Was considering putting a wonderbar on my Formula.I know they were only stock on Irocs.If I can find one at a scrap yard do I need any other parts off the donor car or will it be a direct bolt-on? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Direct fit. Should you be unable to locate one, you might try Global West's beefier version for about $40.

JamesC

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[This message has been edited by JamesC (edited November 15, 2000).]

 

Gwest just had a price increase to $47 on that brace.

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There can be only one!!

 

All you need is the bar itself, because it uses the same bolts that the swaybar uses.

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bolts right in under the sway bar bushings.
you should notice a huge increase in handling crispness!
i got one off a doner car.
god bless that bar.

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what is a wonder bar?

 

The Wonderbar ties the bottom framerails together, kind of like a strut tower brace for underneath. It mounts at the same point that the front sway bar mounting bushings go.

Guys, I found out something by looking under my car- I gotta do some changes to fit a Wonderbar under my car! The lower rad hose comes out the driver's side on a v6. It does this funky loop downward before going straight back to the water pump. That loop downward completely fills the gap between the radiator support and anti-sway-bar, leaving no room for a wonderbar! Looks like I need to find a differently shaped lower radiator hose.

How does the v8 lower rad hose come off the radiator? Straight? Does it interfere with the area between the anti-sway-bar and the radiator support?


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Here's a pic of mine: http://24.1.139.249/images/101400/DCP_0017.JPG

Warning, its large, I didnt resize it yet.

The large black bar is the sway bar, and the smaller black bar is the wonderbar. This is only the driver's side, looking from the front. I couldnt get far enough away to get the whole thing.

 

oh yea! it's a "steering brace"! I've been looking for one of those.