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Title: Custom length pushrods
Post by: fastback 427 on July 03, 2023, 08:09:19 PM

I'm finally getting to the valvetrain on my trick flow heads, wondering who everyone uses for pushrods?

Title: Re: Custom length pushrods
Post by: 482supersnake on July 03, 2023, 09:19:18 PM

What rockers are you using?
I know some of the builders are using Trend pushrods. You can order most lengths from Summit.

Title: Re: Custom length pushrods
Post by: fastback 427 on July 03, 2023, 09:20:47 PM

Dove heavy duty rockers and end stands.

Title: Re: Custom length pushrods
Post by: blykins on July 04, 2023, 06:25:36 AM

My two predominant pushrod suppliers are Trend and Smith Brothers. 

Title: Re: Custom length pushrods
Post by: randomologist on July 10, 2023, 02:55:20 PM

I have the factory H heads on my '63 427 and I needed cup/ball design. I went with Smith Brothers for custom pushrods. Not sure about their timing now, but I ordered mine on 5/16 and got them on 6/16. They were quoting about 3 weeks out at the time of order, but it wound up about 4-1/2 weeks. A little longer than quoted, but I've learned to expect turn around times are a best case scenario on special order stuff.

Title: Re: Custom length pushrods
Post by: cammerfe on July 10, 2023, 09:12:49 PM

Let me throw in a vote for Smith Brothers. This has been several years ago, but the attitude counts.

I found out late one afternoon that the pushrods I had intended to use were not an acceptable length. I had a dyno session scheduled for mid-morning the next day and we were doing the final assembly. I took a tubing cutter and cut a small section out of the middle of one PR and then tapped the insides of the two end pieces. Used a cut-off bolt and a pair of nuts and made an adjustable-length PR to be able to ascertain the length I really needed.

Called Smith Brothers and explained my difficulty.

They made a set of push-rods the length I needed and overnighted them to me. We had the engine running on the dyno before noon.

For what it's worth, when you are putting an engine together for the first time, the tolerance stack-up on the various pieces can be such that you literally can't know about such things as push-rod length until the last minute.

Due to the above, my first choice will ALWAYS be Smith Brothers

KS

Title: Re: Custom length pushrods
Post by: Falcon67 on July 11, 2023, 09:18:02 AM

I use an adjustable pushrod to set the geometry, then send the length measure(s) to Brent at Lykins.  Money changes hands, yada yada - poof!  Pushrods.