Disclaimer: the above product is for the serious dudes and chicks only.  Do NOT throw this awesome and super legit Cosworth Subaru dry sump setup kit on your WRX show car thinking it will get you extra points.  This is for the dedicated track car/time attack crowd who are awesome by default.

We showed you a previewof this a while back and now the Cosworth Evo X Intercooler upgrade is officially available.  According to Cosworth their upgrade kit will take less than 30 minutes to install with simple tools and increases flow by 55% over stock!  Thats huge!  That kind of improvement will cost you though as the MSRP is set at about $1,300.  You know how it is though, got to pay for quality.

Engineers are awesome.  Why you ask? Because they are always taking good things and making them better!  Take Cosworth USA for instance, I just read on their blog that they are producing their own take on the Mitsubishi Evo X intercooler that will bolt right up in the stock position.  They also revealed that a mandrel-bent intercooler piping kit will be available soon as well.

Word from InsideLine has it that Subaru U.K. and Cosworth U.K. have made a low key announcement that there will be a limited run of one-off Cosworth edition WRX STi’s available in their local market soon.  They didn’t announce specs but representatives from both sides said that the Cosworth STi will have significant performance enhancements over the regular STi.  Here’s a thought, there is a Subaru USA and there is also a Cosworth USA.  How about a Cosworth Edition STi for the American market??  Cosworth? Subaru? are you guys listening?  ….Please?

I spotted this at SEMA and it was instantly one of my favorite products on the show floor.  What you’re looking at is Cosworth’s newest performance gadget dubbed the “Omega.”  How freakin’ cool is that?  Even the name is serious!  The Omega plugs into the Cosworth ECPro stand alone unit and can show the user virtually every stat that has a sensor attached to it.  This is definitely a slick unit and I’m not the only one who thinks so.  The Omega display won the Global Media Award at SEMA.  That basically means that Journalists from all over the world who were at the show picked this as their favorite product.  That’s pretty boss..

Cosworth has been dropping some pretty cool apparel this year.  Their new shirts are hot and they also have this Piston Power cap which as a sports style piston logo that I think will stay relevant for a long time.  Good stuff Cosworth!

There are a few companies who are in the process of creating high performance intake manifolds for the Mitsubishi Evo X but only a few have shown their hand so far.  Cosworth is the latest to drop some teaser images of the manifold they’re testing right now and it looks beautiful but other than that not much else is known.  I think it would be safe to assume that by the time the R&D is done this unit is going to be a huge improvement over stock.

Coming soon is the second application of Cosworth’s new stand alone ECU.  The first EC Pro dropped earlier this year for the WRX but come SEMA time we will see the debut of a new Cosworth EC Pro for the Mitsubishi Evo X.  There are a ton tuning and data-logging possibilities with this thing however I’m no where near smart enough to understand them all! As you may have guessed the EC Pro is meant for serious tuners only.  So if you get this you better make sure you know what you’re doing or you know someone (or a shop) that knows what they’re doing!

Cosworth just announced today that they would be making their return to F1 next year by supplying engine packages to three teams.  One of those teams being the US Grand Prix AKA “USF1″ team.  This will be the first time that there has been Cosworth power on the F1 grid since WilliamsF1 ran Cosworth power plants back in 2006.

Check out the press release below:

FRIDAY 12 JUNE 2009 (NORTHAMTON, UK): An identical package comprising high-performance Cosworth engine and technical support will be provided for Campos Grand Prix, Manor Grand Prix and Team US F1 for a period of 3 years.

The deal to supply a high performance solution that represents exceptional value for money is in alignment with Cosworth’s business strategy, which aims to deliver advanced technologies to customers that lead the way in the global aerospace, defence, marine, automotive and energy generation markets. The Cosworth engine will be supplied to conform to the FIA regulations mandated for the 2010 F1 season, which seek to deliver a sound basis for the continuation of Formula 1 in a sustainable manner.
Tim Routsis, Chief Executive Officer, Cosworth:
“I am pleased that Cosworth’s exceptional mix of capabilities has enabled us to provide a solution for Formula One that sits so neatly with our existing operations in the aerospace and defence sectors.

Cosworth is proud not only to be able to provide a solution that will deliver the performance needed by these teams to compete in this most technologically challenging sport, but also to extend its long association with Formula One as a truly independent provider of competitive motive power.”

“The engineering expertise we have accumulated over four decades in the sport has enabled us to broaden our reach into many different high-technology sectors. Today our engineering capabilities extend beyond racing, encompassing high-technology applications in the aerospace, defence, energy, marine and automotive industries. Cosworth has the necessary infrastructure to fulfil the supply of Formula One engines without affecting our other activities.”

Cosworth’s tradition of success in Formula One began when its DFV engine won first time out in 1967. It was the first F1 engine to be designed to function as a fully stressed element of the chassis, enabling the sport’s most innovative engineers to repackage their cars and find considerable performance improvements; this philosophy was swiftly copied and remains at the core of F1 design. The CA2006 Cosworth Formula One engine was raced by the WilliamsF1 team throughout the 2006 season. It was competitive from the outset and achieved a Formula One landmark of 20,000RPM during qualifying for its race debut at the 2006 Bahrain GP. The CA2006 Series 6 was capable of completing more than a third of a race distance at 20,000RPM - a record unequalled to this day.

Cosworth has a longstanding reputation for being even-handed in dealing with its customers in top-level motorsport and for meeting their exacting needs. Full traceability of every component is maintained through rigorous control of all processes using the same quality standards that are applied to its aerospace and defence customers.

 

Cosworth just dropped their first consumer stand-alone ECU ever!  Their new “ECPro” was designed using Cosworth’s catalog of knowlege when it comes to creating motorsport ECU’s for everything from F1 to WRC Rally and nearly everything in between.  The debut ECPro is for Subaru EJ25 equipped rides but expect more applications to drop in the near future.