{"id":2724,"date":"2013-07-02T17:29:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T17:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2015-04-04T23:41:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T03:41:03","slug":"cosworths-1-6l-500-horsepower-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2724","title":{"rendered":"Cosworth&#8217;s 1.6L 500 Horsepower Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It sounds like we could be seeing a production version of the Cosworth inline-four turbocharged F1 engine sometime soon. Cosworth&#8217;s top engineer Andy Ball said they are still developing a 500 BHP 1.6L turbocharged engine for production cars. That&#8217;s 312 horsepower per liter. He said they are in talks with several car manufacturers about similar engines. Just think of all the amazing engine swap projects based on a platform like this.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pistonheads.com\/news\/ph-britishcars\/cosworth-f1-engine-for-the-road\/27981\">Piston Heads<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2013\/07\/jaguar-c-x75-502hp-16-liter-engine-may.html\">Carscoops<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sounds like we could be seeing a production version of the Cosworth inline-four turbocharged F1 engine sometime soon. Cosworth&#8217;s top engineer Andy Ball said they are still developing a 500 BHP 1.6L turbocharged engine for production cars. That&#8217;s 312 horsepower per liter. He said they are in talks with several car manufacturers about similar&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2724\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cosworth&#8217;s 1.6L 500 Horsepower Engine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engines"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134417,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=134417","url_meta":{"origin":2724,"position":0},"title":"Royal Nail Ford Escort Van","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Mark \"Wenny\" Wenn started building the Ford Escort van called \"Royal Nail\" in 2006-2007. 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