My 2011 Escalade Build Thread!!

[yates ™]

Amber lenses are for retired people and people that live in FLA

Looks very nice Tony.

 

[Blazed]

I think the amber kinda breaks up the chrome..
Woulda kept it.
Looks better with your color than the goldish color tho!

 

[NORCAL SS]

im gonna take pics when i get home ill decide this weekend to do the other side or not.

 

[CEN2MENTAL95]

tony...escalade is SICK!

 

[NORCAL SS]

thanks guys. I think im gonna drop the hammer on the whipple 2.3 next week.

 

[Goodinblack]

 

[NORCAL SS]

Well talking to my wife tonight she told me to just put the money i would spend on headers and blower and put it into a engine build for my v.... So next mod is going to be taylor wires and tr6 plus and a tune.

BUTTT since i do use the truck for towing and I have these big wheels im going to be going from the 3.42 gear to a 4.10 gear. Should help my truck a lot and honeslty we dont do much freeway driving.

I have 305 35 24 right now with 3.42 gears at 70 mph im doing 1650 rpms
if i go up to a 4.10 at 70 mph ill be doing about 350 rpms more which isnt much

but heres where the kicker comes down low and im moving shift points to 6200 (which below shows) You can see stock 3.42 leave a lot on table

1st gear 3.42 gears goes to 43 mph
2nd gear 3.42 gears goes to 74 mph
3rd gear 3.42 gears goes to 114 mph
4th gear 3.42 gears goes to 151 mph


now going with 4.10s
1st gear 3.42 gears goes to 36 mph
2nd gear 3.42 gears goes to 61 mph
3rd gear 3.42 gears goes to 95 mph
4th gear 3.42 gears goes to 126 mph



305 35 24 70 MPH 3.42 GEARS 1650 RPMS
305 35 24 70 MPH 4.10 GEARS 2000 RPMS

350 RPMS not bad at all best of all is 1/4 mile.

Im shooting to look for 100 in the 1/4 with bolt ons

stock gear 100 mph is 5400 rpms in 3rd gear
4.10 gear and 100 mph is 4900 rpms in 4th gear which is still in the power band

I'm calling up gm tomorrow to order 4.10 gears

 

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

I have 4.10's in the rear of mine. Not that bad on the highway around 70 I am a little below 2krpm and I drive it all the time.

 

[THE YETI]

Doesn't your escalade have a 6-speed?

 

[NORCAL SS]

yes my escalade has a 6 speed but i just dont like the gearing at all. im used to 4.10s from my tbss and since im not doing a blower but doing gears and a few other mods.

 

[Smokymance]

im in the same page as you, the 3.42 and 6 speed could use work! 3.73s could be in the future for me...let us know how u like the 4.10s

 

[NORCAL SS]

dealer is putting in 3.73s for me since current gear set has a whine in it if i dont like 3.73 ill go 4.11 yukon gears. since 3.73 is free no brainer to do it.

 

[JennaBear]

Must be a nice dealer! Most dealers will not replace gears with anything other than what is in there, as it won't fall under warranty.

 

[NORCAL SS]

yup and even flashing the computer for me for the gear change.

 

[Smokymance]

sounds like a nice dealership

 

[JennaBear]

I would certainly hope they would flash the computer for you; or what would the point of gears be!

 

[NORCAL SS]

well phase 2 is starting. 3.73 gears dealer ordered and tr6 plugs and taylor wires ordered. Getting the truck tuned the 11th to get a baseline on it and planning the 24th of october to get timeslip.

Then going to do the whipple with a few other mods and hit up track after again.

 

[Blazed]

Tuned by who?

 

[THE YETI]

Hated my 4.10.

Wish my dealer would just swap gears because I heard a whine.

 

[Blazed]

Tony why did you decide 3.73 over 4.10?
Nvm I actually looked and the answer is above.