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I am ready to have them made. I am planning on having them shipped to my wife. then have one of the guys in the rear install them on my car, and maybe one other vehicle, just to ensure the fitment. Then she can send them out from there. So I am looking at production time (TBD) pluss two weeks. Then I will have her sent them out. The ony thing I am waiting on is a measurement of the eye on the strut.

OK due to cost and production I am most likely going with a differnt design. The new design will reduce the cost to no more than $25 per set and may be a little cheaper if I can manage to order more. It is not the same as the OEM but I believe it will perform the same job. I want to go with this design to reduce the cost to each person that wants/needs them. They will be made out of red polyurethane with a hardness shore A 60-65 (a little harder than automotive tire tread). It will be a three piece assembly consisting of a bushing and two spacers. This should eliminate concerns of the pressure point. (good catch). The spacers will fit over the bushing and keep the sway bar from moving side to side in the strut. I need the measerment of the strut eye to ensure that it is smaller than the 17.5 mm diameter of the bushing. Any and all input on this is welcome. As I am doing this for eveyone that cannot find these elsewhere. I am also attaching a scetch so every on can get a visual on the idea. The hand drawn is the original bushing specs. The second is the one I am wanting to go with.

OK one last question. Does any one have the mesurment for the opening on the rear strut, where the sway bar bolts to.

if you are looking for MPG no. Otherwise I say you are a fool not to.

Do search. But above and to to the left of the blower motor

Jim, If you still have that handy, could yo please provide the mesurements of it. On the other hand I am not worried about making a profit off of this. I just want to make it available. I have looked at 50, and that is a low estiment, E and K body cars and have not found one bushing I would use on my car. Granted they were all in the NW. The one you have there looks to be in top shape and most likely the best example I will come across. Daniel

Remove power from the radio brain. easiest way is to disconnect the battery. This should rest the controls, as long as the player it self does not have an internal issue.

I am looking at other designs, keeping in mind the cost and ease of manufacturing also making the installation as easy as possible. Now for the bad news. I will have to put this on hold without more input on the demensions. Woody I do trust your mesurements, but I am looking at forking out half of what I paid for my Reatta originally just to get this started. So I must be absolutly sure of the specs. Daniel

One other thing. If anyone would like bulk orders, say 5 or more, I will work out a price on the side.

OK this is for eveyone on here. I need a real truthfull reply from anyone interested in these. I am going to have them made and as with everything the more I order the lower the price per set becomes. They will be polyurathane and come with just the bushings. I believe I can have them made in red, black, and most likely any other color I would like. Here is a importand part, They will come in two pieces, not one like the original. They will serve the same function and be easier to install than the original for this reason. I would like one more mesurement and a picture or four, if at all possible before ordering them. I am in Afghanistan at the moment so I cannot accoplish this on my own. Worst case senario they will be $50.00 per set for any I purchase above my own needs/wants. If intrest is high (20 orders) the price could drop to as low as $25.00 per set. (set being four bushings enough for both sides) Before people jump on the split in the middle. I made some out of swaybar links and they held up for three years, so a manufactured one shoul last qute a bit longer. Pluss have fun getting a polyurathane bushing squeezed through the sway bar hole. I am not ordering rubber due to it having a faster breakdown rate. The company is waiting on my final numbers and conformation of dimensions for the order. So I am only waiting through the weekend for the over all count on this.

Yes it can be done on a lathe. I do not have one or I would have already tried. I imagine the cradle bushings would be easier to do, because of size. Although a good lathe and the right tools the smaller pieces would not be hard to create.

Thank you. I will post if this pans out.

Could some one get me the mesurements for the rear sway bar bushings. I am working on a source for a few pairs, but I do not have acces to my car to check the measurements. Daniel

Only if it was reported through dmv shops or insurance.

Let me guess... Either the one at Four Corners or the one by Burger King in Covington. I have had issues with both. One even tried to tell me that the vehicle manufactures all made it manditory to use full synthetics. I used to bring goverment cars in for service to them because I had no choice in where to go due to the Fed up contract they had. Any way they are not autherised to use upgraded oil.

I would not put much weight in either. Here is why: Yes they will give you a history of accidents and totals. That is where their usefullness stops. These only report items that go through a DMV, reputable business, or insurance company. The things people are looking for and considering "bad" on these reports are things that were fixed correctly. So it drives the price of a perfectly good car down and does nothing for the things you shoud look out for. The reports do not tell you is a back yard mechanic or dirty dealer half A$$ed a repair job on their own, trying to hide it. So using one of these reports to make drop the price on a vehicle or avoiding buying one is not the best move for the general consumer. Now I can see these being usefull from a colectors point of view, but that is where I would stop with their use. Sorry for jacking your intial question.

I am going to use them in all locations. I have not found a good reason they cannot be used in all locations, during my mock ups. I had to buy three sets (if I recall correctly). If you find a dealer or become one they will let you order just the ones we can use. It was around 1000 to get them moving.

i would like to see someone try the last post. They are available all over the place and made for a widely spread vehicle. Would make a good source if some one is willing to spend the money to verify they fit.

Re: Thoughts on cradle mount bushings<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <!-- google_ad_section_start -->I am going to use the Fiero bushings, washers, and spacers for my car. I will let you know how it turns out. Also thought I would throw this knowlege out there for you. I am 95% sure thes will work for us, but I am not spending the $50 to test it as I am short on cash for my project. If some one wolud like me to check when I put my engine in they can buy and send them to me and I will let you know if they will fit and how close they are to the Reatta bushings in size ect. BTW Rockauto also has them (94 buick regal) we would need 4 rear and 2 front but all the parts are there new and AVAILABLE. FRONT Dorman (OE Solutions) 924-004 Front Subframe Bushing Kit Regal Impala Lumina | eBay REAR Dorman (OE Solutions) 924-005 Rear Subframe Bushing Kit Regal Lumina Monte Carlo | eBay Enjoy<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

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I do not have access to the part numbers for the spacers or the washers. I ordered used ones from a fiero parts place. New washer is here The Fiero Store and the kit for the fiero bushings is here Prothane 7502 Engine Cradle Mount Bushings Motor Mount Inserts | eBay. It is posible to get just the cradle bushings that fit, but you would have to go through a prothane distibutor. (There is not one in HI) but I am sure it would not save too much on total cost. Like I said these are available and that is the important thing. If you are restoring for a show car I am not sure if they would doc points for using these, but my current Reatta is not for that purpose and it serves for my current use. I am sure that we will see alot more of this part substitution in the future as no one is making OEM replacements for much of these cars and I do not see that changing ever.<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

Reset it (alperamiters) at the begininng of a tank and check it after. It does not go off of a tank at a time it is an continuos calculation. if it is off after that then you have an other issue. The programming itself cannot be adjusted, but it is affected by several sensors.

Fiero mounts, washers, and bushing work well.

I have some ocean front property in Arizona for you. Not saying it is not possible, but unlikely. Pluss there has been many conversions done for this noted on this site pluss all the ones done off of it.

My 89 had the 3800 stamped on it. I am pretty sure it was the original engine.