You better sit down, this is a rather intense post. I've been offline for a couple days....
Sunday was 98° f. We're an hour from a hospital, my wife fainted and went unconscious. Her pulse was sitting at 136. Blood pressure extremely low. Too long for an ambulance to arrive. I put the money on the 2014 Escalade, which I did the full AFM delete last year with LS7 lifters.... Basically went through the whole motor in the top end. All new brakes all around, CV axles, bearings, u-joints. Removed the speed limiter in the ECM a long time ago for no specific reason. Just didn't like the thought of it.
Carried her to the Escalade, neighbor came along to monitor her and if CPR was needed. She's 51 years old. It's basically a straight stretch of State highway, a few intermittent four-lane sections. 80 to 120 mph+. ER staff on the phone as we were a few minutes out, and waiting when I pulled up. They immediately took her in on a gurney while I parked the Escalade. Oil pressure, transmission temperature, everything ran perfect. But damn, you could really feel the heat coming from underneath the vehicle when I parked.
Long story short, she was bleeding to death internally from a large tumor in her intestine. They have stabilized her with blood transfusions, they're going in Saturday morning to remove about a foot and a half of intestine that contains the tumor. Tumor has not spread beyond the intestine. It's in there deep where the small intestine connects to the large intestine. She basically only had 32% of the necessary blood left in her body.
I can say 100% in all certainty, I would not have trusted the vehicle to be driven that hard and that fast if it still had the AFM installed. Many high RPM down shifts, getting around traffic at times.
My neighbor that came along is a recently retired state police firearm instructor. He called in ahead so we had an ****** the last mile and a half where there's traffic lights.
We almost lost her. They think she came within 30 minutes of organ damage from lack of oxygen occurring. Apparently there's a critical point where there's no recovery from. Made possible with that Melling 10296 oil pump, Cloye's timing components, Delphi LS7 lifters, BTR trunnion kit, Melling push rods, and Valvoline r&p 5W30. I can tell you, between 5 and 7,000 RPM that 6.2 really screams with an absolutely beautiful sound.
Came home for some sleep, just change the oil and gave it a once over, and headed back down to the hospital now..... At a normal speed this time.
Sunday was 98° f. We're an hour from a hospital, my wife fainted and went unconscious. Her pulse was sitting at 136. Blood pressure extremely low. Too long for an ambulance to arrive. I put the money on the 2014 Escalade, which I did the full AFM delete last year with LS7 lifters.... Basically went through the whole motor in the top end. All new brakes all around, CV axles, bearings, u-joints. Removed the speed limiter in the ECM a long time ago for no specific reason. Just didn't like the thought of it.
Carried her to the Escalade, neighbor came along to monitor her and if CPR was needed. She's 51 years old. It's basically a straight stretch of State highway, a few intermittent four-lane sections. 80 to 120 mph+. ER staff on the phone as we were a few minutes out, and waiting when I pulled up. They immediately took her in on a gurney while I parked the Escalade. Oil pressure, transmission temperature, everything ran perfect. But damn, you could really feel the heat coming from underneath the vehicle when I parked.
Long story short, she was bleeding to death internally from a large tumor in her intestine. They have stabilized her with blood transfusions, they're going in Saturday morning to remove about a foot and a half of intestine that contains the tumor. Tumor has not spread beyond the intestine. It's in there deep where the small intestine connects to the large intestine. She basically only had 32% of the necessary blood left in her body.
I can say 100% in all certainty, I would not have trusted the vehicle to be driven that hard and that fast if it still had the AFM installed. Many high RPM down shifts, getting around traffic at times.
My neighbor that came along is a recently retired state police firearm instructor. He called in ahead so we had an ****** the last mile and a half where there's traffic lights.
We almost lost her. They think she came within 30 minutes of organ damage from lack of oxygen occurring. Apparently there's a critical point where there's no recovery from. Made possible with that Melling 10296 oil pump, Cloye's timing components, Delphi LS7 lifters, BTR trunnion kit, Melling push rods, and Valvoline r&p 5W30. I can tell you, between 5 and 7,000 RPM that 6.2 really screams with an absolutely beautiful sound.
Came home for some sleep, just change the oil and gave it a once over, and headed back down to the hospital now..... At a normal speed this time.
