Apex Reservoir Relocation / Air Scoop

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by SSNvMiner

Is it safe for me to assume that the installation instructions are the same for the 2014-2015 2SS as they are for the 2010-2013?

Yes. The black panel that has to be trimmed looks a little different but it is pretty self explanatory.

[SSNvMiner]

Perfect ! ! ! Thanks for the info. . . Scoop and washer relocate kit was orderd on last friday.

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by SSNvMiner

Perfect ! ! ! Thanks for the info. . . Scoop and washer relocate kit was orderd on last friday.

Thank you for your order.

[GSE_Anthony]

My car is competely stock. I want to add CAI and likely the scoop/washer relocate kit, etc discussed in this thread. Can you PM me the info I need to order this in the near future? I wasn't really certain what parts I needed when looking at the site. Also planning a catch can order soon.
(2012 LS3/M6 if it matters)

Thanks!

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by GSE_Anthony

My car is competely stock. I want to add CAI and likely the scoop/washer relocate kit, etc discussed in this thread. Can you PM me the info I need to order this in the near future? I wasn't really certain what parts I needed when looking at the site. Also planning a catch can order soon.
(2012 LS3/M6 if it matters)

Thanks!

PM sent.

[Rainbow1616]

I'm reluctant as well. I have a CAI but 150 for a plastic bottle and a custom bent piece of metal idk.

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Rainbow1616

I'm reluctant as well. I have a CAI but 150 for a plastic bottle and a custom bent piece of metal idk.

Here are a few quotes from your fellow Camaro5 members. This set up has been available for several years and is well proven.

Originally Posted by clg_98ta

I installed the Cold Air Inductions CAI two weeks ago. I did not notice any performance difference over the following week. The following weekend I installed the (APEX) scoop and washer relocation kit. The difference was amazing, especially at around 3000 rpms and up. Car pulls much harder now, and sounds different too...

So I definitely recommend it!

Originally Posted by Rhyder

Had the CAI installed a few months ago, just never got around to installing the relo and scoop till this past weekend....after driving around with just the CAI, which itself made adifference in the feel, and now with the scoop, I can tell you that there seems to be a major improvement with the scoop. My butt Dyno definatly feels and hears a big difference compared to just the CAI....definatly recommend the scoop. One of the best cost to performance ratio's Ive done so far to my Camaro.

Originally Posted by Deeboe

Results:

Uhmmm yeah it is noticeable..wow!!!! The install was good and clean, the CAI just looks right down sexy as hell, CAI inc makes a good intake! it dresses up the engine nicely.... Sound has improved! and throttle response is smooth and shifts cleans. I recommend the Scoop WW kit and CAI to anyone.. got mines from Chase at APEX-great guy to to business with!

Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

EASY SHMEASY.

Took me all of an hour and a half to install.

I put it up on blocks to get the jack under it, took off the wheel, took out the wheel well liner and went to work. It's VERY straight forward and directions really aren't needed... I mounted the washer inlet inside the rotofab CAI. Looks like it was meant to be there. Works great!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by cottrellj2

I installed my air scoop over the weekend.

When I pull out on the main road leaving my house there is a blind corner. It usually is not an problem, unless someone is speeding. Well, today, a truck came flying around the corner right as I pulled out and gave me the official "op-test" opportunity.

I did not expect the scoop to work so well with my K&N intake, not being a top 10 intake on the forums. Well, a good combination of cool morning air, a good step on the gas, and I felt the difference. I felt the front of the car lift more than I had ever felt and I even started to come sideways a bit. I shot up to about 45mph in first gear before I realized I was going to end up speeding before I even shifted. Somehow I found the willpower to ease of the gas and shift normally, I am sure the approaching red light had something to do with it.

Op-test SAT - Thanks APEX!

Originally Posted by chichi

I just installed a CAI, scoop, and a windshield washer relocate kit that I bought from APEX. The install went smooth with no problems. When I was done I took my car for a spin and WOW what a difference. It seemed to run a lot smoother and faster.

I would like to say APEX has super fast shipping, I placed my order on Friday evening and received it on Wednesday.

Originally Posted by Desert Stealth

Four months and six thousand miles later, my 2013 SS automatic convertible was ready for its first modification. Research on Camaro5 forum pointed me to the “air intake” from CAI as a simple but helpful upgrade. But, wait! There’s more to it than just the cool looking intake. While I am at it, I might as well put in the Apex air scoop. And, oh yeah, the air scoop requires that I relocate the windshield washer bottle.

As I read through comments from forum members, my confidence was bolstered that this was a good decision. I ordered the parts. Worst case scenario, installation would give me a very impressive looking device in my engine bay. As luck would have it, I was immediately sent on a weeklong business trip. Parts arrived and a friend hauled them inside my home while I was away. The following weekend, I opened all the boxes and carefully laid out all the parts. I opened the hood of my car and began to study the instructions. I looked again at my engine. I looked over the parts. I closed the hood of my car. No way. Not going to happen if I had to install it.

The next several nights were fitful. I would open my garage after coming home from work and carefully park next to a table full of beautiful car parts. I glanced at them, I checked the instructions and each time I reaffirmed my decision. I would then sheepishly go inside for a well-deserved glass of wine. Several days later, a co-worker asked me what was wrong as my attitude at work began to sour. I explained to her the problem and she giggled at my exasperation. Women can be cruel sometimes. She told me that her husband is really good at mechanical work on cars and she was sure he would volunteer to get it done.

Sure enough, he would do it, and we set up a date. Still another long week at work waiting for my new best friend to be available for the task. Finally, this past Friday night, he took my car and all the parts. Agony! We text a few times as he wanted decisions from me. Then, another text that he needed a tool from his dad and it would be the next day before I got my car back. More agony! At noon on Saturday his long awaited text announced that the project was finished and I could come over to pick her up.

At this point, I have convinced myself that the money was well spent even if only to have a really good looking air intake installed. At the very least, I would now be worthy enough to open the hood of my car at the next Saturday morning “Cars & Coffee” meet up.

My wife and I arrived at his home and there it was, my beautiful Camaro, resting comfortably after surgery. I inspected the engine bay and felt some of the engine parts to make sure that the operation went well. We chatted a bit, as he explained the scope of the project. He was actually quite happy to do the work. He wanted to install one in his car. Now he knows exactly how it all goes together. My car and I just became an essential part of his “learning curve.”

Time to drive! I carefully backed out of his garage. It seems the computer has already figured out that the car has new lungs. No roughness. No hesitation. My wife followed me as I drove through the subdivision at less than 25 miles per hour. Nothing was different. I knew it was in there. I’d seen it. I’d touched it. Nothing! Already, I was rationalizing once again my purchase decision and in my mind practiced defending it to my wife. Surely, we would be having that discussion later this evening.

After an eternity, I turned on to Charleston Avenue. Just one more block and we’ll be on the highway home. Radio is off, top is down, and I’m intently listening to the engine purr. Turning left on to the 215 entrance ramp, I checked the gauges and all were “up and green!” My radar detector was silent. It was time. I floored it.

My car literally leapt in to action. Suddenly, a loud growl came out of my engine. I’ve never heard that before. Pushing through the gears the growl came back with each shift, time and time again. OMG! This was a new car. Racing on to the highway, we were mercifully given very light traffic and no police. I kept up my incessant demand for more. The V8 gladly gave it to me. We were passing through 100 miles per hour and it felt effortless. No drag, no hesitation, just pure raw power.

Air now flowed impressively through the scoop and up in to the air-box. The filter cleansed it and sent it on its way along the tube and in to my engine. Air is what my engine demanded. I never knew. I felt as if I had been suffocating her for four months. Now, I was rewarded with power and speed I had never known. Slowing. Speeding up. It was always the same as the growl came back every time. Even in the higher gears, no matter the speed, if I demanded it, she would growl out her approval and pin my head back to the head rest.

Once off the highway, we came to the inevitable stop lights at intersections. Idle was again a calm 500 rpm. Light turns green and I discover that I need to relearn driving. Yoda came in to my head screaming “calm down young Jedi.” Acceleration from a stop light is quick. Since, I had no desire to run down pedestrians, I quickly learned how to control myself and my car.

The garage door opened and I pulled inside. Again the engine returned to a calm 500 rpm. As I turned off the ignition, she gave me one last delight, the sound of “whoosh” as air evacuated the air-box. My wife, behind me the whole trip in her own Camaro, heard and saw it all. No defense of my decision would be needed this night. She simply turned to me and said, “I need one of those too.”

Marcus

Originally Posted by BenningJ

With just the CAI Inductions intake,Vmax PTB and Apex Air scoop/relocation kit I dyno'd 398rwhp/405rwtq. It's a great combo, IATs are 2ºF above ambient temps while cruising and they drop quickly after sitting at a stop light.

Originally Posted by EmeryZ28

I love mine! I have the aeroforce interceptor gauges and I did a little test, since they read intake temp. I drove around with my scoop blocked and then drove around with the scoop free flowing the air up into my CAI INC intake. Noticed the temps were much lower with the scoop flowing, so it definetaly sends nice outside air up to the intake filter

[Bad@ssCamaro]

Until I read the last post, I wasn't sure what the "whoosh" that I heard when I shut off the car was coming from. You just never know when you get pieces of information to questions you have in your mind.

[PalmerGA]

Love the "Wooosh"! It's the only thing that keeps the grin on my face after the ride is over. CAI, Inc. intake w/ scoop and water kit is top notch and you can really feel the difference over stock.

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Bad@ssCamaro

Until I read the last post, I wasn't sure what the "whoosh" that I heard when I shut off the car was coming from. You just never know when you get pieces of information to questions you have in your mind.

Originally Posted by PalmerGA

Love the "Wooosh"! It's the only thing that keeps the grin on my face after the ride is over. CAI, Inc. intake w/ scoop and water kit is top notch and you can really feel the difference over stock.

Yep, that would be the intake.

[Camarotobeornottobe]

It's probably been mentioned someone in one of these air scoop threads but . . .

How much does the scoop increase your chances of getting water into the intake during a heavy rain?

I don't drive my Camaro in the rain, but wouldn't want to worry about hydro lock if I get caught in a surprise shower.

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Camarotobeornottobe

It's probably been mentioned someone in one of these air scoop threads but . . .

How much does the scoop increase your chances of getting water into the intake during a heavy rain?

I don't drive my Camaro in the rain, but wouldn't want to worry about hydro lock if I get caught in a surprise shower.

The question has been asked many times but water ingestion has never occurred. In order for water to get to the air box it would have to enter the scoop, negotiate a 45 degree corner, make a 90 degree turn upward, and then climb about 12 inches vertically. While the scoop does direct additional cool dense air flow into the intake it does not create a vacuum capable of doing all that. Water vapor condenses against the back wall of the scoop and is drained through weep holes in the bottom rear corners. In order to force enough water up the scoop and into your intake to cause hydro-lock you would have to hit a body of water that is at least as deep as your fog lights at a pretty significant speed. If you do that you are going to have a lot of other problems to worry about as well.

[Camarotobeornottobe]

Originally Posted by Apex Motorsports

The question has been asked many times but water ingestion has never occurred. In order for water to get to the air box it would have to enter the scoop, negotiate a 45 degree corner, make a 90 degree turn upward, and then climb about 12 inches vertically. While the scoop does direct additional cool dense air flow into the intake it does not create a vacuum capable of doing all that. Water vapor condenses against the back wall of the scoop and is drained through weep holes in the bottom rear corners. In order to force enough water up the scoop and into your intake to cause hydro-lock you would have to hit a body of water that is at least as deep as your fog lights at a pretty significant speed. If you do that you are going to have a lot of other problems to worry about as well.

Good enough, thank you for the explanation.

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Camarotobeornottobe

Good enough, thank you for the explanation.

No problem. Like I said, that is a pretty common question. That sort of thing is definitely a concern with intakes that actually locate the filter low and forward because it is very easy to get the filter wet or even submerged and then the intake can act like a straw. But the scoop you get the cool dense air you want it without having to put the filter in a vulnerable location.