Plain N Simple - Esky Log

Went by this morning to my mechanic.

Plan for Monday is new plugs and #7 injector. Also getting the bump stops cut down as well.

Hopefully that’ll fix the misfire.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tide said:

getting the bump stops cut down

Hopefully that’ll fix the misfire.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Click to expand...

Solid plan ... lol

Just picked it up. He ran a compression test and everything was fine. Checked the temp of each header close to the manifold and he said the temps got up to 700 at idle. While I was there he started it and after 3-4 min they were over 500 already. He said normal was 4-450 range. Any thoughts on this?

New plugs and a oil pressure sensor did the trick. It’s idling much better. I’ll get a video this afternoon at idle and hopefully some driving ones later this week if the weather is decent.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tide said:

Just picked it up. He ran a compression test and everything was fine. Checked the temp of each header close to the manifold and he said the temps got up to 700 at idle. While I was there he started it and after 3-4 min they were over 500 already. He said normal was 4-450 range. Any thoughts on this?

New plugs and a oil pressure sensor did the trick. It’s idling much better. I’ll get a video this afternoon at idle and hopefully some driving ones later this week if the weather is decent.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Click to expand...

I know my exhaust manifolds ran about 350°- 400° at idle and my headers run about the same but they are ceramic coated.

I would expect bare, non-coated, headers to run hotter for sure because of the thinner walls of the tubes.

I also would think running lean would cause a rise in exhaust temperatures as well... just thinking out loud.

kbuskill said:

I know my exhaust manifolds ran about 350°- 400° at idle and my headers run about the same but they are ceramic coated.

I would expect bare, non-coated, headers to run hotter for sure because of the thinner walls of the tubes.

I also would think running lean would cause a rise in exhaust temperatures as well... just thinking out loud.

Click to expand...

That is what my mechanic was thinking as well.
My headers are ceramic coated as well so they should be similar to yours temp wise.

I’m going to make a log for Justin soon. I’ll make sure that’s mentioned.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Decided to add some more weight to it. Knock off Dynamat going in.






Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had zero intentions of doing this but corona and a ton of old sound deadening material laying around lead me to it.

85% of all flooring behind the front seats is now covered in Kilmat or NVS butyl based sound deadening. The NVS is .87 mil thick vs. the .80 mill of Kilmat, the NVS has a much heavier feel to it. I used both just depending on how easy the area was to access, the only carpet that was fully removed was the center piece that goes under and between the rear captains chairs. This was my first time installing it on one of these and I didn’t want to risk pulling the carpet and fight myself trying to re install. Took just over 3 hours to do everything. I could probly cut an hour off that if I had to do it again.

Next up will be the rear cargo door and maybe the door panels if corona depression really sits in.

Kilmat is the smaller sheet and NVS the larger.





Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After my last post I immediately went outside and did the cargo door and driver side wheel well where the air pump is located.

Drove around and there might be a slight decrease in some of the deeper tones.

In typical fashion I went ahead and ordered 36 sqft of 150 mil closed cell foam.... Amazon says it won’t be here for three weeks but if history repeats I’ll have it end of next week. It’s too easy to take everything apart to not give this stuff a go.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Doesn't the Escalade's have the rpo BS1 that includes extra insulation? I have been looking for what all that includes, but there is no clear part numbers. I have researched and found BS1 has thicker front window glass, and insulation over the rear wheel wheels in the interior behind the trim panels. Escalade's also have padded inserts in the upper and lower door panels. I am surprised you need more sound deadening, lol

mikeyss said:

Doesn't the Escalade's have the rpo BS1 that includes extra insulation? I have been looking for what all that includes, but there is no clear part numbers. I have researched and found BS1 has thicker front window glass, and insulation over the rear wheel wheels in the interior behind the trim panels. Escalade's also have padded inserts in the upper and lower door panels. I am surprised you need more sound deadening, lol

Click to expand...

I’ve read in the past that they do have more sound deadening than other trim levels, but I have no idea what that is. I’m guessing most vehicles don’t come with the pad inbetween the carpet and flooring? It doesn’t cover the entire floor, just certain areas. There is padding in the rear driver side wheel well but it is not on the floor, but instead it’s attached to the plastic covers hiding it.

Between the catless headers and muffler swap it definitely talks to you at certain RPM. If I’m cruising on the freeway I can barely hear it, but once I start to drive like a ******* the volume really cranks up. Honestly I’m just looking for shit to do at this point. Everyone talks about sound deadening but from my past experiences the butyl doesn’t do jack, curious to see what the closed cell foam does.


Also working on some viynl pieces. So far I’ve removed the plastidip on the window chrome accent pieces and replaced it with viynl. Still need to do the door guards and then the interior. I decided to go with a satin black for the interior pieces. Everything that’s silver in this pic will eventually be wrapped. Curious to see how it turns out.



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk