New Personal Best - 2015 Sierra 6.2
#21
I have the exact same truck as the OP. Going to the track tomorrow night, only mod is a tune from Geoff at EPS. I was expecting around the same time as slowfive0 just a mph or two higher. I'm in south Louisiana though so may get a slightly better time.
#22
I would say the tune is a lot of your issue. How much boost are you getting? When I first got my SS, it ran 13.60 hot lapping it. Let it cool down for 3 hours and it ran 13.1 lol! That was with the magnacharger (M112), Volant CAI, shorty headers, stock mid pipe with cats, Corsa Sport exhaust, 6 cylinder TB stall converter & 2.8 pulley. Added a 2600 Circle D triple disc converter, long tubes with 3" dual exhaust and more tuning. Went a best of 12.20 @ 110. I think my biggest bang for my buck was the tuning though. It was ultra conservative and I don't blame any big company one little bit for being conservative. They are damned if they do and damned if they don't. I'd rather have the problem of the truck doesn't run as good as company B than have it blow up lol!
I can also tell you that the temperature and air has a huge impact on your trucks performance! Especially, blown combos like yours. Get that out right now in some 30-40^ air and let it eat! Should pick up quite nicely. I would also, get with a good tuner who can spend some one on one time with it to push the limits without being dangerous. i.e. I picked up almost 2 tenths on my truck by just adding 2 degrees of timing down low in the timing map where my converter was flashing to. It was in the mid to high 1.7 range before that change. It was cut low low 1.7's after that. Even had a few 1.6x passes.
Spend time tweaking what you have and it will respond. I wouldn't change the cam or heads at this point. My SS race weight was 5520. This truck 6000 for reference.
I can also tell you that the temperature and air has a huge impact on your trucks performance! Especially, blown combos like yours. Get that out right now in some 30-40^ air and let it eat! Should pick up quite nicely. I would also, get with a good tuner who can spend some one on one time with it to push the limits without being dangerous. i.e. I picked up almost 2 tenths on my truck by just adding 2 degrees of timing down low in the timing map where my converter was flashing to. It was in the mid to high 1.7 range before that change. It was cut low low 1.7's after that. Even had a few 1.6x passes.
Spend time tweaking what you have and it will respond. I wouldn't change the cam or heads at this point. My SS race weight was 5520. This truck 6000 for reference.
#24
2015 Sierra 1500 cc/sb 4x4 Denali - 6.2/8 speed - 3.23 rear gear
Very happy with this truck. It's quiet, smooth, powerful & gets amazing fuel economy!
It's completely stock and weighs 5700lbs. My race weight was 6000lbs. Temps today were mid-40's / 50% humidity.
My best pass was 13.77@99mph. Best 60 foot was 1.91.
Leave at 1200rpm in "4wd Auto" --- "TC" Off, then switch back to 2wd after launch.
Very happy with this truck. It's quiet, smooth, powerful & gets amazing fuel economy!
It's completely stock and weighs 5700lbs. My race weight was 6000lbs. Temps today were mid-40's / 50% humidity.
My best pass was 13.77@99mph. Best 60 foot was 1.91.
Leave at 1200rpm in "4wd Auto" --- "TC" Off, then switch back to 2wd after launch.
#25
I personally think a tune would make a big difference. I "hear" these are too rich and obviously the torque management. Another degree or two of timing, little leaner, get rid of a lot of that torque management and the truck should pick up nicely. I'm betting at least 3 tenths and 2-4 mph. Did you end up running it?
Interesting. From the two times I've been to the track, I would guess (not knowing DA for you) my truck would run 13.90's at 97-98 on same day. Obviously guessing. What mph did you run again on that day? What was your 60 foot?
Definitely, not the track lol! Being able to leave in 4wd pretty much negates any issues from different tracks. My old truck which was must faster didn't care where it was either. These trucks launch awesome---love 4wd or Awd :-D
Definitely, not me lol. I'm doing the right things I believe to obtain a good time, but a lighter person would go even faster (I weigh 300). I was really hoping I'd get that high 30 degree day before the track shut down. I'd have to think the truck would go faster. Maybe 13.60's.....13.599999? I don't know but would have been awesome. That said, what would the truck do with a couple of light bolt ons and a tune? Can't wait to see some peoples results! Also, have any of you guys heard whether the aftermarket cat back exhaust systems gain anything? I have the stock "quiet" exhaust and would like to keep it, but very curious if there is anything to be gained.
I think the 8spd helps slightly but not sure it's worth upgrading just yet. What's the improvement over a 6 speed truck??? Not sure. Maybe a tenth? Maybe a few hundreths??? Not sure. A buddy here has my exact truck (Denali and everything) but it's a '14 with the 6 spd. We were supposed to race to compare, but he couldn't make it that day
Plus, he got a '16 to replace it (last week) so that race will never happen now.
Interesting. From the two times I've been to the track, I would guess (not knowing DA for you) my truck would run 13.90's at 97-98 on same day. Obviously guessing. What mph did you run again on that day? What was your 60 foot?
Not sure what DA was on the day that I got 12.9 secs. But temp was 55 degrees. I was running a lil more than 6Lbs of boost and AIR FUEL was 12.5 during the run. IAT was maybe 75 degrees at the start of the run. I also switched from 4wd to 2wd as soon as I got off the line.
Definitely, not the track lol! Being able to leave in 4wd pretty much negates any issues from different tracks. My old truck which was must faster didn't care where it was either. These trucks launch awesome---love 4wd or Awd :-D
Definitely, not me lol. I'm doing the right things I believe to obtain a good time, but a lighter person would go even faster (I weigh 300). I was really hoping I'd get that high 30 degree day before the track shut down. I'd have to think the truck would go faster. Maybe 13.60's.....13.599999? I don't know but would have been awesome. That said, what would the truck do with a couple of light bolt ons and a tune? Can't wait to see some peoples results! Also, have any of you guys heard whether the aftermarket cat back exhaust systems gain anything? I have the stock "quiet" exhaust and would like to keep it, but very curious if there is anything to be gained.
I think the 8spd helps slightly but not sure it's worth upgrading just yet. What's the improvement over a 6 speed truck??? Not sure. Maybe a tenth? Maybe a few hundreths??? Not sure. A buddy here has my exact truck (Denali and everything) but it's a '14 with the 6 spd. We were supposed to race to compare, but he couldn't make it that day
Plus, he got a '16 to replace it (last week) so that race will never happen now.Last edited by slowfive0; Nov 23, 2015 at 08:44 AM.
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