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Old 06-01-2015 | 02:36 PM
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is this possible, and has anyone attempted it? any fabrication required? thanks in advance.
Old 06-01-2015 | 04:25 PM
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The stock one on the 4.4?

Seeing as how the 4.4 was a DOHC, and NOT an LS, its not going to bolt right on.
Old 06-01-2015 | 06:39 PM
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I did some looking into using one since they are on ebay and cheap. M122, built in intercooler, really nice.

The fab work needed would be building a 45 degree elbow going from the 0 degree blower flange to the 45 degree cylinder head. Thats all doable on a CNC machining center fairly easy.

The tough thing is the bore spacing is all off. The northstar is a 4" borespacing and LS is 4.4". Getting the nstar blower to have the runners split 1.2 inches would be the tough part. Again, can do via CNC and some computer modeling but its like a $600 part, at least.

I looked into it and its possible, but a lot of work. I decided it was easier to take a GT500/cobra blower and build an entire intake. Thats what im doing.
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Way too much work for mediocre results at best.
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Originally Posted by SPRAYED 01
Way too much work for mediocre results at best.
Especially since a M112 kit can be had for around 2500$ used...



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