I just noticed that the 2wd escalade still have the 4L60-E Hydra-Matic even though its got the 6.0 H.O in it. I thought that tranny wasnt srtong enough to handle so much horsepower. The trucks with vortecMAX package have a better tranny dont they? What Gives?

 

Wrong! It is a 5.3 in the 2x4 caddys
The RPO NHT vortexmax are 4x4s and they get a 4L70E and the VHO 2x4 with the same LQ9 get the 4l65E

 

I thought all the escalades were 6.0's???

 

Gonzo is wrong.

Never have I seen/heard of a 5.3 escalade
http://www.cadillac.com/byo/jsp/cadi...model=escalade
you cant order one thats for sure

 

Ok I will wait until this plays out rather than say any more at this time.

 

If Im wrong Im wrong it wont be the first time and it wont be the last thats for sure

Just me personally I have never seen/heard of a 5.3 esky and I did a quick google and came up with nothing either.

 

http://www.kbb.com/kb/ki.dll/kw.kc.l...20Utility%204D



http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/ccvl/2004ccvl.htm

https://martelbrothers.com/catalog/A...-1-c-1503.html
(scroll to bottom)

 

All NBS denalis are 6.0s and AWD

 

all the 04 escalades and down had the 5.3 in the base model with 2wd, in the 05 the escalade got the 6.0 as a standard feature, with the same 2 wheel drive and tranny. My mom previously had an 04 with the 5.3 before she traded it in for one with the 6.0 with awd.

 

OK so I was half wrong you used to be able to get them with a 5.3 but you cant order one now with a 6L. Either way Luda GM adds so much damn TM into the programming to make them last even then sometimes they dont last. I dont know why they odnt throw the new 4L70E behind their engines in the upscale models but then again its useless to try and figure out GM's logic.