Im still driving a 89 323 4 door at the moment, but in a couple years plan on getting a Mazda 3 2.3L 2004-up.

Anyway my 89 323 must be an oddball car for sway bar parts. I wonder if it is because its slighly larger then normal 323 hatchback cars and also has an automatic. I suspect these sway bar parts uses 626 parts in some cases.

Anyway Im wanting to upgrade the sway bar bushings to firm up the cornering a bit (its pretty sloppy with a lot of lean at the moment). I decided to use Energy Suspension's polyurethane bushings and of course my car is too old to have a listing for it. I suspect it wouldn't matter since I have such an oddball set of sway bars to begin with.

I took some measurements of both the front and rear bars and this is what I found out. The front bar is thicker in the middle of it with the ends thinning out to where the links are. But in the middle we measure 30mm (or 29.7mm to be exact). That's almost 1 1/4 inches thick! No Mazda has a listing for a bar this thick. Anyway the closest two matches I could find are this. One is from the universal set and is slightly too small. The 28.5mm thick bushing number: 95112. The other was the measurement I need- 30mm and was taken off a Toyota Supra. Part number: 85121. But Im unsure if the bracket is the proper fit. As for the end links- I refered to the 626 of that time frame and looked up part #: 98106, which is also refered in the universal bushings part numbers.

As for the rear- we got the measurement 16mm which coincides with the 626 bar from the late 80s and is part #: 115107.

Does all this sound correct?

 

Bump for revised post.

 

Give Energy Suspensions a call and give them your dimensions. Their customer service is great. I've used them for many custom applications that weren't in their listings. (Like using Early 80's Mazda RX-7 rear suspension a-arm bushings as roll cage isolators....I gave them the size tubing I was using and a desired bolt size and they were able to x-reference and find an application that worked.)

 

Tried calling them. I told him my car wasn't listed, but he insisted on looking anyway and when he found out himself there is no listing- he told me to have a good day. He didn't even bother to ask me some dimensions. Not impressed. I'll have to see if the ones I ordered will work.

 

Braxus,

Sorry you didn't have any luck with the customer service line. Usually they are pretty good about volunteering information. Maybe the individual you were speaking with wasn't having the best of a day. Let me try and help you though. I am working on a 1989 Mercury Tracer wagon that I am building for a project that we are calling "Project T-Racer". I will be under the car this weekend to identify my own sway bar diameter. I'll let you know what I come up with and what bushings I end up using, including endlinks.

Jeff
Energy Suspension

 

Hey check out www.peddersusa.com i came across some front sway bar bushings on there website just a minute ago. Im looking to upgrade my handling as well. Hope that helps.