--- title: Trend Performance Featured in HOT ROD to the Rescue! description: Trend Performance teams up with HOT ROD Magazine to help a Mopar owner in need. image: ?t=1536606897301#keepProtocol --- [![Trend_Performance_color_rev_png.png](https://blog.trendperform.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TREND/Misc/Trend_Performance_color_rev_png.png?width=600&height=130&name=Trend_Performance_color_rev_png.png "Trend_Performance_color_rev_png.png")](http://trendperform.com/) - [PRODUCTS](http://trendperform.com/catalog.html) - [SPINTRON](http://trendperform.com/p-30013-spintron.html) - [TECH HELP](http://trendperform.com/nt-1145-tech-help.html) - [TOOLS](http://trendperform.com/p-30014-tools.html) - [MEASURING](http://trendperform.com/p-30015-measuring.html) - [CATALOG & PRICING](http://trendperform.com/p-30016-catalog-pricing.html) - [BLOG HOME](https://blog.trendperform.com) - [ENGINE TECH](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/engine-tech) - [FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/features) - [CAR FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/car-features) - [INTERVIEWS](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/interviews) - [VIDEOS](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/videos) - [TP YOUTUBE CHANNEL](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsbEsJ8DperlQ0HxUMpK9AQ) - [NEWS](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/news) - [NEW PRODUCTS](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/new-products) Search the blog # Trend Performance ,[FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/features) ,[NEW PRODUCTS](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/new-products) ,[CHEVY](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/chevy) [How Years of Wrist Pin Perfection Helped Create Trend's Duramax Rocker Shaft Line](https://blog.trendperform.com/how-years-of-wrist-pin-perfection-helped-create-trends-duramax-rocker-shaft-line) ,[FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/features) ,[INTERVIEWS](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/interviews) ,[CHEVY](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/chevy) ,[CAR FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/car-features) [Ryan Milliken’s Chevy II Proves Diesel has a Winning Place in Radial Drag Racing](https://blog.trendperform.com/ryan-millikens-oil-burning-chevy-ii-is-turning-heads-in-radial-racing-0) ,[FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/features) ,[INTERVIEWS](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/interviews) ,[CAR FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/car-features) [Derek Rose Brings Innovation And Massive Diesel Power To Ultimate Callout Challenge](https://blog.trendperform.com/derek-rose-brings-innovation-and-massive-diesel-power-to-ultimate-callout-challenge) ,[FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/features) ,[INTERVIEWS](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/interviews) ,[CAR FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/car-features) [Resurrection: Lead Sled Lea Ochs Returns To The Drag Strip](https://blog.trendperform.com/under-the-hood-of-lead-sled-leas-drag-wagon-0) ,[FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/features) ,[INTERVIEWS](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/interviews) ,[CAR FEATURES](https://blog.trendperform.com/topic/car-features) [Jeff Vrsek Making A Habit Of Podium Finishes In Outlaw Super Late Model](https://blog.trendperform.com/jeff-vrsek-making-a-habit-of-podium-finishes-in-outlaw-super-late-model) ![](https://blog.trendperform.com/hubfs/TREND/News/HOT%20ROD%20to%20the%20Rescue/001-diamond-piston-to-wall-clearance.jpg) # [Trend Performance Featured in HOT ROD to the Rescue!](https://blog.trendperform.com/trend-performance-featured-in-hot-rod-to-the-rescue) September 10, 2018 / by [Evan Perkins](https://blog.trendperform.com/author/evan-perkins) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)  Trend Performance teams up with HOT ROD Magazine to help a Mopar owner in need.  ![001-diamond-piston-to-wall-clearance](https://blog.trendperform.com/hubfs/TREND/News/HOT%20ROD%20to%20the%20Rescue/001-diamond-piston-to-wall-clearance.jpg) Ray Lane's Plymouth had a pesky reputation for breaking rocker arms, lifters, and bending pushrods. He was at wit's end with the problems and reached out to HOT ROD magazine for help. Senior editor, Marlan Davis, and the talented group. of rehab rebels at Westech Automotive jumped in to help sort out the problems. Trend teamed up with HOT ROD to supply custom length pushrods for the perfect valvetrain geometry. Utilizing the Quick Ship Program, we were even able to have the pushrods built an in the mail the next day. 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