Australia’s First Five Second Turbo Car

MRE Customer, Rob Campisi, Australia’s first five second turbo car, runs 5.97 @ 254mph last night during testing. Rob Campisi, a long time MRE customer, recently decided to have Mike Moran call all the shots from his Taylor, MI based business in his quest to be the first Australian turbo car in the fives.

Campisi stated that they were running consistently in the 6.20’s with Moran’s consulting, but still were unable to reach that elusive 5.00 second barrier. With Rob’s competition slowly but surely making strides to cross that 5.00 line themselves, Campisi decided to call in Moran for his online remote tuning services. Last night, Campisi finally joined Mike in being the first to reach that 5 second barrier.

Turbo failure was a major obstacle for Campisi during the last couple weeks. He was breaking turbos every run and only yielding a best of 6.06@246. Moran had Campisi switch over to a new set of Garrett turbos. On the first run, the new Garrett’s showed to have more power and Campisi had to abort the pass due to tire spin. The next run, Mike then tuned for the increase in power and Campisi finally crossed that 5.0 second barrier.

Craig Burns of SCF Race Cars in Australia has been modifying Rob’s car with Moran’s consulting on modification specs after a recent wreck. Moran worked closely with Craig to change several things on the car - engine location, moving weight around and setting up the rear suspension for a 5 second run. Rob Campisi even went so far as to “borrow” Moran’s new mustang paint rendering.

CV Performance’s Con, Vick and Bill also consulted with Moran on engine changes and upgrades.

Moran Motorsports congratulates Rob Campisi and his entire crew for their history making accomplishment!

LMR's 1800rwhp Camaro running Moran Billet Atomizer Injectors

Atomizer Injector test in Mike's custom made dyno

Hot Rod Magazine profiles Mike Moran's first run in the 5's

From the October 2009 issue of Hot Rod Magazine:

"Mike Moran is a man possessed. There is no other reason he would spend five years of his life chasing 0.300 of a second. This story is a follow-up to the one titled "I Will Run 5s" in the Oct. '04 issue of HOT ROD (page 54), which cataloged Mike's racing life up to that point and his chase to pilot the first turbocharged door-slammer through the quarter-mile in 5 seconds. At that time, Mike's car had run 6.27 seconds in the quarter and he felt close enough to the record to talk about it in HOT ROD. To cut to the chase, Mike recently achieved his goal: piloting his 3,700hp, twin-turbo, 572ci Monte Carlo door-slammer through the traps at the Spring Open at Valdosta Dragway in Valdosta, Georgia, at an astonishing 5.97 seconds at 251 mph.

Said Mike after the feat, "Well, it has been a battle for many, many years-but I knew we could do it. I need to thank a lot of businesses that have helped me over the years and all the guys who have supported me over the years, some since our street racing days almost 20 years ago. We set a ridiculous record. I'm glad we got it done and look forward to our next challenge.""


Click here for more pictures of Mike Moran's '99 Monte Carlo and the full article.

Mike Moran's 3700HP Chevy profile at Carcraft.com

Mike Moran's 3700HP Big-Block Chevy

Carcraft.com has a great article breaking down Mike Moran's Twin-Turbo Big-Block Chevy.

"C. Injectors Since nobody made injectors that could flow 600 pounds per hour, Moran had to design and build them himself. He says the learning curve was expensive and enormously time consuming, but the result is injectors that are constantly being upgraded as he learns more about the dynamics of fuel pressures above 90 psi and boost pressures in the high 20s. Keep in mind that as manifold pressure increases, fuel pressure should also increase in a 1:1 relationship. But Moran has learned that the theory doesn't always hold true. "At the pressures I'm working with, it's more like 1.5:1," he says."


For complete descriptions on the EFI, intake, long-block, ignition, and turbochargers, read the full article at Carcraft.com.

Moran Racing Engines Dragzine.com shop profile

Dragzine.com has a great shop profile on MRE.

"When we stopped by for a visit, Moran was fine-tuning his cutting edge Fuel Injector Dyno. While it might resemble an oversized flow bench, Moran has built it to push the edge in fuel injection design and technology. The dyno features an engine control unit that allows Moran’s customers to send him run logs that can be reproduced on the injector dyno. Fuel pressure on the dyno is not a problem as it features a Waterman racing fuel pump with plenty of power and flow capacity."


For the full article and more pictures, head over to Dragzine.com's full shop profile.

Mike Moran's record breaking run from CompetitionPlus.com

Mike Moran's record breaking '99 Monte Carlo

"While the feat is impressive, doorslammer aficionados who follow closely should not be surprised. Moran along with longtime partners Bart Lemieux and Gordie Sprosek (MSL Racing) have a history of lighting up the scoreboards. The combo yielded a 6.11 @ 246 in Las Vegas in ’08 & an “oh so close” 6.01 @ 250.88 at the The Clash of The Titans event in Houston. “It’s not as if we made a huge jump in performance on this pass, we just successfully got the car lined out & the numbers bear that out” stated Moran. “The tuning window is so narrow on this car, but we hit the right set-up on this one.”"  Read the full article on Mike's first run in the 5's over at CompetitionPlus.com.

Rod Saboury's Moran Powered '63 Corvette in Super Chevy Mag

Rod Saboury in the January issue of Super Chevy:

"At Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH, Saboury laid down an UNBELIEVEABLE pass in his Moran Racing Engines powered twin-turbo 1963 Corvette..."

Check out more pictures and the complete article here.

Atomizer Injector Comparison, MRE's versus the competition

	MRE Atomizer	The Competition
Body Material	Machined Billet Stainless	Plastic / Steel
Designed For	Racing Gas / Methenol	OEM / Propane
Factory Upgradable	Yes, up to 600lb/hr.	No
Projected Tip Design	Yes, 5mm projection	No
Blue Printed & Flowered	Yes, balanced to + - 1/2%	No, balanced to + - 3%
Anti-corrosion coating	Yes, titanium nitride	None
Manufacturer Supported	Yes, provided by MRE	None
Lifetime Warranty	Included	None

Buy Atomizer Injectors now directly from MRE.

Atomizer Injector

EFI guru Mike Moran makes it easy for EFI engines to produce 1,000 to 4,000 HP with either gasoline or methanol, with the new M.R.E. Atomizer fuel injector. Machined from a proprietary material, coated with titanium nitride, these Atomizer injectors flow 235lb/hr @ 43.5 psi fuel pressure. The Atomizer disc is the NEW design. This new design exceeds the Powertip 5; more horsepower, faster throttle response and cuts spool up time in half on all force induction applications. All Moran injectors were designed as specifically for racing. The injectors operate linearly with pulse width as small as 1.2 milliseconds and opens with the standard 4 amp peak and 1 amp hold ECU drivers. Plus the M.R.E. Atomizer injector is a direct replacement for all standard injectors and are compatible with all aftermarket E.F.I systems out of the box, no injector driver adapters needed.

Our MRE Atomizer Injectors were researched, developed, engineered, and tested over 10 years by Mike Moran specifically for racing. Other injectors used for racing were originally designed to flow Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)!

Our 5mm projected tip design extends directly into the intake runner, beyond all others, ensuring max efficiency.

MRE Atomizer Racing Injectors are a proprietary product that you can’t get anywhere else. Each injector is built as per your order, flow tested and then shipped. Please call or email us if you have any questions, and we’ll be happy to assist you in any way.

MRE Atomizer 500lb Injector vs 500lb competitor