I got mine back together and running this past weekend. I think I had one of the first shipments from TA. Very nice lifters, just like the ones from the pics.
Once the engine was running it took about 3-5 minutes for the lifters to pump up. Since then they are definitely an improvement over the CC lifters. I went through 3 sets of those pieces of dooky... trash inside them, could never get the pre-load right because some would collapse, some were weaker than the others, had to wait for some of them to pump up every damned time I started the motor, sounded like a couple of angry gremlins with ball peen hammers beating on my cam, etc.
None of those problems with the Morels so far. It still is not as quiet as a flat tappet cam, but I think it is about as good as it's going to get for rollers with tie links. There is still a click but I think it is the tie link and I don't think there is any way to avoid it. Maybe they will get quieter more once I get some miles on them. I'm running 5W30 right now, so maybe thicker oil will help. Either way, I can live with it.
For me this was the best solution versus trying to rig up the FWD roller set up like some are doing now. I didn't want to pull the engine again to tap the lifter valley, and I was tired of the car just sitting there because of the CC lifters (among other problems).
I am happy with these lifters and would recommend them to others. Both the quality and the price are an improvement over what was out there before. I'm relieved that I'm not looking at the prospect of having to pull the intake yet again to replace things I've just replaced. On to other things. I finally have roller lifters that are functioning as advertised.