Help! Afco HE installed with a Saleen or E-force... Need hose/Pump routing suggestion

I am in the process of swapping out my stock E-force HE for a dual pass Afco unit and could use some input from those who have installed one on either a Saleen or E-force since both have similar hose routing set-ups (passenger side in, drivers side out).

Based on the passenger side fitting location for both the inlet and outlet along with the 90 elbow on the inlet, looks like I need to move my pump to the drivers side along with somehow routing the outlet back to the drivers side. I can probably figure it out, but I know some of you have done this, so hoping to get some insight before I spend too much time trying to make it work.

I bought this slightly used and it came with 2 sections of hose with 90 elbows... which should help along with maybe some couplers to tie these into the stock hoses. Is there anything else I might need?? Looks like the mounting bolts may be too short.

The top/front of the HE also seems to rest right on the rear of the bumper brace when I held it in its mounting location. Is this normal?

Any details, pics, etc would be greatly appreciated

Not a Saleen or EForce, but one a KB, where it's similar (psgr in, driver out).

With the Afco having both ports on the passenger end, I mounted my pump on the Afco unit itself, on the pump mount bracket between the center and driver side.

dont know if this helps any, it's the only pic I have uploaded tight now of the pump mount. Had to fabricate a mounting bracket as well.
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd92/texmike_photos/KBic-inst-7.jpg

tmcolegr said:

http://s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7581&highlight=afco

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Guess my searches had the wrong wording as this is perfect! Thanks!!!

Also figured out why mine seems to sit so close to the bumper brace as I am missing the mounting isolators. Any thoughts on where I might source them locally??

I just sent you a pm on how I did it.

Looks like these mounting isolators are not easy to find as I called Afco and was told they are not listed as a separate p/n, which means I can not order them. I confirmed with Lethal since they are a dealer, so now I am off to check some local parts stores to see if I can find something that will work.

Open to suggestions if anyone knows where I might find something like these blue mounting isolators

Just make some rubber isolators out of heater hose. Use large flat washers as shown.
Maybe use a lockwasher or two inside the hole to keep the bracket from moving.
You wont see it, and it'll do the job.

Or some rubber grommets for the home-brew isolators.

After a couple trips to Napa and Ace, got it all figured out. I will post up some pics later, but I basically just used 4 rubber bushings (1 in. O.D., 1/2 in. I.D.) along with 2 1 inch long by 1/2 inch O.D. steel spacers and cut them in half. Inserted the rubber grommets in the mounting bracket holes, then put the 1/2 inch steel spacers inside the grommet. It worked out great and it is all installed.

I also had to pick up a couple 90 degree 3/4 inch hose sections to get all the lines routed correctly.

Before installing the grommets:



Installed:

After some online searching, think I found a nice solution to the hose routing issue with some 180 degree silicone heater hose elbows. And they are not much more than the price of 4 rubber 90 degree elbows like tmcolegr used as the one's I bought from Napa were $10 each.

can you please post pics and part #s?

I just ordered a set and here's a link to the product.


THMotorsports p/n E18019

Bad news as I just received a message indicating they are on back order and will not be in stock for a couple weeks. Guess I will need to fab up some 90 degree elbows for the time being.

Found another hose solution that seemed to work very well. When I picked up the first 2 90 degree hoses from NAPA, one was a little different (as pictured below). And when I started the hose routing, I realized this one has a much tighter radius than 90 and after cutting it right where the hose goes straight, it worked great and did not require a 2nd 90 (used this on the HE input along with a short piece of straight hose and a coupler connecting it directly to the pump). Think I am going to grab another one and use it on the other fitting in lieu of the 2 90's.

NAPA p/n 11605

Update... after about 1.5 months of being backordered, the pair of 180 degree hose elbows finally showed up today. These look to be the perfect solution as they have a fairly tight radius as the 2 ends are ~ 3.25 in. apart and the elbow is 3.5 inch long.