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> High Speed Attack - Top Oil Ack Attack Team Goes For Land Speed Record
February 27, 2006
NOTE: For the latest news and photos on Team Top Oil’s record attempts checkout the daily, often hourly, updates from Jon Amo at Landracing.com.
Lake Gairdner, Australia - A team of veterans from the American motorcycle racing community will try for a new world land-speed record on Australia’s Lake Gairdner salt flats. Those familiar with the pursuit of land speed records will know Lake Gairdner as the down-under version of the famous Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Sponsored by Burlingame, California-based Top Oil Products Company and led by noted motorcycle designer Mike Akatiff, the Top-1 “Ack-Attack” team’s record run will be witnessed by officials from the Federation Internationale de Motorcyclisme (FIM), the international sanctioning organization that certifies motorcycle world land-speed records. The Top-1 team has already set an unofficial motorcycle land-speed record of 328.3 miles per hour on October 16, 2004 at Bonneville, which was certified by Bonneville Nationals, Inc. and the Southern California Timing Association.
While most enthusiasts associate land-speed records runs with Bonneville’s annual Speed Week, world records can be set anywhere that conditions permit. Similar to the Bonneville Salt Flats, Lake Gairdner is an ancient lake bed with an ultra-smooth salt-covered surface that’s ideal for high-speed runs. While Lake Gairdner boasts deeper, smoother salt deposits than the revered Bonneville course, it involves a two-day drive through the desolate outback from the city of Adelaide, Australia to reach the 100-mile-long lake bed. Because of Lake Gairdner’s remote location, the team must bring along a large supply of spare parts and special equipment. A 15-mile straight-line course has been set up on the lake bed – seven miles to build up speed, one mile to officially record the streamliner’s speed, and another seven miles to slow down.
The Top Oil team will be the making speed attempts in conjunction with Australia Speed Week from March 6 – 10, 2006 using a custom-built, twin engine, 900-horsepower streamliner motorcycle. With a combined displacement of about 2.6 liters, the twin four-cylinder 1300-cc engines make use of a single exhaust-driven turbocharger and a single Bell Intercoolers Liquid/Air (Liquid to Air) intercooler. Water from a separate 30-gallon tank in the nose of the streamliner is circulated through the liquid-cooled engines, this actually reduces air drag by eliminating the need for an air intake for the radiator. The nose-mounted water tank also contributes to the streamliner’s high-speed stability, not unlike a lead-weighted dart.
Team Top Oil utilizes a fully enclosed design for the Liquid/Air intercooler, which requires no drag-inducing, speed-robbing, air intakes. Instead of air for cooling the intake air charge, the Liquid/Air intercooler relies the circulation of 15-gallons of ice water stored in a coolant reservoir under the driver’s cockpit.
Conventional motorcycle controls include a throttle on the right handle grip and a left-side clutch lever, which are coupled to both engines, while a left-foot shifter operates both transmissions simultaneously. The drive chains from each engine-transmission unit are connected to a common intermediate shaft, and a larger single chain drives the rear wheel. An “under-drive” unit on the intermediate shaft allows overall gear ratios to be changed quickly and easily.
The Top-1 Ack Attack streamliner rides on ultra-high-speed Mickey Thompson automotive tires – seven inches wide in front and nine inches at the rear. The tires are mounted on special two-piece wheels fabricated from 7075 aircraft-quality aluminum, 16 x 7 inches up front and 18 x 9 inches in back.
Headquartered in Burlingame, California, Top Oil Products is a highly successful U.S. exporter of quality lubricants. An independent, privately held company, Top Oil has three manufacturing locations in the Los Angeles area and eight overseas offices covering the Pacific Rim and Latin America. Top Oil offers a full line of Top-1 branded automotive and industrial lubricants that include synthetic motor oils, gear oils, industrial oils, fuel and oil treatments, greases, coolant and brake fluid. Mike Akatiff said, “We’re using Top-1 synthetic oil in our streamliner, and we want to make Top-1 the fastest oil in the world. Top Oil is based just a few miles from us, and they have been a great supporter of the Ack-Attack team, including arranging and paying for all of our shipping and travel to Australia.”
Our special thanks to Top Oil (www.topoil.com) and Jon Amos of Landracing.com (www.landracing.com) for the latest information on the Team Top Oil effort.
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> Bell Intercooler Eqipped CB/1 Debuts in Hot Rod Magazine
February 27, 2006
Spring Branch, TX - Spring Branch, TX - The twin turbocharged, 650 horsepower CB/1 made its public debut in February with the release of a feature article in the April issue of Hot Rod magazine. This press coverage is joined by the launch of the new CB/1 website at cb1project.com.
The CB/1 represents the engineered blending of modern automotive and racing technology with one of the all time high performance legends, the venerable 427 Cobra. The ultimate performance version of this classic powered by a twin turbocharged, 385 cubic inch V8, delivering a track tearing 650 horsepower and 640 lb-ft of torque. Meld this brutal power with a race designed chassis and a Ron Nash designed suspension for precise control, then add an ergonomically corrected cockpit and you have the most potent, most useable, most enjoyable evolution of the 427 Cobra.
Keeping turbo outlet air temperatures at optimal levels is a large, twin-inlet/twin-outlet Air/Air (air to air) intercooler designed and manufactured by Bell Intercoolers specifically for the CB/1 project. An engine with the performance capabilities of the CB/1 requires a substantial intercooler and the classic Cobra body provides little room for installation. Bell Intercoolers worked closely with the designers and engineers at RSC (Renaissance Sports Cars) to fit the proper size intercooler into a less than generous CB1 nose section.
The CB/1 is based on a newly designed platform, engineered by Corky Bell specifically for the performance and usability requirements of this vehicle. No cut corners, no secondhand components, no compromises. This vehicle is developed from a clean sheet of paper to yield unparalleled performance. Modern control, power and driveability all tucked under one of the most beautifully forceful shapes in automotive design.
For additional information about the CB/1 production models and sales please visit cb1project.com or contact Corky Bell at 830-438-2890 (email:
[email protected]).
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