CUSCO Booth at Tokyo Auto Salon 2024 Features New Tuning Parts

Tokyo Auto Salon 2024 held from 12-14 Jan. 2024 Cusco’s booth featured the Red Bull Corolla driven by WRC champion Kalle Rovanperä in the 2023 Formula Drift Japan, the MY24 Nissan GT-R NISMO demo car The Toyota ‘GR86’ in collaboration with GROW Design was also on display and attracted a lot of attention. Among these, the supercharger kit for the GR86/BRZ (reference exhibit) caught our attention.

A supercharger kit for the GR86/BRZ is under development

Although a supercharger is a word, most superchargers on the market today are of the roots blower type, with two cocoon-shaped rotors inside an oval housing (a roots blower is not strictly speaking a compressor, but a blower = air blower).

In contrast, the Cusco supercharger is a Risholm compressor (the type once used by Mazda for the Miller cycle), which combines a twisted male & female rotor. It works as a compressor even at low revs, compressing the intake air up to twice as much.

Another key feature is the high efficiency throughout the entire range and low so-called turbo lag: in combination with the FA24 engine that the GR86/BRZ is equipped with, the engine delivers torquey, linear acceleration like the NA 3.0L, with the promise of a good match with the AT.

In addition, a supercharger kit for the Suzuki Jimny Sierra is also being developed by the same Risholm compressor. This version has a maximum torque of 200 Nm (150% of the normal torque).

Reinforced clutches for light vehicles are also available.

One more new product of note is a reinforced clutch for mini cars. At present, the only MT vehicles available for new cars are almost exclusively minicars. Despite this, reinforced clutches for minicars were close to untouched, so they have developed a single clutch with high transmission torque (cover, disc, and flywheel set) that is as easy to handle & step on as a normal clutch.

Also, CUSCO is one of the leading manufacturers of body build-up parts, and this year they have decided to launch the S-MCB (Motion Control Beam) strut bar as a new product.

While CUSCO has a strong image of metal parts, the company has also announced new non-metallic parts, such as a brake cooling air guide plate using carbon (for Civic Type R) and an air intake duct (for 86/BRZ) that can be bolted on to the factory air cleaner.

One unique item was an on-road sports flap to prevent body damage from gravel and pebbles bouncing off the tires when driving on the circuit.