As a machinist and CNC programmer in the aerospace industry, its still always facinating to me to watch someone elses machining processes. Everyone has their own style when it comes to fixturing, tooling, etc, theres a million ways to make a single part and how you do it is what makes it your own and youre killing it Steve!
Man you are by far the best engine builder AND BUSINESS OWNER I have ever come across. The length you went for Mullet is unbelievable. Obvious admission from V/O that it was over revved and abused MULTIPLE times. And you still back up your work. ANYONE ELSE would have turned it down. You go above and beyond and ONE DAY I’ll BUY one of your engines. Mark my words.
Steve you need to collaborate with the guys from Titan CNC. As a machinist i can tell you that there are way better tool paths you could be using especially during the roughing that could literally save you hours per block. I really hope you reach out to Titan.
He doesn’t really have a choice with the amount of publicity he has. Imagine the hateful comments he’d get if he didn’t drive 4hrs to help Cleeter when he’s flown all the way to FL to help out previously. It’s more or less expected that he should come running when Cleet breaks something.
@@Nick210 More or less expected?? Have you ever owned a business or ever built anything in your life? In the racing world, you will find exactly 0 other engine builders who will do what Steve does, damm, that more or less expected just bothers me, this generation of pampered entitled ........
Nah, it's called service after the sale. His engines are expensive, if customers paid their actual costs plus a small profit Steve Morris would not be in business long running around fixing stuff overzealous drivers and tuners tear up. He is compensated for his time, don't for a second think he's doing it out of the goodness of his heart. It's just business for him.cleetus is a high profile customer, so he probably goes out of his way to take care of him. Sure, they are pals but at the end of the day it's just business.
@b.c4066 thanks for the laugh mate. Build something yourself and sell it, if it f@#ks up, you'll understand what I meant and what Steve is doing. Fricking hell. The stupid are everywhere
@allan95 None will drive 4 hours to help you. They will drive 4 hours to help Cleetus, bc him using the smx platform is an advertisement in itself. So helping him finish/win races is important. You're the one who said that other engine builders don't warranty their engines, which heavily implies that this was a warranty job. You need to pay attention to what you type. I can guarantee that Steve doesn't drive 4 hours to help anyone who bought an smx. I'm not even against it. It makes sense for Steve to do this. This is absolutely not standard treatment for anyone who buys an engine through him, and if you could get him to do something like this, the bill would be a lot more than what he'll charge Cleetus. If you bought an smx, you're a customer. Cleetus is an advertisement.
17 year diesel tech here. That powerstroke likely isnt glow plugs. You need to check injection control pressure. Likely an IPR valve went bad. Very common on those engines. Start with pulling codes. Message me if you need any help.
After seeing the ending to Cleets video I rushed to his comment section. The amount of people in support of you is as amazing as your customer service seems to be. Every one is blaming Cleet and not your engines. Most are in agreement that cleet needs a crew chief for these cars and that's why he's always breaking things. A lack of proper maintenance. Running so many passes with no second gear. Hurt lifters and cam. Putting it in a burn out pit and sliding it around. Saying he wants to go back to the big block is silly. I guess he forgot how often he broke that engine too.
He didn’t break Steve’s big block too much I think the point of it is to at the new Camaro is gonna be his focus, mullet needs something more streetable for drag and drives. Steve’s engines are race engines, not drag and drive engines. You don’t take a $75,000 engine for a stroll down the road.
Everyone including cleet and Steve know Steve is not at fault, engines get hurt when you push them beyond their capabilities and even when you don’t. Stupid people in the comments will stay dumb shit it’s what we do.
I watched this first and than the Cleetus vid he did you diry in the end..... Im here supporting you. You inspect your engine every day and he once in 5 years😂😂
That engine was the one steve blew up in his wagon and welded back together and remachined. He had to rebuild the oil pan thats how bad it was. That engine had problems in mullet from day 1, cleetus sent it to the moon twice, thats the second time he found metal in the sieve. Cleetus got steve the subs he has and steve basically gave him that engine in return. The fact that cleetus is mad is not steves fault, he said that over and over. He wants to go in a different direction, every time he says that it works out well for him ive been watching him for like 7 years. Steve isnt going anywhere, his engines are still bitchin and everyone knows it. theyre still friends, this is racing. Mullet will never be what Eagle is becoming, both of these channels have very very bright futures ahead.
@@MichaelOfRohan Agreed, Cleetus said multiple times it's not Steve's fault. He's mad, that's reasonable. any competitor that has had to drop out of 4 race weeks back to back would be mad about the outcome. He ran the Steve Morris BBC before the SMX and had great luck with that combo and won a ton of events with it. Steve makes killer engines, cleetus makes killer content. There's no reason people need to make everything into drama. Good on you for stating all of this to the person you replied to.
How did he do him dirty he said nothing against Steve or his engines but he keeps breaking it and also stated he m ew he was buying a scratch and dent unit but see what comes in the future just like he took his buddy’s shop of the back for his own nothing against him at all you didn’t even watch the end of his video did you
some one that does not stay in the loop and watches every video right here. if you watched everything around steve and cleetus, you would see everything instead you point fingers. time to adult here.
I pulled a 3/4 ton, 4 door, long bed Dodge across town with my VW Rabbit Diesel. I used that car as a shop tow and jump start vehicle. It never let me down.
@@atnotthiolnoy1 depends on a lot of things... the wrong things happening to a lifter can for sure hurt oil pressure if you're dumb enough to leave the injector plugged in, you can wash down the walls and contaminate the oil pretty badly not saying either of those are likely but if you lose a hole and just keep driving it's possible to hurt things more
I bet your engines are like having 100 children out in the wild, it's like when your kid breaks a leg , you rush into action like a dad coming to their kids aide. LOL
@supermotos I have a SME engine, and I can honestly tell you that the customer service and help is second to none. Now when it comes to Steve making a trip to fix an issue, I can 100% guarantee he's not doing it for free. Not even for Cleetus. Is he getting a cheaper rate? Probably. But I can guarantee you he's paying for those parts Steve's replacing one way or another. 😂
Steve you’re a hell of a friend/ business owner. Every time something breaks in mullet and cleet calls you and asks you for help to get it running good again your there at a drop of a hat. Your amazing man
Just watched Cleetus, seems to me he can't take the blame for flogging your motor beyond its limits. You make an awesome product and went above and beyond helping Cleetus stay in contention. I solute you Sur.
@@hambo6713 The wagon it came out of is just as much of a beast and has huge tires. It has lived an easier life, load wise, since cleet took it off Steve's hands.
Hello Steve, been a follower since I found out you were building motors from scratch. Extremely impressed with your very complete and reliable designs. I can't imagine how many hours of planning, programming, and testing went into getting the first one done, and then the additional 1,000's of hours spent refining it and perfecting them for production runs. I can't imagine the cost of all of that but I hope you are now able to reimburse yourself. I started out learning this stuff in a very modern EDM shop, Norman Noble in Ohio. I first learned to run the 2 Japax 5 head Wire EDM machines that were used to make surgical scissors for Johnson and Johnson, and heart cathedrals. It was not very exciting, but I got my foot in the door with zero experience at that time responding to an ad asking for a minimum 5 year guy. They couldn't find anybody else, but I didn't know that and called in to at least try to get in. I told them I was fascinated by the machining side of things and really wanted to learn, and that I learned quick so they hired me. I didn't realize how lucky I was at that time because it is one of the biggest EDM shops in America, and had the only 2 5 -head machines in the Country at that time. Then I moved onto Wire EDM, making military parts including Patriot missile parts and F16 landing gear, tool and die stuff and Heart cathedrals for J&J, and even Ohio Class sub parts. Many don't know this, but there is no "forming" or bending of metal allowed on any Nuke Sub. It has to be machined or welded. I got a job closer to home and worked for Arc Drilling and Dynamic balancing and learned there to do very close tolerance work. Many of our jobs, which included Involute gear cutters for Swiss machining stations had multiple + or - .0002" specs. Then I moved but continued on learning and learned to run CNC Conventional EDM machines, more wire work and finally CNC Mills. I loved learning the tech and was blown away at what was now possible. We also had 2 5-head Mills but the only jobs they were used for was for subbing out the machines for a guy who made custom S.S. props for race boats. Btw, no I'm not applying. lol I just wanted to share my background and after growing up in a drag racing family, and learning what can be done with modern machining, what you have done is on par with 1 in a billion. My dad, who passed 2 years ago, would be in awe of what you have accomplished. He built drag race motors for 30 years prior to his passing. He also went 5.99 in the 1/4 with a Turbo'd big block Chevy at 235mph in his Top Dragster. I can't imagine a low 3 second 1/8 mile at 180mph but he did it. Once they allowed Turbo's into the Top Dragster class his 7.70's car changed into a low 6 second machine. I got to drive the 7's rails of his and my brothers, but sadly, I was a 1,000 miles away once they went to Turbos so I never got to drive anything that fast. You guys are often going faster in the 1/8 then I did in the 1/4 going 7.70 at 172mph, my best pass. My 1/8 mile Et's were in the 4.40's at 147 mph. I can not imagine going 180 in the 1/8 mile, but I'd sure like to experience that one day. It's people like you that make that possible for us, and I can't thank you enough for all that you have brought to the field of racing, and speed and power. I wish you the best of everything, and I hope that God Blesses your intentions. You have made a massive contribution to this World, and I just wanted to thank you in full. I appreciate all the tech videos as well. I have learned a lot watching them and feel like I'm at the edge of my seat when you show how some things are done. Fascinating, to say the least. That you Mr. Morris for what you have done, and for sticking to it no matter how difficult it must have been to do. I am very grateful to you for that, and for sharing so much of it here.
CNC Machine basically like being a sculpter. Remove everything that doesn't resemble an SMX block. Perfe work of art. As Always, May God Bless you and yours!
Hey Steve, have you checked to see if you can get round stock big enough to cut the block out of? Might make for lower material cost and roughing time. If not maybe you can start with a smaller block but turned 45 degrees. Thanks for the videos, love the inside look.
You mentioned having to make a few scrap trips. If you use solid endmills and want to make less chip volume but still remove same mass look into helical roughers. They work well for me and the chips are smaller and wash away easier as well.
I'm not trying to bash the guy, but I have never seen anyone break as many engines as Cleetus. I think for a while he was keeping Texas Speed in business he broke so many of their engines. He just blew one up Pete Harrell built. So I'm not surprised he broke that SMX.
@@cmonkey525yep. People gotta realize these engines are made for a couple passes and rebuild. Not 2 years straight on the strip and 4000 miles on the street and then rebuild. You wouldn’t pay 50 grand for a street engine, cleet wasn’t thinking about the street side of things he just wanted the best so he got a bigger Steve morris engine.
@@Gkitchens1 Steve's engines are currently the gold standard in drag and drive Six Seconds 2.0 Won Drag Week with a 5 second average with one. He got the right engine for drag and drive. The issue Cleet seems to run into is throwing everything together at the last minute, not doing proper inspections and tear downs, little to no testing and expecting top performance out of the car at the end of the day. Mullet has been pushed much much further than it was ever intended to be, Cleet has said as much. When KSR built that chassis it was meant to be a e85 LS powered stock suspension deal. We now have a water jacketed pro mod engine, back halfed car. The chassis, wheelbase and weight are really limiting factors to what that car can do at this point.
It’s mainly for content. Run them as hard as possible. Get crazy videos and then break it. Get another cool video and repeat. He’s a marketing genius. He runs these engine so hard that he knows people will blame him not the engine. Gaining more views
Dont let cleetus go to another motor set up, soncw the beginning you have been the best at making sure he is all set up, flying there, driving there, dropping everything to take care of him. If cleet really wants to go thats on him. Wash your hands clean. Show his character more than yours, if i ever have the dough to get a big motor SM is for the Win!
Hey Steve, I thought I saw a small tear in the yellow lifting strap from the fork lift to block lift. Please check. Could be deadly. Those straps need to be replaced often. Even the slightest imperfection could reduce the max lifting weight significantly. Good luck sir. Rob
I just thought of a possible way for you to save some dollars on aluminium. With some clever planning, you might be able to sqeeze a bunch of them periferal alu parts out of the main block piece. Like if you first cut out the V and either side of the bottom end with a bandsaw, ofc leaving plenty of clearance for the milling machines to have some wiggle room, you could probably use it for a whole bunch of other smaller parts, and save on how much of that block goes back to the recycling guys!
Dont worry Steve, this is the engine from the wagon. It already had a hard life and served as testbed before it went to cleet. It became loyal to Cleetus but it had no easy life there too. So a weird failure was bound to happen on this engine, it has been thru allot. You get weird hardening and stresses over time in materials, that is the only way something so massive could break on multiple caps.
Cleetus is catching alot of flack in the comments in his video for even mentioning giving up on a SMX for Mullet. You're getting more supporters for being a class act Steve and many a very disappointed in his disrespectful comments after you have done so much constantly to help him.
@@IISTAGIIdude who s time literally worth thousands per hour drops everything to help out then is at the minimum thrown shade when the client in question appears and this is based on channel content which is what any of us have pushed the motor well beyond specified design parameters due to numerous factors many completely preventable... That' can come off as not cool to alot of viewers.... The unintended consequences could be the inability of sourcing engines when other builders see that and determine it may not be in their business interests to form a relationship...
The funny part is the big block he ran was also a Steve morris engine, so the commenters giving him shit are stupid. Especially considering the new Camaro is being built to replace mullet as cleet’s top dog.
You guys should build a little battery powered lexan/plexi disc that spins so it constantly flings coolant off of it. Mount your camera behind that so you can see the machining better. Make it magnetic mount so you can put it anywhere. Kind of like those spinning windows on the CNC machine doors you see sometimes
Trips and moments like this, are the actions that are going to cement you as a legend in this industry for many many many years to come Steve. Absolutely love the type of man/friend that you are
Definitely coming back for the 2 SMXs with different power adders. I know you won't disclose the numbers, but would LOVE to hear you talk camshafts on those!
Steve i noticed watching this video that the lifter bore sleeves you had to build for the engine that the angle was off on didnt make it to a permanent thing. After watching Cleets video showing what happened to the lifter the removable sleeves seem like they would be great for your drag and drive guys. Still amazing to see the customer service you give your customers. Keep up the great work!!
Very interesting to see how one of your blocks are machined.Surprised you’re not at sick week, but it’s awesome that you’re going to help get mullet back on the track.
I've never seen anything that cool in my entire life! I'm truly impressed. I hope one day I can afford your motors. I feel like the quality control is bar none. It just doesn't get better then that. Private motor companies where it's at. I'm an AMC guy. Living in a fantasy. AMC E85 aluminum block. Dreams do come true someday. Great video thank you for sharing.
Now that Cleetus dropped his video, we can see that hitting 9,500 rpm might have contributed to the damage that ensued. I know Steve said it can handle 10,000 rpm, but loaded and unloaded are two different scenarios. There's a reason that manufacturers put lower rev limits to unloaded conditions. And it's not to prevent neutral drops. You can prevent engagement outside of certain rpm.
Motion raceworks is in DeWitt Iowa Steve, lol 😜👍... I didn't know you were coming, wish it could have been for better reasons, just seen everyone else over at Cordova today. 😢 He didn't get that six even though he tried... Hope you all have a Good night with getting Mullet fixed without hopefully without too many issues and you all get some sleep tonight, and have a good rest of the race. 🙏🏻
Seems like that SMX has been nothing but trouble for Cleetus. I know Mullet isn’t the right chassis but mechanical reliability wise the old Big Block seemed like such a better motor.
I think he’s a big boy, if he feels it’s too much trouble he can make that choice I doubt he wants or needs you to go to bat for him and comment on the engine builders video lol
Tear down on mullets engine will be interesting. block may be toast, Cleetus it’s racing and this is what you do, no judgment. Steve’s been there for you. And you going to jump ship. Dont think I’ll be watching you do it.
Senior master ford diesel tech here and the power stroke probably has a high pressure oil leak. Sometimes it’s the ipr but I always use air and a stethoscope in the icp sensor hole. You’ll find the leak quickly. Powerstrokes don’t need glow plugs to start above 30 degrees in my experience.
hell ya! Thank you steve Morris and co.! what an amazing group of people. Wonderful individuals working so hard to improve themselves over and over again..love you all!
I used to do streamling/optimizing lathe programs other people had written or "operatord" had modified. Sometimes it was amazing the amount of air they'd cut on a repeat job.
You know the GM / Chevy guys are just loving it seeing the GM wagon towing the Ford😂 there's that old saying, what does ford mean backwards? Driver Returns on foot.
That block is a real nice piece of jewelry. It's still just a little too heavy to hang around your neck though. Those side water jacket plates are super nice too. Say, those water jacket plates might be cool if they were really scaled down to make key chain tags. Might be a money making idea for you.
I've mentioned it before. Your video titles are misleading. Title about mullet and helping cleetus, turns out to be a video about towing your sons truck and machining?
Shouldn’t have wasted your time. Guy throws you under the bus after he and frat boy buds destroy everything they touch. Not a true ASE or higher rated mechanic in the bunch. More to jumping from 7s to 6s than big wallet full of fanboys money.
Just finished watching Cleetus McFarland video on Mullet and did not like what he had to say about the SMX and the problems he has caused. You have done nothing but support the man and product through everything. Lost respect for the man ....
Well Garrett did admit to abusing the SMX against the recommendations of Steve. But come on man that is just racing, and besides, it can also be considered R&D for Steve Morris.
In my racing carred everytime that I did something that the engine bulder recmimended not doing ended in bad results. Whern I took the pieces back got the builder and got the I told you so, kinda gard to blame hime and bad mouth him when I was the problem. Cleetus really thrashes his equipment and you don't see many maintaince videos, just replacing the carnage.
@@michaelm7874 Look the scars every morning where the second run of much blower over drive(104%) and 8300+ RPM when the builder said nothing over 94% RPM on the blower and red line 8000 RPM
I love the giant Brain on the side of the CNC!!! Lol. Wheres Pinky?!!!??! "Pinky do you know what we're going to do tonight?" "Well I think so Brain, but where are we going to find rubber bands that big?"
How involved is changing centerline when doing the cylinder work and lifter bores on a machine like that? Thanks for the great videos. I will admit I learn something in them all.
Probably the idm relay and or the ipr valve on the high pressure oil pump on your power stroke not building high pressure oil glow plugs are only for cold starts in winter
Hey Steve, I don't know about others, But I wouldn't mind seeing a video including the "common" bits too, installing sleaves etc, not something i have ever seen before.
26:10 this got my mindset back to the valve spring issues with high lift cams ..... so i know you have mad skill's .... totally redesign strictly drag and drive racing head design 4 valves per cylinder in a effort to reduce valve spring failure .... more valves less lift theoretically
The stuff you do is amazing. Your ability to produce engines that are far above the original big block OEM productions is amazing, As a dye hard fan of big block cheys I am impressed that you can produce big block chevy clones that can produce 5000 HP. Keep up the good work!
As a machinist and CNC programmer in the aerospace industry, its still always facinating to me to watch someone elses machining processes. Everyone has their own style when it comes to fixturing, tooling, etc, theres a million ways to make a single part and how you do it is what makes it your own and youre killing it Steve!
Man you are by far the best engine builder AND BUSINESS OWNER I have ever come across. The length you went for Mullet is unbelievable. Obvious admission from V/O that it was over revved and abused MULTIPLE times. And you still back up your work. ANYONE ELSE would have turned it down. You go above and beyond and ONE DAY I’ll BUY one of your engines. Mark my words.
This shows your incredible commitment to your customers, as busy as you were you still go out of your way to help out. So awesome.
Steve you need to collaborate with the guys from Titan CNC. As a machinist i can tell you that there are way better tool paths you could be using especially during the roughing that could literally save you hours per block. I really hope you reach out to Titan.
Been saying this for a while! Steve and titan would be a great fit.
Yeah should be roughing that aluminum out in way deeper cuts
I absolutely love the customer service you give your customers. You Rock Steve
I’ve never seen customer service as good as Steve’s.
It really seems like he will go to the end of the earth to save an engine vs make his customer buy another one. Which is beyond rare these days.
He doesn’t really have a choice with the amount of publicity he has. Imagine the hateful comments he’d get if he didn’t drive 4hrs to help Cleeter when he’s flown all the way to FL to help out previously. It’s more or less expected that he should come running when Cleet breaks something.
@@Nick210 More or less expected?? Have you ever owned a business or ever built anything in your life? In the racing world, you will find exactly 0 other engine builders who will do what Steve does, damm, that more or less expected just bothers me, this generation of pampered entitled ........
I would say Cleetus get the extra special service, but he seems like the type of guy that would do what he can for the regular guy too.
Steve manufactured a very expensive custom engine, he's driving 4 hours to fix it. Kudos Steve. It's called integrity!
Nah, it's called service after the sale. His engines are expensive, if customers paid their actual costs plus a small profit Steve Morris would not be in business long running around fixing stuff overzealous drivers and tuners tear up. He is compensated for his time, don't for a second think he's doing it out of the goodness of his heart. It's just business for him.cleetus is a high profile customer, so he probably goes out of his way to take care of him. Sure, they are pals but at the end of the day it's just business.
@b.c4066 thanks for the laugh mate. Build something yourself and sell it, if it f@#ks up, you'll understand what I meant and what Steve is doing. Fricking hell. The stupid are everywhere
@@allan95 Why are you assuming he's doing this work for free? Do you think this is standard service for every smx buyer?
@@allan95 Standing by your product and driving 4 hours to do a repair are 2 different things. You alluded to it being warranty work
@allan95 None will drive 4 hours to help you. They will drive 4 hours to help Cleetus, bc him using the smx platform is an advertisement in itself. So helping him finish/win races is important. You're the one who said that other engine builders don't warranty their engines, which heavily implies that this was a warranty job. You need to pay attention to what you type. I can guarantee that Steve doesn't drive 4 hours to help anyone who bought an smx. I'm not even against it. It makes sense for Steve to do this. This is absolutely not standard treatment for anyone who buys an engine through him, and if you could get him to do something like this, the bill would be a lot more than what he'll charge Cleetus. If you bought an smx, you're a customer. Cleetus is an advertisement.
17 year diesel tech here. That powerstroke likely isnt glow plugs. You need to check injection control pressure. Likely an IPR valve went bad. Very common on those engines. Start with pulling codes. Message me if you need any help.
Hope they see your comment.
I was coming here to say the exact same thing. Ipr -icp- or crank sensor
Same thing happened to my friends F-250 hope they see this
Ford tech and I agree
Glad someone said something was telling at him it’s not glow plugs! Time for a Cummin’s swap 😅
After seeing the ending to Cleets video I rushed to his comment section. The amount of people in support of you is as amazing as your customer service seems to be. Every one is blaming Cleet and not your engines. Most are in agreement that cleet needs a crew chief for these cars and that's why he's always breaking things. A lack of proper maintenance. Running so many passes with no second gear. Hurt lifters and cam. Putting it in a burn out pit and sliding it around.
Saying he wants to go back to the big block is silly. I guess he forgot how often he broke that engine too.
He didn’t break Steve’s big block too much I think the point of it is to at the new Camaro is gonna be his focus, mullet needs something more streetable for drag and drives. Steve’s engines are race engines, not drag and drive engines. You don’t take a $75,000 engine for a stroll down the road.
Everyone including cleet and Steve know Steve is not at fault, engines get hurt when you push them beyond their capabilities and even when you don’t. Stupid people in the comments will stay dumb shit it’s what we do.
@@Gkitchens1The smx is designed to be a drag and drive engine. He says that himself over and over.
@@--_DJ_-- lol yes. 100% this
@@Gkitchens1Lol bro what are you even talking about? These SMXs are SPECIFICALLY made for drag and drive.
I watched this first and than the Cleetus vid he did you diry in the end..... Im here supporting you. You inspect your engine every day and he once in 5 years😂😂
That engine was the one steve blew up in his wagon and welded back together and remachined. He had to rebuild the oil pan thats how bad it was. That engine had problems in mullet from day 1, cleetus sent it to the moon twice, thats the second time he found metal in the sieve. Cleetus got steve the subs he has and steve basically gave him that engine in return. The fact that cleetus is mad is not steves fault, he said that over and over. He wants to go in a different direction, every time he says that it works out well for him ive been watching him for like 7 years. Steve isnt going anywhere, his engines are still bitchin and everyone knows it. theyre still friends, this is racing. Mullet will never be what Eagle is becoming, both of these channels have very very bright futures ahead.
@@MichaelOfRohan Agreed, Cleetus said multiple times it's not Steve's fault. He's mad, that's reasonable. any competitor that has had to drop out of 4 race weeks back to back would be mad about the outcome. He ran the Steve Morris BBC before the SMX and had great luck with that combo and won a ton of events with it. Steve makes killer engines, cleetus makes killer content. There's no reason people need to make everything into drama. Good on you for stating all of this to the person you replied to.
@@TheFlooringInspector82 He breaks everything.
How did he do him dirty he said nothing against Steve or his engines but he keeps breaking it and also stated he m ew he was buying a scratch and dent unit but see what comes in the future just like he took his buddy’s shop of the back for his own nothing against him at all you didn’t even watch the end of his video did you
some one that does not stay in the loop and watches every video right here. if you watched everything around steve and cleetus, you would see everything instead you point fingers. time to adult here.
Chevy pulling a ford not a rare sight but a Chevy wagon pulling a 4wd f250 powerstroke that’s a first and I love it
Power stroke owners found in the corner licking their wounds.
I pulled a 3/4 ton, 4 door, long bed Dodge across town with my VW Rabbit Diesel. I used that car as a shop tow and jump start vehicle. It never let me down.
Thats a man who has confidence in his beast engines that he isnt worried about it running on 7 of 8 cylinders! My man!
@@atnotthiolnoy1 depends on a lot of things...
the wrong things happening to a lifter can for sure hurt oil pressure
if you're dumb enough to leave the injector plugged in, you can wash down the walls and contaminate the oil pretty badly
not saying either of those are likely but if you lose a hole and just keep driving it's possible to hurt things more
Steve will get the Mullet sorted...😊🎉
It becomes a slave cylinder
@@alastairdow4400😂
@@atnotthiolnoy1well if you dont stop thr fuel it creates barrel wash and if done for too long at once can cause HL so not strictly true.
Quick, fire up the dad signal! 🤣
I bet your engines are like having 100 children out in the wild, it's like when your kid breaks a leg , you rush into action like a dad coming to their kids aide. LOL
To be fair, Mullet has been a huge advertisement for Steve's engines and his shop in general. Very mutually beneficial
I don’t think everyone gets this treatment
tbh if you have that many kids back then its survival of the fittest.
@supermotos I have a SME engine, and I can honestly tell you that the customer service and help is second to none. Now when it comes to Steve making a trip to fix an issue, I can 100% guarantee he's not doing it for free. Not even for Cleetus. Is he getting a cheaper rate? Probably. But I can guarantee you he's paying for those parts Steve's replacing one way or another. 😂
I don’t think Steve has a ton of smx engines out there, I’ve heard he has the best customer service on the market.
Like a surgeon gathering up his surgeries tools before a big surgery!💪💪Even his shop land yacht is a badass ride👍👍
LOL The thumbnail was hilarious. Good on you for helping him out, Steve. Cheers!
Steve you’re a hell of a friend/ business owner. Every time something breaks in mullet and cleet calls you and asks you for help to get it running good again your there at a drop of a hat. Your amazing man
Just watched Cleetus, seems to me he can't take the blame for flogging your motor beyond its limits. You make an awesome product and went above and beyond helping Cleetus stay in contention. I solute you Sur.
That motor never even got close to its limits other than touching the Rev limiter. The car isn't capable of taking what that engine can put out.
@@--_DJ_-- surely mullet is actually quite hard on the engines? The thing is a boat
@@hambo6713 The wagon it came out of is just as much of a beast and has huge tires. It has lived an easier life, load wise, since cleet took it off Steve's hands.
Hello Steve, been a follower since I found out you were building motors from scratch. Extremely impressed with your very complete and reliable designs. I can't imagine how many hours of planning, programming, and testing went into getting the first one done, and then the additional 1,000's of hours spent refining it and perfecting them for production runs. I can't imagine the cost of all of that but I hope you are now able to reimburse yourself. I started out learning this stuff in a very modern EDM shop, Norman Noble in Ohio. I first learned to run the 2 Japax 5 head Wire EDM machines that were used to make surgical scissors for Johnson and Johnson, and heart cathedrals. It was not very exciting, but I got my foot in the door with zero experience at that time responding to an ad asking for a minimum 5 year guy. They couldn't find anybody else, but I didn't know that and called in to at least try to get in. I told them I was fascinated by the machining side of things and really wanted to learn, and that I learned quick so they hired me. I didn't realize how lucky I was at that time because it is one of the biggest EDM shops in America, and had the only 2 5 -head machines in the Country at that time. Then I moved onto Wire EDM, making military parts including Patriot missile parts and F16 landing gear, tool and die stuff and Heart cathedrals for J&J, and even Ohio Class sub parts. Many don't know this, but there is no "forming" or bending of metal allowed on any Nuke Sub. It has to be machined or welded. I got a job closer to home and worked for Arc Drilling and Dynamic balancing and learned there to do very close tolerance work. Many of our jobs, which included Involute gear cutters for Swiss machining stations had multiple + or - .0002" specs. Then I moved but continued on learning and learned to run CNC Conventional EDM machines, more wire work and finally CNC Mills. I loved learning the tech and was blown away at what was now possible. We also had 2 5-head Mills but the only jobs they were used for was for subbing out the machines for a guy who made custom S.S. props for race boats. Btw, no I'm not applying. lol I just wanted to share my background and after growing up in a drag racing family, and learning what can be done with modern machining, what you have done is on par with 1 in a billion. My dad, who passed 2 years ago, would be in awe of what you have accomplished. He built drag race motors for 30 years prior to his passing. He also went 5.99 in the 1/4 with a Turbo'd big block Chevy at 235mph in his Top Dragster. I can't imagine a low 3 second 1/8 mile at 180mph but he did it. Once they allowed Turbo's into the Top Dragster class his 7.70's car changed into a low 6 second machine. I got to drive the 7's rails of his and my brothers, but sadly, I was a 1,000 miles away once they went to Turbos so I never got to drive anything that fast. You guys are often going faster in the 1/8 then I did in the 1/4 going 7.70 at 172mph, my best pass. My 1/8 mile Et's were in the 4.40's at 147 mph. I can not imagine going 180 in the 1/8 mile, but I'd sure like to experience that one day. It's people like you that make that possible for us, and I can't thank you enough for all that you have brought to the field of racing, and speed and power. I wish you the best of everything, and I hope that God Blesses your intentions. You have made a massive contribution to this World, and I just wanted to thank you in full. I appreciate all the tech videos as well. I have learned a lot watching them and feel like I'm at the edge of my seat when you show how some things are done. Fascinating, to say the least. That you Mr. Morris for what you have done, and for sticking to it no matter how difficult it must have been to do. I am very grateful to you for that, and for sharing so much of it here.
Awesome Steve making everything in house 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
CNC Machine basically like being a sculpter. Remove everything that doesn't resemble an SMX block. Perfe work of art. As Always, May God Bless you and yours!
Time 150 Steve's " office " even has a chain fall on a trolley.
Hey Steve, have you checked to see if you can get round stock big enough to cut the block out of? Might make for lower material cost and roughing time. If not maybe you can start with a smaller block but turned 45 degrees. Thanks for the videos, love the inside look.
You mentioned having to make a few scrap trips. If you use solid endmills and want to make less chip volume but still remove same mass look into helical roughers. They work well for me and the chips are smaller and wash away easier as well.
Watching that block get made was just incredible.
Steve to the rescue! Solid product support!
That CNC work was so sick. Also Steve to the rescue! Go save our boy :D
I'm not trying to bash the guy, but I have never seen anyone break as many engines as Cleetus. I think for a while he was keeping Texas Speed in business he broke so many of their engines. He just blew one up Pete Harrell built. So I'm not surprised he broke that SMX.
It’s because they run stuff hard and expect top in performance out of them but then don’t give them proper maintenance
@@cmonkey525 That is there issue they dont maintain there gear he needs a crew chief who is in charge of the engines
@@cmonkey525yep. People gotta realize these engines are made for a couple passes and rebuild. Not 2 years straight on the strip and 4000 miles on the street and then rebuild. You wouldn’t pay 50 grand for a street engine, cleet wasn’t thinking about the street side of things he just wanted the best so he got a bigger Steve morris engine.
@@Gkitchens1 Steve's engines are currently the gold standard in drag and drive Six Seconds 2.0 Won Drag Week with a 5 second average with one. He got the right engine for drag and drive. The issue Cleet seems to run into is throwing everything together at the last minute, not doing proper inspections and tear downs, little to no testing and expecting top performance out of the car at the end of the day.
Mullet has been pushed much much further than it was ever intended to be, Cleet has said as much. When KSR built that chassis it was meant to be a e85 LS powered stock suspension deal. We now have a water jacketed pro mod engine, back halfed car. The chassis, wheelbase and weight are really limiting factors to what that car can do at this point.
It’s mainly for content. Run them as hard as possible. Get crazy videos and then break it. Get another cool video and repeat. He’s a marketing genius. He runs these engine so hard that he knows people will blame him not the engine. Gaining more views
Dont let cleetus go to another motor set up, soncw the beginning you have been the best at making sure he is all set up, flying there, driving there, dropping everything to take care of him. If cleet really wants to go thats on him. Wash your hands clean. Show his character more than yours, if i ever have the dough to get a big motor SM is for the Win!
Thank you Steve for all you do for me and Greenie !!
Congratulations on your run good luck this week with your awesome car
Beautiful looking block.
Killer backing tracks. 😎👍
No engine is safe with Cleetus behind the wheel
Here to support you Steve! You seem like an outstanding guy. Thanks for all you do!
Steve to the rescue
I knew the cnc did a lot of work but that was incredible. Great stuff! I guess you can build whatever block you want with more cylinders.
Starting at 75 grand......and worth every penny.a work of art that will tear you a new one on the dragstrip
Thats the cost of one smx engine ?
@@MrEfiggy yes that's the starting price it just goes up from there.quality costs money
Hey Steve, I thought I saw a small tear in the yellow lifting strap from the fork lift to block lift. Please check. Could be deadly. Those straps need to be replaced often. Even the slightest imperfection could reduce the max lifting weight significantly. Good luck sir. Rob
Wish i had a guy i could call talk about standing by your work awesome enjoying how far you push your engines
I just thought of a possible way for you to save some dollars on aluminium.
With some clever planning, you might be able to sqeeze a bunch of them periferal alu parts out of the main block piece. Like if you first cut out the V and either side of the bottom end with a bandsaw, ofc leaving plenty of clearance for the milling machines to have some wiggle room, you could probably use it for a whole bunch of other smaller parts, and save on how much of that block goes back to the recycling guys!
Billet Block in the milk bath. Steve you are a good dude !!
Dont worry Steve, this is the engine from the wagon. It already had a hard life and served as testbed before it went to cleet. It became loyal to Cleetus but it had no easy life there too. So a weird failure was bound to happen on this engine, it has been thru allot. You get weird hardening and stresses over time in materials, that is the only way something so massive could break on multiple caps.
Tell that giraffe to just send the helicopter next time. We've all seen him travel in Dave's old b 105
LOL!!!!
The Blackhawk is getting serviced
That was one of the most awesome aluminum block/ingot to engine machining process I've ever seen. Very cool stuff!
Cleetus is catching alot of flack in the comments in his video for even mentioning giving up on a SMX for Mullet. You're getting more supporters for being a class act Steve and many a very disappointed in his disrespectful comments after you have done so much constantly to help him.
"Disrespectful" is a reach
@@IISTAGIIdude who s time literally worth thousands per hour drops everything to help out then is at the minimum thrown shade when the client in question appears and this is based on channel content which is what any of us have pushed the motor well beyond specified design parameters due to numerous factors many completely preventable... That' can come off as not cool to alot of viewers....
The unintended consequences could be the inability of sourcing engines when other builders see that and determine it may not be in their business interests to form a relationship...
Y'all are taking all of it way too seriously
That was one of Steve's own engines in Cleets car. Cleet needed an engine fast and Steve gave up one of his own. Cleet shouldn't throw any shade
The funny part is the big block he ran was also a Steve morris engine, so the commenters giving him shit are stupid. Especially considering the new Camaro is being built to replace mullet as cleet’s top dog.
You guys should build a little battery powered lexan/plexi disc that spins so it constantly flings coolant off of it. Mount your camera behind that so you can see the machining better. Make it magnetic mount so you can put it anywhere. Kind of like those spinning windows on the CNC machine doors you see sometimes
Now that’s some service ! Safe travels , and ya thought you were missing sick summer . Lol
Love the machining videos. In this one. Spot on perfect!!!
Trips and moments like this, are the actions that are going to cement you as a legend in this industry for many many many years to come Steve. Absolutely love the type of man/friend that you are
Definitely coming back for the 2 SMXs with different power adders. I know you won't disclose the numbers, but would LOVE to hear you talk camshafts on those!
I will
Making a video this good,is definitely a team effort,thank you to whoever picks the background music, it's spot on.
Mr morris always coming through !
What a cool video Steve, I am a machinist...30+ years. Can't stress enough how cool this was to watch!!👍👌 And the tunes were the sugar sprinkles...😎
Steve i noticed watching this video that the lifter bore sleeves you had to build for the engine that the angle was off on didnt make it to a permanent thing. After watching Cleets video showing what happened to the lifter the removable sleeves seem like they would be great for your drag and drive guys. Still amazing to see the customer service you give your customers. Keep up the great work!!
We need to cleet to get steve a carbon cub so steve can get to his customers fast and efficent
That'd be legit. Steve's close to the small local airport I believe also.
Very interesting to see how one of your blocks are machined.Surprised you’re not at sick week, but it’s awesome that you’re going to help get mullet back on the track.
I've never seen anything that cool in my entire life! I'm truly impressed. I hope one day I can afford your motors. I feel like the quality control is bar none. It just doesn't get better then that. Private motor companies where it's at. I'm an AMC guy. Living in a fantasy. AMC E85 aluminum block. Dreams do come true someday. Great video thank you for sharing.
never knew what the term "block" came from new to this racing scene. awesome.
After his comments, If I was you Steve I would not sell him another engine. His decisions cost him his engine problems.
Go have a good look at yourself for getting offended by something even those actually involved weren't bothered about. Pretty pathetic
Now that Cleetus dropped his video, we can see that hitting 9,500 rpm might have contributed to the damage that ensued. I know Steve said it can handle 10,000 rpm, but loaded and unloaded are two different scenarios. There's a reason that manufacturers put lower rev limits to unloaded conditions. And it's not to prevent neutral drops. You can prevent engagement outside of certain rpm.
A channel with nothing but hyperlapse vids of engine block machining and music would be amazing lmfao. love watching stuff like this
Motion raceworks is in DeWitt Iowa Steve, lol 😜👍... I didn't know you were coming, wish it could have been for better reasons, just seen everyone else over at Cordova today. 😢 He didn't get that six even though he tried... Hope you all have a Good night with getting Mullet fixed without hopefully without too many issues and you all get some sleep tonight, and have a good rest of the race. 🙏🏻
I Love your Snap On tool box there Steve , 2 tone Blue............................SWEET !
Seems like that SMX has been nothing but trouble for Cleetus. I know Mullet isn’t the right chassis but mechanical reliability wise the old Big Block seemed like such a better motor.
I think he’s a big boy, if he feels it’s too much trouble he can make that choice I doubt he wants or needs you to go to bat for him and comment on the engine builders video lol
Tear down on mullets engine will be interesting. block may be toast, Cleetus it’s racing and this is what you do, no judgment. Steve’s been there for you. And you going to jump ship. Dont think I’ll be watching you do it.
Love the engineering that’s gone into that being a CNC machinist myself, absolutely perfect 👌🏽👌🏽
Suddenly your engines don't seem that expensive when you drop everything to drive 4hours to help a customer! 😁👍
Senior master ford diesel tech here and the power stroke probably has a high pressure oil leak. Sometimes it’s the ipr but I always use air and a stethoscope in the icp sensor hole. You’ll find the leak quickly. Powerstrokes don’t need glow plugs to start above 30 degrees in my experience.
MC Farland is the Testament that your engine is the best Engine all of US. Lots of love from India..
hell ya! Thank you steve Morris and co.! what an amazing group of people. Wonderful individuals working so hard to improve themselves over and over again..love you all!
Beautiful engine.. Its a work of Art!!
Thank you Steve for the explanation. Always wondered how the water jackets were made.
I used to do streamling/optimizing lathe programs other people had written or "operatord" had modified. Sometimes it was amazing the amount of air they'd cut on a repeat job.
You know the GM / Chevy guys are just loving it seeing the GM wagon towing the Ford😂 there's that old saying, what does ford mean backwards? Driver Returns on foot.
F$#Ked on Race Day
That engine was always in that block you just needed to get the chips out of the way. A work of art.
I feel like a lot of people forgot that the old engine that was in mullet was a Steve Morris engine. It was the one that was a step below the SMX.
lol chevy pulling ford
always
That CNC machine is so badass!!!! I love watching it work!
That block is a real nice piece of jewelry. It's still just a little too heavy to hang around your neck though. Those side water jacket plates are super nice too.
Say, those water jacket plates might be cool if they were really scaled down to make key chain tags. Might be a money making idea for you.
I've mentioned it before. Your video titles are misleading. Title about mullet and helping cleetus, turns out to be a video about towing your sons truck and machining?
That is a BEAUTIFUL piece of machine work.
Shouldn’t have wasted your time. Guy throws you under the bus after he and frat boy buds destroy everything they touch. Not a true ASE or higher rated mechanic in the bunch. More to jumping from 7s to 6s than big wallet full of fanboys money.
Love that Oldsmobile wagon, pulling that big truck with no effort! ❤
Just finished watching Cleetus McFarland video on Mullet and did not like what he had to say about the SMX and the problems he has caused. You have done nothing but support the man and product through everything. Lost respect for the man ....
Especially when he beats on it like he does without proper maintenance, test and tune is all they do
Well Garrett did admit to abusing the SMX against the recommendations of Steve. But come on man that is just racing, and besides, it can also be considered R&D for Steve Morris.
In my racing carred everytime that I did something that the engine bulder recmimended not doing ended in bad results. Whern I took the pieces back got the builder and got the I told you so, kinda gard to blame hime and bad mouth him when I was the problem. Cleetus really thrashes his equipment and you don't see many maintaince videos, just replacing the carnage.
Little carried a way man?
@@michaelm7874 Look the scars every morning where the second run of much blower over drive(104%) and 8300+ RPM when the builder said nothing over 94% RPM on the blower and red line 8000 RPM
The Hardest Working Man on ANY Drag and Drive. Preach Brother lol... YOU ARE Preacher of speed
Amazing seeing all the work and time you put Into your engine's
I love the giant Brain on the side of the CNC!!! Lol. Wheres Pinky?!!!??!
"Pinky do you know what we're going to do tonight?"
"Well I think so Brain, but where are we going to find rubber bands that big?"
Best video ever, seeing Steve run around like the rest of us trying to figure it out. Turns out Steve is human! ❤
hot start 6.0l is pretty common deal. just gotta sell that rig and get a 6.7l
Just gotta get a Cummins and never look back.
Holy Moly Batman! That is Awesome! Love it......
Steve, you are a legend brother!!! It’s awesome to see how much you care, and what a good person you are!! God bless you Sir!
How involved is changing centerline when doing the cylinder work and lifter bores on a machine like that? Thanks for the great videos. I will admit I learn something in them all.
Probably the idm relay and or the ipr valve on the high pressure oil pump on your power stroke not building high pressure oil glow plugs are only for cold starts in winter
Steve! Hey-this is breathtaking recording!
I can’t even think of enough good words to use to describe how I feel, thank you thank you thank you for what you do.
This is my favorite RUclips channel, so much knowledge to be gained and Steve and his family and crew are super cool.
the angle of the indicator arm/tip effects accuracy Important when checking GDT run out on a cam tunnel
Awesome video! Love seeing the process! Thanks Steve!
Dewey Dog busts me up. We need a Life and Times of Dewey video. A Day in the life of Dewey the shop Master
Hey Steve, I don't know about others, But I wouldn't mind seeing a video including the "common" bits too, installing sleaves etc, not something i have ever seen before.
26:10 this got my mindset back to the valve spring issues with high lift cams ..... so i know you have mad skill's .... totally redesign strictly drag and drive racing head design 4 valves per cylinder in a effort to reduce valve spring failure .... more valves less lift theoretically
The stuff you do is amazing. Your ability to produce engines that are far above the original big block OEM productions is amazing, As a dye hard fan of big block cheys I am impressed that you can produce big block chevy clones that can produce 5000 HP. Keep up the good work!