Want to turn your 2015-2020 Escalade into an Escalade V?

With pricing on the new Escalade V starting at $160,000 dollars, we think there are better ways to produce a nearly 700 horsepower Escalade for a lot less money!

The 2015-2020 Escalade can be purchased these days for a bargain price and comes with a 6.2L L86 V8 engine which is essentially the same  LT1 engine that powers the Camaro SS, Corvette and so on, outside of the truck intake manifold that produces more low end torque, which will be removed anyways. If you want to opt for the better 10 speed transmission, the 2018-2020 Escalades came with the 10l90.

So the question is how do we do it right? Well that answer is pretty straight forward actually.

The Magnuson Magnum TVS2650 Supercharger system.  This kit is said to give your Escalade a 45% increase in horsepower up to 640HP and 579 Ft-lb of torque at the crank without any additional modifications or tuning.

The canned tune Magnuson provides will certainly get you going, but leaves a lot to be desired, especially if you plan on additional modifications that we are going to get into and we are sure we can easily get these horsepower levels up to 700+HP if the desire is there with proper custom tuning.

Our goal here is to test the Escalade in various stages to provide accurate information regarding the differences in performance that can be expected at each stage and what will provide the most bang for your buck.

1) Stock baseline, Stock tuning

2) 93 octane Performance tune

3) Magnuson Supercharger installed, Magnuson off the shelf tune

4) Custom tuning, 93 octane

5) LT4 Injectors and LT4 HPFP, DSX flex fuel sensor installed Custom Flex Fuel Tuning, Ethanol blend

6) Throttle body upgrade, ported LT5 Soler Throttle body

7) Intake modification, 4 inch MAF tube, KN Black Filter

8) Smaller Pulley Upgrade

9) ????

What will you need:

-Magnuson TVS2650 Supercharger kit -  https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/tvs2650-magnum-gm-truck-and-suv-l86-62l-supercharger-system

-Spark plugs- NGK 6510, pregapped to 028 - https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/ngk-6510-set-of-8-pregapped-for-boost

-HPtuners MPVI3 + 2 credits for 2015-2016 models, 2017+ models 4 credits for ECM, 4 credits for TCM, and TCM unlocking required for transmission tuning.

https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/hp-tuners-mpvi3

https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/t87a-tcm-unlock-service

-Windows based laptop for tuning software

-DSX IAT/MAP Breakout Harness + LT4 MAP sensor- https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/dsx-iat-baro-breakout-harness-for-gen-v

-Optional power enhancements:

-Ported Soler LT5 Throttle body 95mm+- https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/95mm-100mm-effective-lt5-throttle-body-with-adapter-fits-lt1-lt2-lt4-ctsv-camaro-6g-corvette-c7-c8

-103MM Soler Throttle Body- https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/se1000-103-103-mm-tb-lt1-lt2-lt4-lt5-ls2-ls3-lsa

-4 Inch intake kit-

-LT4 Injectors - https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/lt4-injectors-set-of-8

-LT4 HPFP- https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/lt4-high-pressure-fuel-pump-hpfp

-XDI 30% injectors - https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/xdi-lt4-30-di-injectors

-Goliath HPFP -https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/goliath-high-pressure-fuel-pump-for-gm-gen-v-lt-engines

-JMS voltage Booster - https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/jms-powermax-fuelmax-fuel-pump-voltage-booster-v2

-DSX Flex fuel sensor, tuning with Ethanol blend- https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/dsx-flex-fuel-kit-2014-truck--escalade-2015-2020

-Smaller pulleys, increase boost - https://schmidtytuning.com/ols/products/magnuson-escalade-tvs2650-pulleys