the model's proving ground), the American SKUSA-and-club explosion (the 100cc revival wave the engine rode), and the European-and-British club growth that made the type the modern era's participation engine.

The participation economics define the class: the running-cost arithmetic (the air-cooled single's parts-and-rebuild gentleness the family-budget case), the sealed-parity policing the TaG classes run, and the grid-depth network effect (the classes growing wherever the costs stayed honest).

The friendly-revolution identity structures the market: the club-fleet depth (the used flow's transparency the volume gives), the hours-since-rebuild grammar the trade runs, and the second-engine economics the racing families budget.

The present is TaG-club custody: seal-and-logbook law, hours honesty, and the participation romance the revival built.

## Palmarès

The ledger is grid depth: the Australian KA classes, the American 100cc revival and the club-racing waves the engine's economics rebuilt.

## What to check before you buy

Participation-engine law: hours-since-rebuild honesty first (the top-end-and-bottom-end intervals the air-cooled single's known arithmetic — the logbook's hour records the trade's spine), seal-and-compliance currency per national series (the TaG parity apparatus framing eligibility), completeness per the TaG package (starter-battery-and-clutch hardware the spec's fittings), and fleet-market transparency (the club volume keeping prices honest — the friendly class trades without the exotica's games). The running-cost case is the purchase logic: the KA100 sells simplicity, and the used market prices it accordingly.

## Did you know

- Australia proved it first: the KA classes' national adoption making the engine's participation case.
- The romance is the displacement: 100cc air-cooled karting reborn with a starter button.
- The gentleness is deliberate: the tune pitched for grids, budgets and long rebuild intervals.

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