2015 Silverado 6.2 8 speed with intake headers tune

det · November 5, 2015

Right now my truck has an airaid intake kit. I'm thinking of getting kooks headers and y pipe with or without cats (undecided). Now I know with that I would need to tune so my question is what company do you guys recommend that will also tune the trans. And what kind of power increase and mpg Change are we talking about.

Thanks guys

EIKON · November 5, 2015

What part of the country do you live in?

det · November 6, 2015

new york

fondupot · November 6, 2015

Look up blackbear performance. hands down the best

det · November 6, 2015

I emailed them. Thanks. Once they get back to me I'll put in the order.

Now the question is weather to just tune or kooks LT headers and tune with cat-less y pipe.

What do you guys think.

Badass69 · November 6, 2015

I'm probably going to do headers if I bother to do anything more to mine. I am leaning more towards the arh set myself I think. I normally would go stainless works but this time they don't have a factory connection from the y pipe to the exhaust so no. No cats for me because we'll up here there is no emissions laws lol. I am thinking of getting Mike @ New Era to tune mine... they have lots of good reviews where Blackbear isn't the board sponsor lol.

Sent from a potato

EIKON · November 6, 2015

BlackBear and Diablew are the two remote tuners talked about the most on here and on a few other forums. They both do very good work. I have ridden in vehicles done by both.

That being said, Mike at New Era Performance is one of the best GenV engine tuners in the world. I have not done business with him personally but many friends have. He is located in Rochester NY. He can tune in person or remote tune, whichever you would prefer.Also if you decide at a later date to go more extreme with the truck, you will have a working relationship.

Considering his proximity and his knowledge, I would call him up.

det · November 7, 2015

I ordered the kooks headers. Off road y pipe. And efilive v2 scan and flash from blackbear. Very excited now.

det · November 20, 2015

headers, y pipe, and magnaflow exhuast are installed. quality is amazing on all parts. very impressed.

i did some logging with the flashscan v2 from efilive and sent the log files to blackbear.

does anyone who has dealt with blackbear know there usual turn around time on tunes? i dont want to seem like im rushing but i drive my truck daily and know its probably not running ideally anymore with all the new parts.

ill try and take some picture and maybe a sound clip of the exhaust tomorrow

scott19677 · November 20, 2015

Private message Jennabear on this site. She is Justins wife at BlackBear. IDK about the data logging route but I had the in person tune and love it. Will BBP give you 50 more hp? No, but you will love the TCM tune. I have put more miles on my truck in the last month after the tune than I did the previous 6 months. No joke, my truck is finally a joy to drive.

det · November 20, 2015

Thanks I'll send her a pm

Badass69 · November 20, 2015

Did you install the headers or did you have a shop do it? I looked on these trucks and it looks pretty easy just the LS trucks are to work on. I didn't install the headers on the 6.2 in my F150.... yikes what a nightmare those things are to work on lol.

det · November 20, 2015

I did all the work myself. I did the headers, y pipe, and cat back in 4 hours.

Badass69 · November 20, 2015

Cool. I know the catback took me less than an hour to r and r even with straightening some hangers and whatnot. Took longer getting the stock one off than install of the new.

Sent from a potato