I'm taking my 6.2 Denali to Charlotte tomorow for a Performance Tune. I have an appointment @ 9:30am on Tuesday. Although they are 6 hours away, I have had good luck with them in the past. They tuned a Hummer H3, with an I5, and it ran like a V8 afterwards. They also tuned my 5.3 Silverado I sold to get this Denali. I can't wait to see what they can do with the 6.2. They are actually in Mooresville, about two miles from Dale Earnhardt, Inc. The shop is PCM for Less. They do use HP Performance software, which is one of the few available for the new 6.2. I have installed the Airaid CAI, and the 22" Magnaflow cat back duals. When they finish, it should run pretty good. I will be driving back to Montgomery immediately afterwards, so I will have about 6 hours of Interstate driving to find out. I'll post my thoughts on it, in this thread, when I return.
In an effort to pre-empt some typical questions: Yes, this is a one & done tune. When I drive out, all I have is what is on the truck. Should the dealership ever have to reflash it, i would have to go back to Charlotte to get it redone, which they would do for no charge, however, there is of course, the 6 hour one way drive involved. I do have a great rapport with my dealership service department, so I don't anticipate any problems. They would never reflash anything without discussing it with me first. As a matter of fact, on Friday, they worked to ensure there were no outstanding TSBs or recalls on my VIN that might involve reflashiing of the ECM. If there were anything open they were going to take care of it immediately, so I would have a clean "bill of health" for the tune. They told me I was good to go! As I mentioned on a few previous threads, I do use my local Chevy dealer for service because I have no rapport with the GMC service department where I bought the truck. I have no access to the shop or technicians. At the Chevy dealer, I have open access and have gotten to know most of the technicians by first name.
Yes, there is some risk involved here, but as they say, no risk, no reward, so based on my past experience with the tuner and my service department, in my case, the reward outweighs the risk. In the worst case scenario, it's just another road trip to Charlotte.