Mods
40” MT Baja Pro XS. Double triangulated 4 link rear, 3 link front, 16” Fox 2.0 rears, 14” Fox 2.5 front, hydro bumps all around. 05+ SD Dana 60 front with OX locker, full hydro steering, shaved 14 bolt GM rear spooled with chromo shafts. LQ9 w/ small cam, 243 heads, Scotts Offroad hydro pump. 4L65E with NWF Ecobox and NP205 behind it. Hand built 2 piece .25” wall rear driveshaft. Front shaft is a shortened 2.5 ton shaft. 1410 joints on all shafts. K5 Blazer fuel tank, custom rock sliders and tank skid. Bumpers are under construction as I write this. JB Fab triple sticks inside, Viair onboard air. Heated seats, AC a sunroof and factory Bose sound system.
Build story
Well I wasn’t planning on building an Escalade at all but it was one of those things that just fell into my lap. At the time I was wheeling an 84 LS swapped K10 on one tons and leafs, and I had just blown my second engine up, after dropping a nut down the replacement engine unknowingly. The truck was so rusty that the cab was pretty much laying on the trans and it made it a real pain pulling the engine. So I quickly got fed up with it and decided I wanted to build something else. It just so happened a mutual friend had called and asked if I could go pick up their Escalade from a parking lot and fix it because it wouldnt start. Well, as you may have guessed I ended up buying it from them as it needed more work then it was worth and they were wanting to sell it anyways. I ended up parting out my old K10, scraping the rest and started building the Escalade. It took me about 2 years to get it wheelable and am still working on it till this day.