Sounds like a big mean machine.
If you got the $782 they are morel 5425, the $849 are the crane cams.

 

They are the cranes. What I like about them is they shouldn't bleed off pressure from the mains much at all. It looks like they are designed to compensate for that issue so you don't need bushed lifter bores. Also, that o ring right int he middle should help keep them int he bores if I decide to go with even moar cam later

 

Are the morel the same I wonder?

 

the morels look more like your typical LS lifters with the approx 3/4" band in the middle that is a slightly smaller diameter than the rest of the lifter body.

 

Bad *** build thread, as usual. Thanks for always sharing and putting so much good info in that you've assimilated making it easy for us to find a easy source for some not so always easy to find info.


On the intake thing..
Why would Mamo care to make an manifold when companies already make manifolds that will do the job. I would understand the frustration if there were no manifolds available to support the flow he gets out of heads. But there are, he doesn't need to split focus and start worrying about intakes. He's doing exactly what he needs to do and keeping a singular and perfectionist focus on what he does and not worrying about what he doesn't do. Just buy the intake that fits your needs to go with his heads. If the intake you want isn't as bad *** as you want, he can likely help you with that, but he doesn't need to build or create one.

 

Should have the heads in 2-3 weeks. If at all possible I will get it together, tuned, and on the rollers by Jan 1. This thing is going to be an absolute animal.

I been making some test hits on the street with a dragy. So far, not getting very good launches at all, but that has been 35 psi in the tires. I am trying to keep the nose down.

Hoping lazer comes down to help with the swap.

 

To answer the intake question, it may well be that for how Tony likes his builds to run, he needs to make his own to maximize the heads. Most manifolds choke the heads somewhat.

 

14psi for hits!

I'm going to be swapping over to 15x10 rears and keeping the 17x11s for street duty... the 15x10 with the 325/50-15 ET Drag R for only track duty and the 17x11 and the 305/45-17 with the Mickey S/S for the street. Right now the NT05R 315/35-17 doesn't have enough give in the sidewall (or enough sidewall) to hook anywhere. Blah.

 

Man, you're gonna need a box van to haul all that rubber around! LOL

 

You auto guys can kiss my ***. I need bias.

 

Kiss mine first.
Automatic for the win.

 

Try the ET Pros first before going to a bias ply?

I dunno.

 

I had ET streets, but couldn't do much with them. It could honestly be driver skill. I did much better with QTP though. Even with the 346. QTP 26 is on there now. At 35 psi I got 1.9 60' on the street per dragy. I want to get some hits in at 12 psi and get a few consistent 1.5s on the dragy. Then I figure hit the track. Two nearby are pretty good. One has a reputation for being sticky. So we will see.

Edit - I talk with a few guys who swear the clutch tamer is the cats meow. I may try that.

 

I think the ET Street Pro is a different animal. Guys hitting 1.1s with them and running low 4s 1/8. Maybe even high 3.8s by now.

 

Big difference for sure. I was breaking ET streets loose like crazy. I think with bias they don't completely give up when they spin. I was very happy with the QTP

 

That’s the key difference. Radial tires you need to keep out of slip. Bias are much more forgiving.

 

Man pedal - FTW!!!!

 

I knew about the build but nothing about this thread. Poo.
I think the MSD will do well. Really curious about the outcome of msd vs sniper

 

Man how did I miss this thread? It was being hidden from new posts for some reason, until now.

Awesome build OP. About the intake, you can always remove the cowl and run a CID intake if you wanted to go for a max effort ET. I cut out my cowl in one piece and did some fab work to it, so it bolts back in when I want, and the wipers all go back in like standard and work properly. It wasn't all that difficult to do with the engine removed. I have pics somewhere if anyone is curious.

 

I am too. I wa looking at the intake comparisons in the 468 thread and it seemed to me the msd got walked by the new lsxhr but the Mano msd paced it. Or damn near paced it.

My hunch with the sniper is that the lines may cross around 7200. But even with a 8k redline, that is a lot more useable power for the msd. So the msd would still do better at the track. If the lines cross in the low 6k range, we might have a discussion.

You had mentioned off line that the sniper acts a lot like a single plane. It was an insightful comment so I thought it bore adding.