APEX Air Scoop & Washer relocate Install W/pics

[austinscott]

we had a chance to install our Apex scoop and washer relocation kit the other day & we took a bunch of photos along the way.
Figured I would post them up for everyone enjoyment



This thing is stout. Thicker steel that what you find on my 68 Chevy pickup... I was impressed!
Love the fact that the scoop already has the stamped out holes for the tank mount... Nice touch



Washer kit comes compete with everything you need to do the install, except the buck to drain your stock tank.




Wheel well cover was truly easy to remove, just a few plastic clips, 2-7mm bolts & 3-T20 screws...



3 bolts, and a hose plug... and the washer tank comes right out. we just used a 1/4" socket extension to plug the hose. Worked like a charm





This is the only piece on the car that has to be modified.




Removed the horn mounting bolt & replaced it with the supplied longer stainless bolt. (Bolt in the middle of the picture)





using one of the old washer tank bolts you can see were the 2nd mounting bolt for the scoop is attached.



The first vertical cut we made was as instructed, but we felt like it was a bit to tight, so we trimmed it a little bit more than in this picture.
(Picture shows the cut as per the instructions).



Here is how our scoop ended up sitting against the front grill. We are going to make a few adjustment here in the next week or so.
This tight area made the inner mounting bolt alignment a bit tricky & that is why you see me in a few of the above pictures sitting under the car pushing the scoop up while attempting to thread the bolt in.



Ok its mounted and in,



we decided to mount the filler in the air-box because it was easy & out of the way. We didn't even use half of the supplied hose.
Apex gives you enough hose to pretty much mount the filler wherever you want on the drivers side of the engine bay.




We over filled the tank to see if we had any leaks.. Nope everything is sealed up tight, even the large tank cap. The cap has a rubber inner liner and it worked perfect.
NOTE: filling the tank was a bit slow, this was due to the tank venting and filling thru the same hose. If we had cracked the tank cap it would of filled much faster.






All in all this install took us about and hour, and was an easy and fun mod.....


Scott

[snizzle]

Great post. Ive been considering this mod. Before after comparisons?

[austinscott]

Originally Posted by snizzle

Great post. Ive been considering this mod. Before after comparisons?

Truly hard to tell. The outside air temps have been really cold, so the car is running sweet!
Cant honestly tell if the scoop is making the difference or just the ambient temps outside. I'm pretty sure its a combo of them both.
But what I can tell you is my BUTT DYNO is truly impressed so far

Scott

[ripcard]

Is your cold air intake installed correctly? Seems to me the base of the housing should sit down on the body/rail with the vertical metal bracket/tab straddling the crease in the body/rail. I wouldn't expect a gap at the bottom of the cai. Looks like it is "standing off" a little.

[austinscott]

I'm not sure, the CAI was installed on the car when I bought it. Never thought about finding the install instruction and double checking....
I'll look into it.. just figured this was the K&N way of making it and that's why no one really likes them, because they down seal very well.

[austinscott]

Originally Posted by ripcard

Is your cold air intake installed correctly? Seems to me the base of the housing should sit down on the body/rail with the vertical metal bracket/tab straddling the crease in the body/rail. I wouldn't expect a gap at the bottom of the cai. Looks like it is "standing off" a little.

thanks for the eye...
After looking over the instructions.. online it seems the PO left off the lower section of the gasket.
He must of installed it before putting on the gasket, then said Owell... Some people.....

in the images below, you can clearly see the lower section of the gasket that is not on my CAI...










I guess I have to get with K&N and get a replacement gasket....


Scott

[rdblan2]

I bought one of these almost 2 years ago and still haven't installed it. I really MUST knock this out this spring.

[Msmall143]

Interesting, the plastic piece you have to cut away to let air in threw the lower grill is different on yours that it was on mine. Mine wrapped under. Your seems flat across.

[ripcard]

Originally Posted by austinscott

...I guess I have to get with K&N and get a replacement gasket....


Scott

Just go to an automotive store and pick up a gasket. Probably much faster and cheaper. It's probably a standard type of trunk, door or hatch bulb seal that comes by the foot.

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by austinscott

we had a chance to install our Apex scoop and washer relocation kit the other day & we took a bunch of photos along the way.
Figured I would post them up for everyone enjoyment



This thing is stout. Thicker steel that what you find on my 68 Chevy pickup... I was impressed!
Love the fact that the scoop already has the stamped out holes for the tank mount... Nice touch



Washer kit comes compete with everything you need to do the install, except the buck to drain your stock tank.




Wheel well cover was truly easy to remove, just a few plastic clips, 2-7mm bolts & 3-T20 screws...



3 bolts, and a hose plug... and the washer tank comes right out. we just used a 1/4" socket extension to plug the hose. Worked like a charm





This is the only piece on the car that has to be modified.




Removed the horn mounting bolt & replaced it with the supplied longer stainless bolt. (Bolt in the middle of the picture)





using one of the old washer tank bolts you can see were the 2nd mounting bolt for the scoop is attached.



The first vertical cut we made was as instructed, but we felt like it was a bit to tight, so we trimmed it a little bit more than in this picture.
(Picture shows the cut as per the instructions).



Here is how our scoop ended up sitting against the front grill. We are going to make a few adjustment here in the next week or so.
This tight area made the inner mounting bolt alignment a bit tricky & that is why you see me in a few of the above pictures sitting under the car pushing the scoop up while attempting to thread the bolt in.



Ok its mounted and in,



we decided to mount the filler in the air-box because it was easy & out of the way. We didn't even use half of the supplied hose.
Apex gives you enough hose to pretty much mount the filler wherever you want on the drivers side of the engine bay.




We over filled the tank to see if we had any leaks.. Nope everything is sealed up tight, even the large tank cap. The cap has a rubber inner liner and it worked perfect.
NOTE: filling the tank was a bit slow, this was due to the tank venting and filling thru the same hose. If we had cracked the tank cap it would of filled much faster.






All in all this install took us about and hour, and was an easy and fun mod.....


Scott

Thank you for your order and the great post Scott. Glad you are happy with the scoop and washer tank package.

[WiredAVS]

Chase ETA on 14 Scoop

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by WiredAVS

Chase ETA on 14 Scoop

Wish I had one to give you. We have not even had a chance to get started on it yet.

[elarson5757]

Man I just ordered this and now that I see the area it mounts better I wonder if my ACS T3/S ports will clear it when installed....

[KalCorp]

Thanks for the 101. I have the same parts and need to install it soon also :-)