LSXcalade Twin Turbo Engine Setup Details! Why Does it Work So Well? (Tips For Your Own Build)

Over the last week or so I have gotten asked numerous times to do a video explaining the engine setup in the LSXcalade in detail...so here it is! I think I covered just about everything important but if there's anything else you want to know or I left out...leave a comment and I will answer it. Hopefully you can learn from my process explained here when it comes to configuring the engine/turbocharger setup on your next build!
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[@craiga9492]

The more people that tell you it can't be done or its "dumb" means youre on the right track

[@Stapleton42]

Yep

[@Mongoly357]

Newbie to the channel, hopped on the bandwagon from the race week videos. Hoping there's a bunch more like me, you deserve it! Love the content brother!

[@Matty.Hill_87]

Same man, I saw it in the 1320 videos and came looking for more info about it

[@robharper3111]

Same lol

[@tripprogers4814]

definitely a fan after RockyMountain RaceWeek 2.0

[@brooksquiz6303]

I’ve been watching for a while. Great guy. Really wisdom beyond his years. I get what he is doing I’m a lot like that. Just a good guy to do whatever to help someone some how.

[@jasonsparshott7208]

Yea same 1320 and PFI turned me on to him . Truck is way way faster then what it should be for what he has . The right combo of parts is what gets it done !

[@Dr.Furburger]

holy shit, ur the first youtube car guy ive heard say "compressor map" SUBSCRIBED!!!

[@Stapleton42]

😂

[@joecangialose6828]

🤣😂 "if you just noticed that now, its going to ruin your life" Stapleton42, we need that on a shirt with a graphic of your engine bay!

[@TheHologr4m]

And a shirt that says “Suck it.”

[@uniquemetalartz522]

“Don’t be an askhole”💯 great attitude and advice brother.🎯👊

[@carmisti]

In watching you recently; as a new subscriber, you seem truly talented, appreciative, self reflective, and humble. Keep up the great work and I wish you the best.

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks man

[@robertomarcano13]

Awesome, I drive almost everyday by that shop. Started following you after Brents dyno session and glad to have you in TX

[@SK-GT]

Can you give background information to how you get started in all of this? Day job to fund all of this? Is this a shop you work at/own? Self taught? Awesome videos! Edit: Hah you answered a lot of this in this video. Take care

[@trevorwatson833]

Go back and dig around in his older videos .... Its pretty damn funny how it came about and how he had to sneak around his dad doing it all.

[@bparkinson1234]

SK GT yep. Would be curios on this also.... thanks

[@jeremiahjohnson5610]

Its really rad that cooper had such a gr at impact on your life course. I found you because of you painting coopers roof and tagging his wall. You are raw and honest and i super dig uour in depth dive into the choices about your escalade and motor home And mainly your life. Keep up the raw honesty.

[@mrmoss149]

" If you just now noticed that- it's gonna ruin your life". 😂😂😂😂😂

[@joecangialose6828]

We need a shirt!

[@ilijakavedzic517]

Support from Croatia 🇭🇷 Loved your race week videos. And im enjoying other stuff too. Keep it up brother!

[@chuckh8800]

It's so cool to hear someone talk about everyone involved with a build and actually take other people's advice and put it to use

[@mrmoss149]

" Take notes HERE". LMFAO. Again. Love it.

[@NPC-gq4nq]

Been watching your vids since the truck was blown. Bought a Denali XL 18 months ago, Finished up the Texas Speed 418 stroker a few weeks ago. Your vids really helped me stick with the build. Really hope I get the chance to meet you at FL2K. Would love to talk transmissions and turbo sizing. And thanks for helping get the next generation excited about our passion.

[@Stapleton42]

It’s our duty 💪🏻 see you there man

[@danmac244]

Found your channel through PFI during rocky mountain 2.0, loving the content, nice to see what a fellow 24yr old gets up to in the car scene on the other side of the world keep it up mate

[@Stapleton42]

I will. Glad you’re here 💪🏻

[@AWD_DSM_FTW]

I'm over here chasing a 9.99 in a DSM on street tires, stock manual trans, single disc clutch, etc. Lot of stuff that "Can't work, won't work, you won't hit that goal, etc" but it went 10.4@147 Friday with a 1.9 60'. Planning on making it happen next month. Just gotta keep moving forward. I started watching after the PFI dyno day. Love the channel so far.

[@Stapleton42]

Stay on the grind bro. Live with purpose

[@AWD_DSM_FTW]

@@Stapleton42 appreciate it man. Not that you need me to tell you it, but you too!

[@zed65656]

I'm also new to this awesome channel, you seems like a guy with both feet on the ground and that is something i like. Just a friendly note, don't let this youtube "hype" get you. We don't want you to be burnt out.

[@Stapleton42]

I’m just me. Always will be

[@johnmckinney1493]

Found you couple weeks ago on you session at PFI. Enjoying your attitude and content.

[@gr8bart1]

Been watching since PFI dyno day. Keep up the great work.!! 👍

[@brooksquiz6303]

Me too lol

[@jackasmaryan1776]

Same here 💪💪

[@timmay816]

Great work! You’ve come quite a long way! I still remember rolling with you in the viper at SCT kick off party. Back then you were breakin the trans and driveshafts like every other hit it seemed like!

[@gazman335]

Love your attention to detail and your recognition of people that have helped you along the way👌 Your honesty and humility is something vary rare in this world👍 love your personality and your approach to doing things your way Would love to see you at Summernats in Australia one day 🇦🇺

[@chrisconley3579]

Wicked overview. Always love seeing into the brain of the builder.

[@chadvarnell1889]

Cool to get to meet ya in Tulsa last Sunday, and Thursday. Impressive passes. I stayed back when you were working on the exhaust. It was cool to see what the dealio was from your video. Keep kicking ass. I'm sure we'll see even better #'s from you very soon. If someone said 10 years ago that there would be streetable Escalades running 8-9 second passes on motors 2 years old on an event like Race Week 2.0, and still be able to drive home, no one would have believed it. Awesome job!!!

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks man. That’s an interesting perspective and you’re absolutely right 😂

[@TheWrenchGuy]

Great content as ALWAYS my man, can’t wait to see all your moves coming our way!

[@nickloushunter59]

Agreed

[@danielbaldwin1409]

Young man all of you did an awesome job. Thanks for the memories.

[@gabrielnorthrup8761]

Seen every video since he got my subscription a couple weeks ago. I was here before the 1mil subscribers mile stone, remember me.

[@Stapleton42]

I will take a screenshot of this for future reference

[@gonzalorolon1342]

Dude totally agree with you, I have so many people and friends about computer stuff, and I say to them what they need, and they go and do whatever they want, and then they end up regretting not doing what you said to them

[@mrray55]

Modern day Bandit. "Were gonna do what they say can't be done." Great content and info. 🦅🇺🇸✌️

[@DAPerform]

Impressive build man definitely taking notes for the camaro build on my channel

[@Texasassassin1LE]

Og up in here. How long ago was it you raced at Witchita Falls and some horrible storms were rolling in and you ran a pretty quick GTR and handed him his ass? Limpy was on the light I believe. That was the first time for me to see this beast in person.

[@Stapleton42]

Dang yeah that was two years ago!

[@gafrers]

Very detailed look. The word Quality comes to mind a lot. It's incredible how the turbine housings don't have a blanket or coating but the hood and under-hood are in perfect condition, signs of a great build, as if we needed anymore

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks man

[@clintondavid525]

So pumped to see a breakdown of this build. Straight animal!

[@canklehater]

Thanks for finally explaining what u got in that engine.good video buddy

[@traitorhatergetarope3163]

Dig the truck.. best of luck to you and your channel.. hanging out waiting for 8's, Lets go!!!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@Raio_Verusia]

When I saw this and you at PFI I started looking. Was so happy to see you doing RW2.0.

[@brooksquiz6303]

Me too. I quit watching boosted boys. Emilo probably got done wrong I feel.

[@curvs4me]

I've never looked at your build before, I have to say I am very impressed considering you are relatively new to this! That's definitely no Texas speed Clam box, I'm not knocking them but they're not made for all out killer power. Your motor Frankenstein heads and the ls next block is 100% animal. That job you did on the valve covers with the radius and the headers is something else. It's seriously impressive. You can only go so far with the LS platform reliably. You are just about there. You could go with BME rods and some seriously fat pushrods. I was thinking about a 4 piece pushrod design. A 3/4 in. ultra high modulus base going up to the head and a 13mm / 1/2 inch titanium shaft to clear the pushrod holes with tool steel end caps. PSI valve springs and spin it up higher. You'll have to start doing things like filling the block and billet main girdle between the pan rails in lieu of caps if you don't have it already to head towards 3khp reliably only spinning 8500. You can spin it faster (close to 10k) and get close with more airflow capability and super stiff pushrods and stout psi hand matched springs. Comp has had a little more than a year of development time with wide sweeping arc lifts to run reliably up to 11k rpm. Think you'll need 55mm roller bearing cam journals or similar. I

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks man. It’s annoying when people think this is a run of the mill TSP motor. Those guys seem nice but they just give me a weird vibe. I’m not super fond of that

[@soggynothere2438]

Love it when I hear Detroit it's a fun place I miss it never a dull moment in Detroit

[@RearEngineShop]

Great video and great info! 🤘 really says something when you don’t have to take the engine apart to fix stuff all the time. 👍

[@jamesworkman686]

Awesome video,I got a 15 f-150 with the coyote I'm putting a Whipple on should be pretty fun

[@andymcdo]

It'd be neat if you could reintegrate the stock pcm so your gauges work again. Matt Happel did that on his recent 2500 build, spliced in the signals needed from a holley terminator x into the stock pcm so everything worked as normal.

[@daveroil2733]

I love the term “askhole” so true

[@scottyknot7403]

I can appreciate the details... I have a build that is kind of sideways at the moment and its easy to relate to the builder versus builder issues lol. Great content and informative. Beautiful setup. I have a 95 pathfinder 2wd 4 door auto. But staying with 6 cylinders. The vg30E power plant is a neglected segment lol. 😎😎🤘

[@Matty.Hill_87]

Beginning to see why this thing gets down the way it does, it's a very cleverly built

[@toddfoxx9945]

Nice to know the story on that 427!!

[@XVNDXR]

Lol yeah i did not notice the motor was off axis wow . i feel like my life is all wrong until now haha Great info keep it coming i would hire you as my motors general contractor

[@Stapleton42]

😂

[@kxdirtjumper]

I was curious about the crankshaft, maybe I missed it? Anyway keep up the great videos 👍🏻

[@Stapleton42]

Dart billet. I totally forgot to say it lol

[@kxdirtjumper]

Awesome, thanks

[@swaterman08]

Great video dude, as always. I am now stealing Askhole for myself now

[@BullittBourbonJunky]

Awesome ride and great build. Watched the raceweek videos. Love my cam and converter corvette but the escalade is a beast.

[@scottwilkins3170]

Damn it thats exactly what i want to do with my f150! But now you have me wanting to use a 4l80!awesome content man i love the info about the escaldes suspension and what to do to a 4x4 to make it hook.thank you!

[@Reject06]

I need to swing through that shop and say sup soon. I live in Arlington so it'd be sick rolling with more local people to a drag/race week event and such. Checking out the shops you recommend, you should get an affiliate link or some kind of referral since you're proving what works.

[@Seeyouonthetrail]

Can't say it was nice to meet you in Noble, OK..... But I think I caught you at a bad time and realized I caught you at a time when you were busy retuning the truck. I was gonna come back but got caught fixing a tans on the Duramax chevelle. We finally got it off the lift at Midnight.

[@Stapleton42]

Race week is work. Just the reality of it lol I’m glad you understand

[@JaysPrints]

I didn't notice the offset in my Silverado.....You're right in ruined my life lol

[@Zuk_4_life]

Don't be an ask hole.... you have wisdom beyond your years bro

[@redsox63]

Love it man...great info like always! Couple questions, you said you haven’t had the head or valve cover off that driver side in 2 years (which is impressive for how much power you’re putting out), what’s in the books for maintenance or upgrades. You sticking with the Escalade? Also, I notice the PA references and license plate. Where in PA are you from? From southern tier of NY, here! Take it easy man!

[@D1aNdOnLyNiCkx3]

Keep it truckin!!! Love the vids keepin it original just like you

[@graymatter.STI.87]

Love that esv!!!

[@jnonya3465]

This channels gonna blow up soon, good luck man I love watching your videos

[@dennisbergman8415]

Hey man great videos brother. love the LsXcalade setup, thats my favorite model too so ill definitely be regularly watching. **Question about the alternator and throttle body lever, could you add a spacer between the intake and throttle body just to move the lever out a little farther instead of having to shave the alternator or would that be enough to offset the performance?

[@Stapleton42]

It’d still make contact on the backward sweep

[@timcampbell5141]

Have you thought about going mechanical fuel pump to help free up some amps so you can slow down your alternator?

[@ProjectStreetCars]

A 4r200 (6r80 converted to 4 speed) would be awesome in the f150!

[@STREETCARCULTURE]

Great stuff mate!

[@TheTuttleCrew]

I enjoyed following you as Brent videoed you at race week 2. A person is known by the company they keep.... Hanging with Brent and the PFI guys is what made me a follower (sub) and I like how you speak well of others when we live in a time where there are plenty of BIG HEADS, so stay humble!

[@9010Patrick]

Do you have the part number you used for the ATI balancer? You said you still have A/C so I assume it would still have two belts. I am thinking 085-917286, but if you could verify that would be cool. I am following closely while I build up my 2010 Yukon Denali.

[@Stapleton42]

I used an underdrive one for a 5th gen Camaro

[@christopherjohnson520]

I tooke my Notes taken with my empty wallet...................

[@travissmith2067]

Were you able to look into the Air Tabs for the back of the truck to redirect the rear vacuum affect? They rely helped me on my semi so I put them on my 10.5 Astro van and the affect was noticeable on the 1st pass. Went from 10.75/10.65 to 10.5 with no other changes. Like I said in my previous comment I'm not sponsored nor do I work for them, their product just amazed at me.

[@Stapleton42]

That’s interesting

[@thatautogarage3644]

Look forward to seeing where your journey takes you. I fell in love with the Escalade at Tulsa SCT 19 and can’t wait to see it run 8’s!

[@gtfkt]

Good timing, I was wondering about all the stuff you explained in this video and now I have no questions.

[@Stapleton42]

Glad I did my job 🤟🏻

[@dtoshredneck]

Have you looked at Mechman alternators? Its on my list of things to get for my duramax when i do that

[@Stapleton42]

Yes they’re expensive

[@dchildress17]

Get it bro! How much did your channel blow up after RMRW2.0?

[@boost1728]

What transfer case and front axles? Love the build!!

[@Stapleton42]

261hd and stock

[@matt6951]

When I get my truck built, I'd love to swing by your shop and check your escalade out!

[@wood1960]

Love the info on the setup man. Also that shop is sweet keep it up! Edit: I’ll be in Fort Worth next Monday on vacation lol

[@richardconcepcion7883]

Can't wait to for the road to running 8's time to hit that 1,700hp tune...

[@cameratool]

Any plans for air filters/cold air intakes? My first thought was hood scoops, but that would ruin sleeper mode. Fabricoble ducting to lower bumper tow hook/fog light area?? Thanks for making my pandemic experience a little less boring :)

[@vinny143]

Interesting my dear Watson.... Verdi Verdi interesting

[@timlindgren8264]

Newbie to high performance engines, thanks much for this video!

[@k20edef1]

What do you see for oil pressure with the long feed lines, the short travels and what I assume big bearing clearances?

[@NICKGAR7]

Great info. Nice to see the backstory on the shop and engine tech-suppliers. Thank you also for the Raceweek stuff btw. Have a good week. Nick UK

[@AliA-mz5oe]

hell yea brother!!

[@Adams4williamson]

Amazing Content

[@rogerfleury9759]

Most people that talk and talk make me yawn, but listening to you and your explanations of every piece of your motor and vehicle in general has me wanting more! It’s great to hear how many people and companies have stepped up to help you with all of this. I was thinking until now, how the hell were you able to get this program to this point without you having a bucket full of money! The top shelf parts and components would cost a guy like me $50 to $60 grand and probably quite a bit more than that if I were to just buy everything out of catalogs. And that’s just for the motor! You are doing this the right way. I Will be catching up watching all your videos, I’m about 3/4 the way through at this point and am watching all your new ones as they come out. Keep them coming!

[@madimart]

Hey dude great build! You see a lot of big HP guys going air-to-water to manage intake temps, but you've stayed with a beefy air-to-air intercooler. I'm sure you've done your homework on it so I was just wondering what factors led you to stick with air-to-air, and do you think it'll handle 8 second pass power levels, or is an air-to-water in the builds' future?

[@luinhaden]

Geez man... Your explanation of stuff is awesome! That boat is going to be scary when you're done with it! What you did with the valve covers... Wow! 😁. Keep up the great videos

[@johnmoniz2715]

Love the Lsxcalade!!!! I got a 03 Sierra Denali that I just bought a Lsa blower for. Hopefully next year I can twin turbo it.

[@markheineii7804]

Great job, love the content.

[@justinplett3077]

Build a 7 second drag wagon for next years events. You can still sleep in the back and would draw lots of attention.

[@405ruben]

7 second crew cab 😳😳 can’t wait for that build

[@JayyLitty]

I SAID IT FIRST lmaoo, I'm doing a Tahoe or a Yukon like this lol

[@Jonwylietuba]

Have you posted anything about the transfer case? I know you’ve gone in depth on the trans but that has to be a beefy transfer case

[@Stapleton42]

Untouched 261hd from Facebook marketplace 🤣

[@MrLarsgren]

great work man. that thing is a beast. if youre into crazy experiments then try something like a diesel HDI block with hayabusa heads and running on gasoline. or maybe do a block for dryruns where you fill water channeling with epoxy to make it as strong as possible. i even saw some swedes that had a hemi 4 banger. it was an old V8 topfuel engine where they shaved the one sides cylinders off and still making 2000 hp . ill add the link when i find it again. its crazy. they can really pull some power out of engines. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIeQg4mma9Ckatk you see it at 6:45 but alot of insane machines there.

[@1-Six-dee]

U should try out js alternators he builds alts for car audio use but could definitely build something for u that would hold ur rpm and ur amps, we run alts up to 500 amps, at 1750 rpm, so he could fine tune one for exactly what u want, or u could go thru mechman but js alt is a one man band and he is good and humble mechman is kinda big fish now

[@lowlife7453]

Running Gear video next pls.

[@michaelnuss2051]

Thanks for answering my comment! Great video sounds like a cool deal you got there. Keep us up to date of that truck for sure!!

[@chrisv4640]

Lamborghini Huracan's have a little accessory drive gear box to run all the extras ac steering etc. at lower rpm than the engine.. Maybe you can adapt one to run your stuff and get an alternator to last longer

[@tehserval]

shit man, you're only 12 miles away from me lol

[@matt6951]

Shit, same.. meet up?

[@tehserval]

@@matt6951 fuck yea. Party at Mitchell's place lol

[@camaromodschannel]

That's the most amazing escalade I have ever seen, and to top that off is the color. I had a 68 Chevy truck that color painted it myself. I subbed because of this Cadillac beast. Lol

[@Stapleton42]

Glad you’re here 🤟🏻

[@bigj5337]

Excellent video brother! Thanks for sharing your build! 👍🏿

[@wbmjr46]

Sweet ride. Was at RMRW 2.0 and was able to check it out. Keep up the amazing work.

[@jaredspear8140]

Man your vlogs just gets better and better!! Very cool you took an idea on a motor and put it together in the correct order. Not just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.

[@brucenaylor2043]

New fan seen your truck from raceweek that truck is amazing. Great job honestly 👏