Advice: Fuel Pump Relocation Location Options

[bkrantz]

What do you all think of this location for mounting my new pump in the front?

Besides space, I have some other goals:

1. Avoiding mounting on any sheet metal shared with the passenger compartment.
2. As much protection as possible.
3. Short fuel line runs between the tank, filter, pump, and hard lines.
4. Access to the lines without pulling the tank.
5. Access to the pump without pulling the tank.

My proposed location probably does not satisfy goal 5 (maybe), but otherwise I like it.

[robkammer]

Thanks everyone! Great feedback and good pics too. At this point I'm going to tie it back up right where is is just so I can drive the car once I have brakes back in. PMB has the calipers now. The pump is mounted with rubber mounts that seem to be through bolted into the passenger compartment. So it mounted well, just messy.I dropped the pum and filter to allow access for the Cryocleaning guy, and the air pressure popped the wires off the pump. Fortunately I had taken a picture beforehand that clearly shows how they were attached.
Just to be sure I checked continuity to the wires I assumed were feeding the pump and they are. However, two things have me wondering: when disconnected to the pump, both leads show continuity to ground.
So then I checked Haynes, in the drawing the wire that leads to the grounding post is the wire that was connected up front to the pump post that is called out as + in the drawing a few pages back in the manual.
I don't currently have a battery installed but will put the old battery in just to confirm which is truly the hot lead.
That leads to another question: does it matter which terminal gets the positive and ground? I've always believed a dc motor will run in reverse if the polarity is reversed. Don't think reverse would let it run very well.
And one more question: The square filter is pretty bulky, what other filters are folks using that will help tidy this mess up and at the next installation?
Thanks again everyone.