Hollow Front Swaybar from F-Body?

[Ed Valvo]

Who has one and what year F-Body???

 

[galoush]

I just put one on my car again , had one on my wrecked GN . The years varry , the one i just got from the junkyard came off a 86 firebird if i rember correctly $35 . If you go the junkyard route bring a caliper to double check . The GM pn# is 14094344 its about $70-80$ new the pn# for the bushings are 14094389 if you decide new is for you .

 

[galoush]

Camaros and firebirds had them i think 85 through 92 1le1 option , or mabe some other susp. codes . But the PN is it if you buy new.

 

[Ed Valvo]

Thanks. This is the 36mm hollow swaybar, right? All bolts up?

 

[TR Custom Parts]

How much of a weight savings over the stock bar?

 

[Ormand]

I've got one in my '87 TR. It was lighter than the stock bar, but didn't weigh either one. I would guess it's ten pounds lighter. I had trouble trying to get the bushings to fit. I bought the bushings for the 36mm bar, but when I put the stock brackets on them, the brackets seemed too "short" so that when I put the bolts in the brackets were about 5/8" from the frame. I was afraid to just tighten the bolts, because I might bend the ears on the brackets, so I bought brackets from the F body. They were the same depth, gave the same problem. I have been tightening them a little at a time. The bushing apparently "flows" so that the bracket keeps getting closer and closer to the frame. I put a 1" rear bar in, from PST, and the combination is very nice. Corners flat, rides good. I have KYB shocks, stock springs.

 

[RealFastV6]

Theres a 36 and a 34, both hollow. The 36s come off 1LE and WS6 cars, the 34s come off any V8 cars. Make sure you grab the bushings if you get a 36, because 36mm bushings are a bitch to find.

 

[Ormand]

I bought the 36mm bushings from GMpartsdirect (Flow Chevrolet), they had them in stock. Don't remember the price, but the shipping, for less than 200 miles, was more than the bushings! I think it was about $20, including the shipping.