Pushrod makers

Need a new set of pushrods made for a small block. Nothing crazy, just swapped to Trick Flow 190 heads and need a little longer pushrod. Fairly mild flat tappet cam. I know of Trend, Smith Brothers and Manton. Any other place that makes them that I should check out?

Comp cams,

Steward Performance

You mentioned the best three. I prefer Manton but have used Trickflow in a pinch

I had a problem with some Trend push rods, they went above & beyond to help me, they sent me the correct new ones at no charge, the best customer service & product I have ever had !!!

I use either Manton or Smith Brothers...no real preference. Excellent service from both.

Manton has made a couple of sets for me. Great service and product.

https://stewardperformance.com/

Your Dad knows Denny.

I have been real happy with smith brothers, but honestly haven't use anyone else.

same here. Always been good customer service

Being on the west coast I've used both Smith Bros and Mantons.
Manton are head and shoulders better in quality and customer service than Smith Bros.

I suffered from a valve train instability/harmonic issue a few years back that almost cost my a motor. Dwayne Porter traced the problem back to improper valve spring installed height and issues with valves spring tension versus the capacity of the hydraulic lifters available for big block Mopars to handle spring loads heavy enough to control the hydraulic lifters with out them collapsing from the pressures. My initial setup lost control of the valvetrain at around 5800rpm. A power dip was evident on my dyno sheet. Dwayne spotted it right off.

I switched to solid rollers to bypass the problem. I also used Mike at B3 Racing to get a geometry correction kit and ordered custom rocker arms from T&D to adjust my valve train geometry to a more optimum relationship and up-sized and upgraded my pushrods to a set of 7/16" Manton Stage 5 parts. Their customer service, tech advice and turn around time were great.

In the end, these changes gave me one of the smoothest reving and running RB motors I have ever experienced in 40 some odd years. My lash has only needed a minor(.001-.0015") adjustment in 3000+ miles. I usually shift below 7k rpm at the max, and there is an entire magnitude of harmonics or higher frequency vibrations that is noticably absent from this engine now. I believe it is due to the optimized valvetrain geometry, the stiffer pushrods etc. Almost all my previous 440's had the same noise/vibrations while reving.

Steward Performance

A thicker wall and proper length is all you need imo.Are you keeping stock rocker gear?If you can get the length Comp should be fine.

I can’t say enough good about Manton.
I am an amateur with a lot questions and ideas and they are very patient and responsive

As already mentioned, Steward Performance

TREND or Smith Brothers. Both excellent companies to do business.