FastFloridian

Nice, what are your plans. Get her up and running, full restoration, something else?

I love me some carbon fiber 😍, can’t wait to see the final result.

Got the axles bolted up to the diff, forgot to get the castle nuts, so I’ll bolt to the wheel hub next. Was a little tougher that I thought, tight space for the bolts and having to unbolt upper control arm, I could have used an extra set of hands 😅. I’ll torque up the rest of the rear end this weekend and hopefully get some brake fluid in to test for leaks. one of the axle bolts was stripped a little right at the end and couldn’t get the nut on, I’ll try and clean that up this weekend too.

While I wish there was more activity there are still people posting and following/commenting. I’m building a ford 302 for my 240Z right now, hopefully dropping it in this summer and I’ve gotten some good tips from members as I work on my build, saved me some big headaches. Someone else is doing an atlas swap. Unfortunately the S30s aren’t cheap anymore and parts are expensive. That’s certainly a factor when people are looking for a project car.

It was messy, but axles are put back together. Overall pretty easy with the correct parts, probably spent more time cleaning up all the grease 😂.

Might be a month or so before I get to it, but I’ll post updates. Figured I’m moving all the guts to the carbon fiber doors, why not see if the auto stuff will work. Played with one of the axles last night, fitment seemed good and went together really quick when they are manufactured correctly 😅.

New axle shafts came in today, woohoo. Now that’s how the snap ring is supposed to sit. Hopefully I can put them together this weekend. Also got some other goodies, push to start electronic locks and window kit.

Most of the Apex kit has been good, a few minor fitment issues on some parts and that front bracket to attach the subframe with the hidden carriage bolts was a PIA to get in. Getting these axles has been a mess. I ordered the rear kit 8 months ago and still waiting on parts. Luckily I’ve got lots of other things in my build to work on, but if I didn’t I’d be really upset.

Apex said that batch with the new vendor had the groove to short, they are sending some new ones. Glad it wasn’t me, was racking my brain trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. Go the rockers and intake on today, engine is getting close to done.

I’ve got the full track attack kit, but still building my car. It won’t be road worthy for several months. I used the solid bushings for my 370Z diff.

I’ve been struggling with these Apex rear axles. They require OEM 370Z axles, no aftermarket and not G37 ones. I ordered used ones on eBay, which they recommend, one wasn’t OEM because it had 6 bearings, OEM has 8. So I think I have correct axles and after struggling for a while with the side that has the internal snap ring I looked at the donor axle and the groove is deeper than the new ones. So not sure if new ones have an issue, or if I still don’t have the OEM 370Z axles. Sent Apex and email, we’ll see what they say.

No, they look really good, have a little metal in it, and have some rtv type material around all jets, not paper.

Good tip. I’ve got trickflow heads, so I got their gasket kit.

Came out great, love the color. Whats the interior color or colors going to be?