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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 07:00 PM
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I'm probably going to need new pushrods for my car since my heads are getting milled and I'm going to be running a thinner head gasket. Whats the difference between the trickflow, comp magnum, and comp hi-tech pushrods? They are all .080 wall heat treated chromoly, but there is a pretty big price difference in them.
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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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Stiffness.
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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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and consistency of quality.
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Old Feb 24, 2007 | 01:06 PM
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Comp Hi-tech are one piece. Not sure on the trickflows but the regular comps can have the end piece come loose and break
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I would go with the Hi Tech ones from Comp. That is what I'm going to be getting here pretty soon.
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Old Feb 24, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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I have a set of 7.2 trickflow pushrods on my car. They are good quality pushrods. I am also in the same situation as you and will be needing shorter pushrods for this year, and I will probably get another set of the trickflows.
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i'm in the same boat, trickflow or comp hi-tech??? Trickflow are almost half the price
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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I emailed TEA and Trickflow, the trickflow pushrod are the same exact pushrods as the comp hi-tech pushrods, made by the same manufacturer. They are the same exact pushrods, just $60 cheaper.
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been runing trickflow pushrods
because 7.150 comp were backed order and I didn't want to wait.
no problem here about 12,000 miles
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i have manleys and they are a good quality
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Old Aug 12, 2017 | 08:42 PM
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I am rebuilding a 396 LT1 that I built in 2003. We put 120K miles on it. We used Trick Flow Chromoly Pushrods, 0.080 wall. Reason engine is being rebuilt is due to lifter or cam failure. Half of the rollers (OEM hydraulic) dug themselves into the cam lobes, resulting in a squeaking noise. Comp Cam Pro Magnum rockers all look good. But relative to this thread, all Trick flow pushrods looked good. I would reuse them, but am changed heads and need 0.100" longer pushrods. Am going with Trick flow pushrods again! Only $100 from Summit. $30 cheaper than Comp Cam's Hi-Tech version.
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+1 on the TF .080 thick wall PR
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Old Aug 12, 2017 | 11:46 PM
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Same here, i have the trick flow chromemoly pushrods. I think the comp pushrods are more expensive simply because they have to pay for all their advertising they do.
Trick flow is quality parts.
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