Pimp Your Ride With This Cosworth V8 Formula 1 Engine
โ€” Updated on 18 August 2022

Pimp Your Ride With This Cosworth V8 Formula 1 Engine

โ€” Updated on 18 August 2022

For those of us with project cars, there isnโ€™t a day that goes by without thinking about the ultimate engine transplant we could squeeze into our engine bays. Even for those without a half-finished car under some blankets, we still appreciate a unique engine when it comes up for sale. Luckily for us, a seller in the USA is getting rid of something exceptional indeed, a unicorn, normally-aspirated, Cosworth V8 Formula 1 engine.

Used between the 2005 and 2013 seasons, the 2.4-litre V8 was found within the chassisโ€™ of the Minardi, Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Williams, Lotus, HRT, Virgin, and Marussia Formula 1 teams.

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The engine is capable of reaching 20,000rpm (hello Datsun 120Y), which was from the highest revving era of Formula 1โ€™s lengthy history. All of these Cosworth V8s featured aluminium blocks and heads, with multi-point fuel injection and either a Cosworth or McLaren ECU depending on the year model. Power figures range between 720hp and 915hp, depending on configuration, but needless to say, it should be enough to win you a trophy at the local hill climb.

This particular engine on sale features an actual 2.4-litre V8 Cosworth CA block and corresponding headers, displayed on an engine stand. The unit is missing its intake, but Iโ€™m sure your local fabricator would have a crack at putting something together.

The Cosworth V8 Formula 1 engine is currently being used as a display, and the seller isnโ€™t aware if the internals are original. We suggest you give them a call before dropping over $15,000 on that bad boy. The auction ends on Wednesday, August 17th.

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Justin Jackie is an experienced freelance writer, with more than half a decade of expertise in the world of automotive reporting and reviewing. With a breadth of Australian-based and international experience, his by-line has appeared in the likes of the New York Times, T Magazine, Mr Jones, Prestige Online and more. 

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