2008-01-01から1年間の記事一覧

We try hardeR!!

I found old old 5ZIGEN English brochure from a pile of old magazines and catalogues when I was cleaning our office. The size is A4, Japanese format, one fold, total 4 pages brochure.JTCC Civic Sedan on the cover. The graphic was already vi…

San Diego, here we are!!

We drove down to San Diego and rolled in the 5ZIGEN Accord and D-Euro RX330 for Ultimate Ridez Expo. To a guy with red Mazda 3 hatch, thank you for giving us thumbs up on I-5 south!! TSX on the empty floor - our cars were some of the faste…

Invited to the Ultimate Ridez Expo!!

Let’s celebrate our new year with hot cars!!5ZIGEN USA was invited to the Ultimate Ridez Expo with 2009 San Diego International Auto Show. 2008 Super Lap Battle Unlimited FF winner, 5ZIGEN TSX and Dolce Euro Lexus RX330 will be displayed i…

Merry Xmas!!

Nice holiday gift with cool Xmas card have been delivered from KJ of INGS USA when I came back from Orlando. Thank you very much! ??? Almost gone... I should come back earlier from PRI show.... Wishing you a safe and happy holidays!!

PRI SHOW

Performance Racing Industry (P.R.I.) show was held from 12/11 - 13, 2008 at Orlando Convention Center.This time, Team 5ZIGEN racing engineer Sakuma-san flew over from Japan to find parts and tools which we can introduce to professional rac…

SF Auto Show Part-2

After good one hour walk from Fisherman’s Whorf, I got to the Moscone Center and saw the 5ZIGEN TSX after one week of interval.5ZIGEN TSX was atracting people's eyes at near the entrance of Extreme Autofest section. After checking the TSX …

SF Auto Show Part-1

How was your Thanksgiving weekend? Hoping everybody had good time with family or friends.I traveled to San Francisco to pick up our TSX from the SF Auto Show in my second haif of the long weekend.In this time of GO-ZIGEN USA blog, I am pre…

Attention Nor-Cal 5ZIGEN fans!!

5ZIGEN time attack TSX, which won Super Lap Battle Unlimited FF class in both Long Beach and Buttonwillow rounds, has been displaying at the Extreme Autofest section of San Francisco International Auto Show (11/22-11/29, open Thanksgiving …

Unlimited FF Class Winner!!

Team 5ZIGEN continues its challenge on time attack in USA and finishes as Fastest Unlimited FF (front engine, front drive) during the Super Lap Battle on Buttonwillow CA on November 12, 2008.5ZIGEN TSX also obtained a prize for the fastest…

5ZIGEN TSX @ 2008 SEMA

5ZIGEN USA displayed the time attack version TSX at 2008 SEMA show in Las Vegas, NV, 11/4 - 7, 2008. TSX was displayed together with International Allstars drift MX-5 in front of North Hall. Many of drift demo events by their 3-car drift t…

5ZIGEN TSX is go!

Team 5ZIGEN retuns to Super Lap Battle final round at Buttonwillow Raceway, November 12, 2008. Team 5ZIGEN Formula Nippon car #6 pilot, Katsuyuki Hiranaka, will drive the 5ZIGEN TSX. It is his first time driving at Buttonwillow which is fa…

Japanese Classic Car Show!!

Do you like Old-school Japanese cars? If your answer is YES!, JCCS (Japanese Classic Car Show) is the event you have to go. This year’s JCCS was held October 12 at Hidden Valley Park, Irvine, CA. After busy day of the Formula-D Irwindale e…

FORMULA DRIFT FINALS @ IRWINDALE

Well-known 5ZIGEN wheel user, International Allstars Powered by Mazda competed in Formula-D final round at Irwindale CA, October 11. It was the first time in the major drift competition for this marketing company based drift team. Allstars…

Sevan Stock XI

The biggest Rotary owners gathering event, Seven Stock XI was held under the clear blue sky, like Mazda's corporate color, at Mazda North America head quater Irvine, CA, September 27, 2008. We had a booth at Seven Stock XI and enjoyed meet…

Meet you at Seven Stock XI!!

5ZIGEN USA will participate to SEVEN STOCK this year. We are displaying our new wheels and exhausts at the famous Rotary Show on Saturday, September 27, 2008. Come join over 5000 Rotary enthusiast from all over the world celebrate the litt…

Busy August!

It was busy summer for car enthsiasts!! There were many car events in Los Angeles area during August. We displaied 5ZIGEN TSX time attack version at two major car shows.Before going to the car show, I attended wedding celemony of my long t…

Proracer ZZ exhaust for Subaru Impreza GRB now available!

We would like to announce our newest item addition to our Proracer ZZ Exhaust line-up.Application: Subaru Impreza STI Model: CBA-GRB Engine: EJ20 (TC) 2007/10~Please see details below.

Proracer ZZ Exhaust System now available for the Mazda RX-8

We would like to announce our newest addition to the Proracer ZZ line-up.Vehicle: Mazda RX-8 After minor change model Please see the press release info. below. For questions and inquiries, please contact 5ZIGEN USA Web: http://www.5zigenus…

NISSAN GTR R35 Exhaust System Release

We would like to introduce our newest product that came out of R&D.For vehicle: 2008 NISSAN GTR R35 We have 2 types for this special vehicle. Brand: 5ZIGEN SP Model: Spec STREET JASMA certified, Under 93dB Model: Spec TUNE For Competition …

Super Lap Battle @ Long Beach Grand Prix

April 17-20 was the long awaited weekend for the Long Beach Grand Prix. This is known to be the 3rd biggest motorsports event through America.The Super Lap Battle was joined with Formula Drift as a support race event prior to the Champ Car…

Super Street April 2008 Issue

Look out for Super Street April 2008 Issue.Our pilot for 2006-2007 5Zigen Accord (TSX), 5Zigen Civic Type R Ryo Michigami has been featured!

13th Annual All Toyotafest May 03,2008

Event: 13th Annual All Toyotafest When: May 03,2008 Where: Long Beach City College, California USAStop by and see our retired JGTC(Super GT) race car, Team 5ZIGEN Toyota Supra! and many more~For more information: www.toyotaclub.org

Muffler Tech

Question: Does a dual cat-back exhaust system perform better than a single?Answer: In most cases a single exhaust will give you better torque and horsepower. For example: Fairlady Z, while the stock is dual outlet, a single pipe layout sho…

5zigen Australia, Time Attack Series 2008 Confirmed

5Zigen Australia proudly announces their 2008 Track Attack Schedule. Proudly supported by Toyo Tires and Bel Garage.For more information, please see official poster flyer below.

Entry for Time Attack @ Long Beach Grand Prix April 17-20 Confir

We had our first test day at TI Okayama Circuit on February 07,2008.Early morning, there was a snow blizzard and was worried that the circuit may be closed. However, once we arrived in the neighborhood of the circuit, it was sunny and cond…

2008 Tokyo Auto Salon

5ZIGEN Japan shared a booth with Bomex for the 2008 Tokyo Auto Salon.We were able to display the following: Honda Civic Type R (placed 1st. in the Unlimited NA class@ Super Lap Attack USA) New Exhaust Systems: Proracer ZZ, Proracer Headers…

San Diego Auto Show with Allstars

Happy New Year!! Thank you for reading this blog in 2007. "We try harder" in 2008, so please give us much support this year, too.Let me begin with the report of our last event of 2007. 5ZIGEN USA displayed wheels, including the new ProRace…