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ZERO 2 E for Legacy and Civic

2010-03-02T07:34:20Z

Height adjustable coil over, Comfort ZERO2E for Subaru Legacy(BR9) and Sport ZERO2E for Honda CIVIC(FD2) have been released.

PDF data of each of information are in below (click icon to link PDF file)

Comfort ZERO2E for Subaru Legacy(BR9)

Sport ZERO2E for Honda CIVIC(FD2)

Additional List for Guard System & Pillow upper mount

2010-02-08T06:17:10Z

Several contents have been added on line-up list for SAFETY 21 Guard system and CUSCO Pillow ball upper mount.

PDF data of each of information are in below (click icon to link PDF file)

Additional list for SAFETY21 Guard System

Additional list for Cusco Pillow ball upper mount

BCS & Oil Catch Tank for Colt, Gravel Upper Mount for EvoX

2010-02-08T06:08:50Z

Several parts for Mitsubishi model have been released.
For Colt, Break Cylinder Stopper (BCS) and Oil catch tank have started its delivery.
For Lancer Evolution (CP9A,CZ4A), Gravel spec Pillow Upper mount has developed and started to deliver.

PDF data of each of information are in below (click icon to link PDF file)

Gravel spec Pillow upper mount for Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution(CP9A,CZ4A)

BCS for Mitsubishi Colt (Z27AG)

Oil catch tank for Mitsubishi Colt (Z27AG)

Roll cage for Demio, Parts for Rohens/Genesis

2010-02-03T02:49:12Z

Long awaited the Roll cage for Mazda Demio has been released.
Also, several parts(Suspension parts, Power braces, L.S.D. and Roll cage) for Hyundai Rohens/Genesis have been released.

PDF data of each of information are in below (click icon to link PDF file)

Roll cage for Mazda Demio (DE5FS)

Parts list for Hyundai Rohens/Genesis

Sway bar for Gallant, Coil over kit for Prius and Accord

2010-01-26T06:29:16Z

Long awaited the Sway bar for Mitsubisih Gallant Fortis (CY4A/CX4) for rear has been released. Also several coil over kits for Toyota Prius and Honda Accord also have been released.

PDF data of each of information are in below (click icon to link PDF file)

Sway bar for Mitsubishi Gallant Fortis

Coil over kit Sport ZERO1&2 for Toyota Prius(ZVW30)

Coil over kit Comfort ZERO1 for Toyota Prius(ZVW30)

Coil over kit Comfort ZERO1 for Honda Accord Tourer(CW2)

L.S.D. for MARK X&LS460, Shift linkage for Gallant Fortis

2010-01-06T04:42:41Z

L.S.D. for Toyota Mark X and Lexus LS460, Shift Linkage for Mitsubishi Gallant Fortis have been released.

PDF data of each of information are in below (click icon to link PDF fille)

L.S.D. for Toyota MARK X (GRX130/GRX133)

L.S.D. for Lexus LS460 (USF40)

Shift Linkage for Mitsubishi gallant Fortis (CY4A)

Cusco to exhibit @ Auto Salon(JP)

2010-01-06T04:12:04Z

Cusco staff will be available to inform/discuss about Cusco products at exhibitions in Japan. Please visit and see us on our stand!

Tokyo Auto Salon in Makuhari, Japan

Date: 15-17 January 2010
Fri 15 Jan 0900-1800hrs (Trader and media only)
Fri 15 Jan 1300-1800hrs (Premium general admission)
Sat 16 Jan 0900-1800hrs (Open to public)
Sun 17 Jan 0900-1700hrs (Open to public)
Venue: Makuhari Messe, Makuhari Chiba-City, Japan
(30 min drive from Narita airport)

Cusco will show many of our main products, parts. Also Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X for APRC competition will be displayed.

Several items for Honda Insight

2009-12-20T00:06:52Z

Several items; Strut Tower bar/ Lower arm bar and coil over kit Comfort ZERO1 rear 8steps adjustment kit for Honda Insight (ZE2) have been released.

NEWS release: Strut tower bar/Lower arm bar for Honda Insight

NEWS release: Comfort ZERO1 Rear 8steps adjustment kit for Honda Insight

Carrosser will be on New Year holiday

2009-12-15T06:18:44Z

Announcement about New Year holiday

As Japanese traditional New Year Holiday season,
Carrosser will be closing
from 29th Dec 2009 afternoon ( in Japan time)
to 4th January 2010.

We will be opened on n 5th Jan until 1300hrs and then
starting usual work from 6th January.

Thank you

Additional model on line-up of ZERO3/3X and Compact ZERO2

2009-12-07T05:00:19Z

Several model had been added on line-up of coil-over kit, ZERO3/3X and Compact ZERO2.
ZERO 3/3X is designed for specifically competition use to driving on from street to circuit with S tyre.
Compact ZERO2 is high-grade coil-over kit for compact car which has adjustable damping force by 5steps on Front/8steps on Rear.

NEWS release: Competition spec Coil-over kit ZERO3 / ZERO3X added model on its line-up

*Related movie to ZERO3/ZERO3X

NEWS release: Additional on line up for high-grade coil over kit Compact ZERO2

NEWS release: Compact ZERO 2 debut!

Several items for Demio, EvoX, Outlander and Dualis

2009-12-03T07:43:55Z

Several items; Pillow-ball bush for Mazda Demio, Clutch master cylinder support plate/Shift linkage collar for Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, Coil over kit SUV ZERO1 for Mitsubishi Outlander and Nissan Dualis have been released.

NEWS release: Pillow-ball bush for Mazda Demio(DE5FS)

NEWS release: Clutch master cylinder support plate for Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X(CZ4A)

NEWS release: Shift linkage collar for Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X(CZ4A)

NEWS release: SUV ZERO1 for Mitsubishi Outlander(CW5W)

*CW6W is applicable

NEWS release: SUV ZERO1 Nissan Dualis (KNJ10)

3 items for Galant Fortis(CY4A)

2009-12-02T06:58:50Z

3 items for Mitsubishi Galant Fortis(CY4A); L.S.D., Coil over kit Comfort ZERO1/ZERO2 and Sway bar have been released.

NEWS release: L.S.D. for Mitsubishi Galant Fortis

NEWS release:coil over kit Comfort ZERO1/ZERO2 for Mitsubishi Galant Fortis

NEWS release: Sway bar for Mitsubishi Galant Fortis

FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Rd.7/Asia Cup Rd.4 Rally China

2009-11-19T01:21:17Z

Sumiyama achieved his first podium while Yanagisawa proved superb speed!

2009 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship(APRC) seventh and final round, also Asia cup forth and final round “China Rally Longyou” was held from 13-15 November around Longyou, Quzhou City of Zhejiang Province where 400km from Shanghai.

This is fourth year to hosting China round of APRC in Longyou. The battle for the APRC series was already decided at previous round in Indonesia when Cody Crocker gained enough points to secure his fourth consecutive champion. However the battle for Asia cup title was still open for Crocker and Mitsubishi driver Katsu Taguchi. Meanwhile on Chinese national championship category which was also held in conjunction, many of strong drivers were invited from UK, Finland, Australia, which made the event more competitive. Under this tough situation, Cusco racing came to China for the third event with Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X as team switched their machine from this season. Ace driver Hiroshi Yanagisawa looked at moving his fourth place of Asia cup up while team mate Yuya Sumiyama aimed to gaining some first point of the season.

The event was kicked off with opening ceremony on Friday 13th followed by running Super SS. The second part of day 1 on 14th, the route was set by three loops of three stages which were 7km, 24km and 8km long. On day 2, competitor tackled another three loops of two stages which distance were 20km and 13km. As running narrow and twisty stages three times each, it was easy to expect that the surface would be getting rough. Therefore everyone concerned not only speed but also how could they avoid any accident.

Although focusing on Asia cup which compete by only half events of the full season, Yanagisawa already has regarded as one of top competitor among APRC. It’s proved that he was given Car No. 3 on the starting list next from Crocker and Taguchi. Sumiyama’s Car No.8 is regarded as lucky number in China traditionally which is also promising sign.

On the opening Super SS, Yanagisawa made good start with setting second fastest time behind Croker. Sumiyama also showed good run and set eighth fastest time into strong international drivers. On proper stage from following day, even the weather was overcastting, some damp patch still remain after several rainy days as the stages were set around mountain area which made condition tougher. The most important point of the day was 24km long stage and Yanagisawa faced misfortune on the first run of exactly the stage. The continuous impact from rough surface made damage on oil cooler. From that point, the part had been contacted with tyre which made the damage more serious. Yanagisawa realized the malfunction began around 2km from the start, however he was not able to specify what was exactly caused the accident as the condition was too rough. He managed to complete this stage and following 8km stage to returning service. However the damage on engine was quite serious after running without oil. He proved his natural speed as setting second fastest time on SS2 which threatened multiple time champion Croker, however he decided to withdraw from the event regrettably.

The 24km long stage saw most accident of the day as about 20 cars retired total three runs of the stage. Sumiyama also was not able to avoid some accident as the brake hose of his machine was broken at second run(SS6) and he had to drive rest of over 20km with only hand brake. He also had flat tyre at the third run of the stage, still he completed all nine stage of the day with his best effort and finished the day in 12th overall and 4th among Asia cup. Even he had some time gap from the top, however concerning full of drama on the day, no one could expect how the overall standing would be changed at the finish.

Following day 2, Sumiyama showed stable speed into strong competitor. Although he bent tie rod by hitting concrete wall, but also other Asia cup competitors saws many of troubles. Sumiyama managed to complete all of rough stages of the rally and showed great effort as finished in 2nd among Asia cup on individual result of day 2. Eventually he finished in 5th overall and 3rd among Asia cup which brought his first podium finish and great end of first season with Mitsubishi cars for the team.

Team director, Tsutomu Nagase
“This is not satisfied result as figure, however it’s been very productive season as we have got valuable information and understanding with new machine which would be useful for next season. Drivers are not entirely happy with the result I think, however I would like praise the speed which Yanagisawa showed at this event. I think our machine will be more stable if we make just some tiny works, so it’s been not too bad as we felt our way in the dark at beginning of the season. This is first time to use Mitsubishi car after long time, so it was kind of start from zero, so I’m very proud to made well progress within only half of the year. I hope we can show more speed next season.”

Hiroshi Yanagisawa
“On the stage which the problem happened, many stone were scattered many stones, so it seems that I hit bigger stone which push the oil cooler. The damage was extended through contact with tyre. Machine itself had been improved with new engine from previous event, also differential was improved by some works, so as driver I’m getting more used to control this. Here in China, I knew that the road was narrow and twisty, also our machine was bigger than previous, so I thought it shouldn’t be able to showed same speed to previous. However it was not really and my time was quite good. I wished to compare my time with others more under this condition and to try several things on differential, so I’m not satisfied with this conclusion. This year, our aim was building EvoX up, so first half of the season was bit confused, but still finished in third at Hokkaido. Also my time was improved to battle for the top at later of the season, so it’s been not too bad. I was not able to complete the event this time, however some trouble would appear on only actual event, so it’s kind of experience. We had been putting best effort as much as we could under limited condition which should be satisfied. From now on, we will make well prepare for the next season.”

Yuya Sumiyama
“As I was competing this event last year, this is one of few international stage which I have experience. Therefore I knew that the road was narrow, so mentally I was well prepared than other events of the season. After finishing Indonesia, I felt that I got understanding and feeling of the new machine quite well, so I talked with my co-driver and decided to aim completing the rally at least and hopefully finished within podium positions. The stages of the event were really rough and many stone came out at repeated run, so I also had many trouble. However I was able to cope with each accident and to manage finish all stages, so I think I was quite lucky. As I took aim to gain bonus point on day 2, it was good that I was able to kept my speed without being to much cautious until very last stage, and I had good tension under own task which I gave to myself. Again I have got valuable experience this time, and it should work well for next season.”

China Rally Longyou　Final Classification

PA1.	CODY CROCKER	Subaru Impreza STI	3:40:47.6
2.	DEAN HERRIDGE	Subaru Impreza STI	+4:32.8
3.	JARI KETOMAA	Subaru Impreza STI	+6:56.6
A 4.	RIFAT SUNGKAR	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo9	+13:55.7
A 5.	YUYA SUMIYAMA	Mitsubishi Lancer EvoX	+17:17.9
PA6.	EMMA GILMOUR	Subaru Impreza STI	+17:58.0
7.	XU JUN	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo9	+21:46.3
8.	HAN HAN	Subaru Impreza STI	+23:11.3

*PA=APRC registered A=Asia Cup registered

Picture of APRC Rally Indonesia

2009-10-17T00:31:33Z

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FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Rd.6/Asia Cup Rd.3 Rally Indonesia

2009-10-09T04:30:00Z

Despite of unfortunate squall and several bud luck,
Team satisfied productive event in Indonesia

The round six of 2009 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) also The round three of Asia Cup, “Rally Indonesia” was taken place from 3-4 October. Cusco Racing who has been concentrating to competing Asia cup skipped previous round in Malaysia.(Asia cup requires nominate three events from total four events) Team switched their machine to Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X from this season and brought this first time to international field at Hokkaido round in July. Using experienced which gained from the debut event, since then, team made more improvement on the machine especially on engine, suspension and differential.

This year’s Rally Indonesia again based on Makassar, Capital of East Sulawesi Island. Just before rally start, huge earthquake hit Sumatra Island in same country, but fortunately rally venue had no affect from the tragedy and kicked off by ceremonial start on Friday evening on schedule. Day 1 was consisted by two loops of four stages while Day2 was set by two loops of three stages. The condition was dry and air temperature reached 40 degree in day time. Rally Indonesia adopt three minutes gap between each start due to considering heavy dust. However the dust would became mud if tropical squall visit which made road surface extremely slippery. And team’s ace Yanagisawa was one of victim of the squall on day 1.

Yanagisawa stood 3rd overall at morning loop of the Day 1 and attacked second loop in the afternoon. One of four stages which was set on day 1 was the longest stage of the event with 24km. When Yanagisawa made start of the second run of the long stage, the condition was still dry. But around 10km before the finish, suddenly the squall began which rapidly changed the surface to muddy. It was uncontrollable condition as later Yanagisawa expressed as “It was like kind of driving on snow with gravel tyre”. It was very hard to even making machine just forward and he was off the course even driving such a slow pace around 5km/h.The squall ironically stopped when Yanagisawa’s machine was stopped. Another bad luck hit Yanagisawa when he tried to put gear into reverse, the clutch left which made him unable to move. Also the transmission was failed rapidly which made him abandoned to drive rest of the day. Meanwhile team mate Sumiyama who challenged to first attendance to Indonesia event hit the stone like material inside the corner which bent tie-rod. He tried to continue the rally, however the tie-rod finally broken on following stage which put him withdrawn from Day 1.

Despite of both two cars withdrawn from Day1, but machine had any serious damage, team put both cars to run on Day2. As taking this opportunity as best circumstance for testing, team tried several task to make further improvement on their machine. Through the day, team showed strong passion to use any adverse situation to their chance for team’s newcomer machine including tasted different tyre cut by team’s two drivers. Also drivers showed their promising potential as Yanagisawa set third fastest time on opening stage of the day while Sumiyama recorded second fastest time on final stage of first attendance of here Indonesia. Yanagisawa also was ranked third position on individual result on Day2 which brought him one bonus point for Asia cup standings.

In addition Cody Crocker who won this event mathematically secured fourth APRC title in a row. Meanwhile Asia cup title will be decided on final round in China. Yanagisawa still has chance for third position.

Cusco Racing now is looking for their and also APRC/Asia cup’s final round “China Rally” which will be taken place from 14-15 November.

Hiroshi Yanagisawa
“Since previous round in Hokkaido, the machine had been fairly improved, so I have good feeling with this. Although I finished in third at Hokkaido, my time gap is not acceptable for me. But now my time become competitive with top runners. That means machine has been matured. This time I was not able to being final classification, but the overall feeling is quite good. Stage in China is pretty narrow with low speed range which is not really ideal for Lancer, but this is also Rally’s task. I would like to learn more for that surface and tried to be nice for that.”

Yuya Sumiyama
“It’s my first time to visit Indonesia. It was hot and tough of course, however team prepare for this like bring cool-suit, so I was able to keep my strength. On the rally, I was not able to practical result, but as a driver, I had got good feeling to control the machine as we became to find good setting for this, so it was not so bad. In China last year, I done my commitment to complete the rally, but I was not satisfied with my time. This year, I would like to complete the rally with convincing time.”

　

Rally Hokkaido Final Classification (APRC)

1.Cody Crocker	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:17:7.5
2.Katsuhiko Taguchi	Mitsubishi Evolution IX	+ 1:29.0
3.Emma Gilmour	Subaru Impreza WRX	+10: 1.9
4.Subhan Aksa	Mitsubishi Evolution IX	+11:35.0
5.Sadikin Aksa	Mitsubishi Evolution X	+21:11.5
6.Rifat Sungkar	Mitsubishi Evolution VIII	+60:17.1

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