Gen V Water Pump Backing Plate
 

I'm wanting to upgrade my water pump to a stainless model this year as the housing is starting to show scarring. When going over everything I realized that the hoses for my Gen V pump come out of the bottom of the pump not straight out the back. As such for the stainless pump to work on my boat I would need 2 90's screwed into the housing, I'm no engineer but I'm pretty sure you can't screw in two 90's next too each other, also I don't have the slack or clearance to run the hoses that way. I asked Rick at CP and he said the only solution he knew of was to TIG weld in 2 90's to the back of the pump housing. I'm thinking this problem has to have come up before and been solved before. Any ideas would be greatly appriciated.

http://www.cpperformance.com/p-7398...me-series-stainless-steel-sea-water-pump.aspx
Custom Handcrafted Stainless Fitting 1" NPT To 1-1/4" 90 Degree - CP Performance

Can they be offset so they come out at different angles instead of straight down?

Differing nipple lengths will get you there as well with threaded 90s and barbs . You will need more fittings but no welding, if thats an issue.

Add one of these as an extension to connect one of the 90's https://www.summitracing.com/parts/m...000u/overview/

or just use a 3" piece of 1" NPT pipe threaded on both ends as an extension and get a female 90 with nipple

Why not put straight nipples in the pump and use 90 or 45 degree hose ends?

That's a odd gen V. Mine comes out the back like the SS one you posted.

I have the same impeller housing on a '96 454 LX MPI. As with the OE both fitting should be straight; however, being they are longer the bottom was hitting the OE engine mount. So for The top fitting I have a straight from the transom raw water hose and the bottom is a 90* to the engine hose. Remember with the 90* you will now trap your hardware below the fitting and can't use the allen included either. I got a hex head, inserted it in the impeller housing hole first then the 90*. Said bolt loosens enough to disengage the bracket yet is retained by the 90* as there's not enough room to pull it all the way out.