For those of you (myself included) who aren't familiar with Aquamist products, getting the HSF-5 system with all the components, and just a diagram for directions, can be a bit....daunting.
Fortunately for us, Richard makes the best diagrams ever, and all the parts are fairly well sorted and labeled. However, I'm going to go through and document getting the kit set up with all of the basics, so anyone can look at my pictures and go, "oh, that's where that piece goes."
It will probably be a slow, painful process, but I march on undeterred.
So, let's start with what you see when you open the box:
In amongst this kit of parts is everything you need for one of the world's best water injection system. I'm going to break down the install by parts.
First, and most important, you need a pump. No pump = no water = no benefit. The HSF-5 system uses a 150w Shurflo pump with a resevoir. To get it ready for use, all you need is a few metric wrenches to tighten fittings.
The layout should look like this:
After assembling it, the result is as shown:
The one part I had not yet attached is the small bracket that goes between the resevoir and the pump, held on by the large hose clamp. I'll get a picture of that tonight. A bit of advice: screw on the square manifold block first, then attach the resevoir.
*EDIT* here's the fully assembled picture with clamp.
Last edited by Pit Viper : 03-14-2007 at 12:58 PM.
Thanks. I was just excited to finally get it. By the way, Richard, if you notice I get something wrong, feel free to e-smack me upside the head and fix it.
Installment #2: A little more on the parts and pieces before I start actually installing in the car. First, I'd like to stress one more time how nice it is having everything labeled so well.
After the pump, lets hit the defining piece of this system: the HSV, or high-speed valve. This is what really sets the HSF-5 system apart from others on the market. Essentially, it's a fuel injector, so the amount of water being injected is very precise. Only 1 is needed for your system, even if you install it direct port. It's possible to need more, but then your system is more advanced than this discussion.
The parts are all in one bag, and will assemble as shown:
2 wires from the FIA2 will pass through the green rubber grommets and install into the plug. More on that later. Assembled, the hsv itself should look like this:
I'm showing the DDS3 flow meter as well, since that's next in line from the hsv on the way to the jets. Notice the nice mounting brackets for the hsv.
Last edited by Pit Viper : 03-14-2007 at 04:46 PM.
Speaking of jets, let's go to those next. Now, there's few different ways to install the Aquamist jets. Threaded directly, hard adapter, and soft adapter. Since the majority of you are likely to be installing your jet(s) into a hard object (manifold, upp, intercooler tank), I'm going to focus on that.
With the HSF-5 kit, you get two jets and hard adapters. Each adapter also comes with a block-off plug, in case you want to tap one to use later.
The setup is as follows:
The hard adapter threads into the surface, and then a jet or block-off plug can be swapped out at will. The jet threaded into the adapter looks like this:
Notice the barbs on the jet. Once you push your hose on, it's not going to come off, no matter how much pressure you're running through it.
For more on installing the adapters, see this thread: Aquamist Hard pipe/manifold jet adapters
I'm long overdue for an update. I'm afraid I hadn't touched this kit in a while, but finally got around to beginning the install yesterday. Right off the bat, I'd like to post a warning.
YOUR INSTALL MAY DIFFER FROM THE ONE SHOWN!!
In fact, I'd recommend it.
At first, I had planned to install the pump down by the ECU, and to use the windshield washer fluid as my resevoir. Which brought me to this point:
Then I changed my mind. Since I already had a w/i kit installed that I had to remove, I figured I'd go ahead and install the Aquamist kit in a similar manner. So, to that end, I installed the Aquamist pump in the trunk, mounted up between the 6x9 speakers in the trunk:
Due to that placement, I decided to skip the included mounting hardware and use the self-tap screws I used on the last pump. The reason for this was that if I need to remove the pump, I won't be required to remove the rear seat and rear deck cover to get to the bolts. Although, now that I think about it, I could have put the bolts through so that the nuts were in the trunk holding on the pump. Oh, well. Too late.
Which brings me to a warning: Be sure you can get to your mounting hardware before fully assembling your pump....
I found I couldn't fit a socket between the pump and the resevoir.
Ok, moving on. Time to place the relay. Aquamist provides this fabulous wire harness, with a long power wire to go to the battery, and a wire cable that holds the wires going to the dds3. The only issue I ran into with this is that my water level sensor is not close to my pump, so I'll have to extend the wires from it to reach the wire harness. Anyway, my relay placement:
Now, on my setup, I ran one continuous run of hose & wiring inside the car, where the stock wiring harness runs to the trunk from the front of the car. This resulted in a car looking like this:
Since a lot of people aren't going to want to go through all that, I skipped the picture How-To on doing it.
The DDS3 is mounted on the dash:
and the fia2 and dds3 circuit board are going to be mounted in the glove box:
So, at least I'm getting closer. After this, things get a little more consistant with all installs, so I'll get better pictures. I still need to hook up my flow sensor, hsv, nozzles, flow sensor, etc...
I pulled my car a part for my first W/A install......memories. I'm going to do this again for my HFS-5 install.
The good thing about all this is that before reinstalling everything in the interior, the vacuum can now reach all the spots it couldn't before.
Where are you mounting the supply tank?
Keep updating this with pictures as you progress
for now I'm going to keep using the tank I've got, that you and Richard don't like.
I'll just make sure I keep it nice and full until I find a good replacement tank.
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HSF-5 for dummies
I was just excited to finally get it. By the way, Richard, if you notice I get something wrong, feel free to e-smack me upside the head and fix it. 
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