Electric water pump mounting

[SicSE]

For anyone who has installed an electric water pump, how did you mount it? Or if anyone knows of any installed pics, I'd love to see them. I'm eyeballing the install for mine and checking into different options. Input appreciated.

 

[biminiLX]

Remote mount pump right?
Not a Contour, but mine is mounted on my framerail inside the driver side fender on the Mustang. Just make sure it is clocked correctly or it will try and self hydrolock when you try and prime it.
Nothing to special about it, just find a good spot and run the lines.
Good luck.
-J

 

[SicSE]

Nothing too special about it, just find a good spot

That's the thing, I'm not really seeing a good spot other than the stock location. Which is probably where I'm going to end up putting it, but I wanted to see how others have done theirs.

 

[blu_fuz]

Posted by someone else.

 

[mikey]

I mounted mine in the stock location. It took a bit of work, and I'm not sure it it would be considered a "standard " or even "good" install, but it works pretty well and reliably so far.
I'll see if I can attach some pic's tomorrow.

Mikey

 

[Chuckles]

I mounted mine in the stock location. It took a bit of work, and I'm not sure it it would be considered a "standard " or even "good" install, but it works pretty well and reliably so far.
I'll see if I can attach some pic's tomorrow.

Mikey

I'm in a similar situation so pics would kickass! How long have you been running yours with an EWP?

 

[mikey]

Ok, attached is a picture of the Davies Craig (in the middle of the pic). You can see the pump input coming from the thermostat housing. The two sensors installed in the T-housing are my analog temperature guage (left) and the EWP pump controller (right). The Pump controller automatically controls the pump based on the temp you set. Lower temp better performance (worse emmisions and mileage), the higher the temp visa versa. The new model of this by the way controls you fans as well I think...mine doesn't.

 

[bensenvill]

I guess question number 1 is what pump are planning on using??

And I guess obligatory answer is that very few people have done it and theres no kit that will do this for you (your either handy and creative or have deep pockets for something relatively trival).

And the personal response: this is something I've been very interested in. I have more engineering experience in electric motors than you can shake a stick at (but little practical in auto mech) and paid my way for that education building and maintaining high end salt water aquariums. I'll be the first to admit, I am at a lost on how to properly build this for a street car and maintain reliability. For negligible gains, your sacrificing huge cost in parts for any minor electrical whoops. Your margin of error is huge just to troubleshoot your design.

There was a guy that was posting about his electrical pump swap right as the forum was switching from the old (so its mainly on the old) who used a boss hoss bike pump for his and I think he had a solid design and his trials speak volumes of the risks... Worth pulling up.

 

[Chuckles]

Thanks for the input. My thing is that I'm going to be running 3L split-port heads, so I have to do something. I've got the Davies-Craig EWP mounted to an engine on a stand and the hose routing is done... now I just need a booster pump for heat since I have the old POS controller, and It'll be ready to install. I plan to use dual-color LED's to indicate pump operation of both pumps. The booster will be a constant-on and the main will be set to come on at the lowest possible temp... that should give me a little breathing room for when it fails. I AM still tossing around the idea of somehow mounting an electric motor to the factory pump... but at this point, that will probably just be my backup for when the EWP takes a sh*t. I'm also tossing around the idea of leaving the t-stat in, but haven't made up my mind for sure on that yet.