NORCAL TBSS

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Ok just looking into getting more power from our 2011 Escalade Truck wont be here till next week and has like 9 miles so just want to do everything right.

Truck im never doing headers and just prob a cat back. NO cam or anything like that. I just want the best power on 91 octane pump gas and im never going to use meth on it.

IM looking at the
Whipple 2.3
Lysholm 2.3
TVS 2300

Can anyone give me any feedback here??? Id like to the the whipple 2.9 but I think its overkill for what I need...or maybe not??

Atomic

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Tvs1900, it will be cheaper, and more responsive than the other blowers. You basically said you want it to be a very reliable DD with anything crazy, the "small" blower will more than do that for you.

NORCAL TBSS

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see the 2300 in my trailblazer ss was perfect. Id rather run a bigger blower with less boost then smaller blower run higher boost and higher iats.

ayousef

well the bigger blower wont make more power per pound of boost unless you're comparing it to a smaller blower thats way out of its efficiency range. A bigger turbo on the other hand, and by that I mean bigger on the exhaust side, WILL make more power per pound of boost since you are reducing the restriction in the exhaust.

A twin screw is a more efficient blower than roots, but I doubt you will be able to feel the difference, on a 6.2l engine I would do a 2300 at about 8psi and call it done (for your goals)

Now on the other hand there is NO TVS2300 for the Escalade, you will need all the parts from the TVS1900 kit, but use a TVS2300 unit. Lysholm is pretty new (correct me if im wrong), go with the Whipple, should make alot of power just make sure the tune is spot on and I dont think you can go wrong with anyone.

bdubb

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I am very happy with the Whipple kit. It comes VERY complete and should give you about 6 PSI with the supplied pulley on the 6.2L. You'll have to pulley down and maybe look into injectors to be able to get back up to 8PSI from my experience at least.

The kit looks good and the coolant tank etc look factory along with the preformed hoses and wiring harness that is plug and play. From inside the cab I can hear a very very slight sound from the blower at idle that sounds more like a pump than anything else. After going to 8psi I began to notice a slight blower whine at certain rpms. My only concern with the whipple is that I was not very happy with the tune they provided. I would suggest getting it custom tuned with a decent safety margin for a daily driver.

beastmode

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With one of those 2.3s I believe you have to do a small body lift on the SUVs to get them to clear the firewall.

1989k1500

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I'm sure you could do a Camaro kit and have plenty of clearance.

Lucille

No body lift required for the TVS2300 on my Avalanche. Even had clearance after the 1" spacer.

old motorhead

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Yup...that's the ticket. The 1900 will blow way more than enough air to overpower your stock cam, exhaust manifolds, and cats. There's absolutely no reason to put a bigger blower on your truck if you don't have visions of more power down the road. A big blower loafing along won't be as effecient as the smaller one spinning a little faster. The 1900 won't even be close to out of breath on a stock motor.

NORCAL TBSS

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Thanks for the info guys. Talking to a local guy had the tvs1900 on his escalade at 10psi and put in the whipple 2.3 at 8psi made 38 awhp more and over 50tq more.

Im going to drop the hammer on the 2300